A/RES/61/178. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2006

• Resolution Number: A/RES/61/178
• Year: 2006
• Session: 61st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/61/178

General Assembly Distr.: General

6 March 2007

Sixty-first session

Agenda item 68

06-50511

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2006

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/61/448 and Corr.2 and 3)]

61/178. Working group of the Commission on Human Rights

to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with

paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49/214

of 23 December 1994

The General Assembly

,

Guided

by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in

particular the principles of self-determination of peoples, respect for the territorial

integrity of States and good faith regarding the fulfilment of the obligations

assumed by States in accordance with the Charter,

Taking note

of the recommendation of the Human Rights Council contained in

its resolution 1/2 of 29 June 2006,

1

by which the Council adopted the text of the

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

Recognizing

that the situation of indigenous peoples varies from country to

country and from region to region,

1.

Expresses its appreciation

to the Working Group of the Commission on

Human Rights for the work done in the elaboration of a draft declaration on the

rights of indigenous peoples;

2.

Decides

to defer consideration of and action on the United Nations

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to allow time for further

consultations thereon;

3.

Also decides

to conclude its consideration of the Declaration, as

contained in the annex to the present resolution, before the end of its sixty-first

session.

82nd plenary meeting

20 December 2006

_______________

1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/61/53), part one,

chap. II, sect. A.