A/RES/72/155. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/155
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 155

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

17 J anuary 2 018

17-229 61 (E) 2 20118

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 69 (a)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 436 )]

72/155. Rig hts of indigenous peoples

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g all re levant resolut ions of the Gener al Asse mbly, th e Hum an Ri ghts

Coun cil and the Economic an d So cial Council rel ating to the rights of indige nous

peop les, reaf firming i ts resolu tions 65 /19 8 of 2 1 Decemb er 2010, 6 6/14 2 o f

19 Dece mber 2011 , 67/153 of 20 Decembe r 2012, 6 8/14 9 of 18 Decemb er 2013, 69/2

of 22 Septe mber 20 14, 6 9/15 9 of 18 D ecember 2014, 70/23 2 of 23 D ecember 2015,

71/1 78 o f 19 Dec ember 2 016 and 71/321 of 8 Septem ber 2017 , and r ecalling Human

Righ ts C ouncil resol utions 27/1 3 of 25 Septe mber 2014,

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30/4 of 1 Octo ber 2015,

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33/1 2 and 33/13 o f 29 Sept ember 2 016

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and 36/14 of 28 Septe mber 20 17,

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Reaf firm ing t he U nited Nation s Dec laratio n on the Righ ts of Indi genous

Peop les,

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whi ch addre sses the individ ual and collecti ve right s of ind igenous peoples ,

Reaf firming al so the out come doc ument of th e high-l evel plen ary meeti ng of the

Gene ral Ass embly known as the Wo rld C onferenc e on Indi genous Peopl es, held i n

New York on 22 and 23 Septembe r 2014,

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in which H eads of State a nd Gove rnment,

minis ters and r epresent atives of M ember St ates reite rated the i mportan t a nd

cont inuing ro le of the Un ited Nat ions in pro moting a nd protec ting the r ights of

indi genous pe oples, re calling th e inclusi ve prepara tory pro cess for th e high- level

plen ary mee ting, includin g the compr ehensive engag ement of the repre sentativ es of

indi genous p eoples, and we lcoming and re affirming the co mmitmen ts, mea sures an d

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See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Si xty-n inth Se ssion, Suppl ement No. 53A and

corrig enda (A/6 9/53/A dd.1, A/69/53 /Add.1 /Corr.1 and A/6 9/53/ Add.1/ Corr.2) , chap. IV, sect. A.

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Ibid., Seventi eth Se ssion, Supple ment N o. 53A (A/70/ 53/ Add. 1), chap. III.

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Ibid., Seventy -first Sessio n, Sup plemen t No. 53A and co rrigen dum (A /71/ 53/A dd. 1 a nd

A/71 /53/ Add. 1/C orr.1 ), c hap. II.

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Ibid., Seventy -secon d Sess ion, S uppleme nt No. 53A (A /72/ 53/ Add. 1), chap. III.

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Resolut ion 61 /295 , a nnex.

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Resolut ion 69 /2.