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Human rights elaborations since the International Conference on Population and Development Box 10 Indigenous peoples Intergovernmental human rights outcomes. Following the International Conference on Population and Development, a number of international human rights instruments have addressed the rights of indigenous peoples. The landmark United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) states that “indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and international human rights law”.
Government priorities: indigenous peoples Education
55 per cent of Governments
Economic empowerment and employment
36 per cent of Governments
Political empowerment and participation
33 per cent of Governments
Language, culture and identity
32 per cent of Governments
Land and territory
30 per cent of Governments
Social protection
30 per cent of Governments
252. Globally, 69 of the 176 Governments responding to the global survey answered the question on priorities for indigenous peoples: 23 in the Americas, 18 in Asia, 15 in Africa, 7 in Europe and 6 in Oceania. 253. In the Americas, after “education”, which was indicated to be a priority by 14 of the 23 responding Governments, the next most frequently mentioned priorities were “political empowerment and participation” (12 Governments) and “land and territory” (10 Governments). These were followed by “social protection” (9 Governments), “health care (other than sexual and reproductive health)” 151 (9 Governments) and “development of policies, programmes, strategies, laws/creation of institutions” 152 (8 Governments). Hence, the key focuses for the region are capabilities and security, including education, health care, land and ways to secure them, particularly through political participation.
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Comprising all priorities related to improving the provision of health care for indigenous peoples, with the exception of sexual and reproductive health and HIV care. This includes measures such as the provision of culturally appropriate, affordable, accessible and quality health care to meet the needs of indigenous peoples. Comprising all priorities that address the above, where the priority did not specify a particular sector.
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