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At its fourteenth session in April-May 2015, the Permanent Forum recommended a three-day international expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous languages: preservation and revitalization (articles 13, 14 and 16 of the United Nation

UNDESA DSPD participated in the 13th African Region Meeting of the ILO as a panellist during the plenary panel discussion on "Transition from the informal to the formal economy in Africa: The way forward".

On 30 November, the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues together with UNDP Regional Office organized a briefing on the newly developed System-wide action plan to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) is one of the leading organizations for its expertise in natural resources management, including food systems.

The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues participated in a mission to Paraguay from 24-26 November 2015.

At the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the General Assembly requested the development of a system-wide action plan for a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues visited El Salvador in order to follow up the development of a National Plan on Indigenous Peoples as part of a policy dialogue project with the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the International Wor