Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental
freedoms of indigenous people and requests the
Secretary-General and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that the Special
Rapporteur is provided with all the necessary human, technical and financial resources to fulfil his responsibilities;
206. Calls upon States to conclude negotiations on and
approve as soon as possible the text of the draft declaration on
the rights of indigenous peoples, under discussion by the
working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration, in accordance with Commission resolution 1995/32 of 3 March 1995;
207. Urges States, in the light of the relationship between
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and poverty, marginality and social exclusion of peoples
and individuals at both the national and international levels,
to enhance their policies and measures to reduce income and
wealth inequalities and to take appropriate steps, individually and through international cooperation, to promote and
protect economic, social and cultural rights on a non-discriminatory basis;
208. Urges States and international financial and development
institutions to mitigate any negative effects of globalization
by examining, inter alia, how their policies and practices
affect national populations in general and indigenous peoples
in particular; by ensuring that their policies and practices
contribute to the eradication of racism through the participation of national populations and, in particular, indigenous
peoples in development projects; by further democratizing
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