The resolution 70/232 was adopted at the seventieth session of the General Assembly on December 23rd, 2015. It was titled “Rights of indigenous peoples”. The resolution encouraged the active engagement of indigenous peoples and ensured their participation in the implementation of the 2030 sustainable development goals. It highlighted the major …show more content…
The conference took place on 22nd of September 2014. It restated the commitment made by the member states made at that conference to develop and implement relevant strategies to achieve the ends of the United Declaration on the Rights of indigenous …show more content…
As it encompassed all areas that needed to be improved when it came to Indigenous Peoples. Like most resolutions it brought up previous resolutions that were closely related and preceding resolutions that progressed the dialogs to that stage. Previous resolutions that had passed at earlier sessions conducted in the United Nations General Assembly were similar in their expectations but this resolution was more graciously demanding. It exemplifies the commitment the United Nations had put in its discussions in passing another resolution about indigenous peoples.
It encouraged the Member States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), of the International Labor Organization to consider doing so, also encouraging Governments to improve their efforts to end child labor in the context of respect for the human rights of indigenous children through cooperation with other nations. It encouraged the Non-Governmental Organization such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s fund for their commitment to research, practices, cooperation with the Member