Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States) and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine). Click here to view the voting record.
A
High-level commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of
the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was held on 17
May 2012. Click here to
download the text of the resolution (A/RES/66/142) adopted by the
General Assembly. For statements made during the High-level
commemoration, please click here.
During the Durban Review Conference in April 2009, 182 States from all regions of the world reached consensus on an outcome document in which they “ Welcome[d] the adoption of the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples which has a positive impact on the protection of victims and, in this context, urge[d] States to take all necessary measures to implement the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with international human rights instruments without discrimination…” (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Outcome document of the Durban Review Conference , 24 April 2009, para. 73).
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295) - Official UN languages
[AR] [EN] [ES] [FR] [RU] [ZH] (PDF version)During the Durban Review Conference in April 2009, 182 States from all regions of the world reached consensus on an outcome document in which they “ Welcome[d] the adoption of the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples which has a positive impact on the protection of victims and, in this context, urge[d] States to take all necessary measures to implement the rights of indigenous peoples in accordance with international human rights instruments without discrimination…” (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Outcome document of the Durban Review Conference , 24 April 2009, para. 73).
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295) - Official UN languages
[AR] [EN] [ES] [FR] [RU][ZH] (Official Resolution Text)
Adolescent friendly version of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)
Other languages
Note that these are unofficial translations provided to the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The terminologies used in the translations do not necessarily reflect that of the United Nations.Arawok (spoken in Surname) - provided by UNDP Suriname
Aucan (spoken in Surname) - provided by UNDP Suriname
Aymara - provided by COINCABOL
Bahasa/Indonesian - provided by West Papua Interest Association
Belarusian
Bisaya (spoken in the Philippines) - provided by Tebtebba
Bodo (Boro) Spoken in India - provided by Indian Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples North East Zone
Carib (spoken in Surname) - provided by UNDP Suriname
Cha'palaa (spoken in Equador) - provided by UNICEF, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Catalan - provided by alterNativa Intercanvi amb Pobles Indígenes
Crimean Tatar, provided by the Foundation of Research and Support of Indigenous Peoples of Crimea
Degar (spoken in Vietnam) povided by the Montagnard Foundation.
Dutch, provided by the Netherlands Center for Indigenous Peoples
Danish - provided by the Greenland Home Rule Government
Finnish- provided by the Government of Finland
German - provided by the German Translation Section of the United Nations
Greek - provided by UNRIC Brussels
Greenlandic - provided by the Greenland Home Rule Government
Guaraní - provided by UNDP Paraguay
Hindi - provided by UNIC, India
Ilokano (spoken in the Philippines) - provided by Tebtebba
Innu (spoken in Innu-aimun) - provided by Innu Council of Nitassinan/Institut Tshakapesh
Italian - provided by the University of Torino
Karaim - provided by UNIC, Warsaw
Khmer - provided by RIPP/UNDP
Kichua (spoken in the Andes) - provided by UNICEF, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Kituba - provided by UNIC, Congo
Kuna - (spoken in Panama)
Kwéyòl (spoken in Saint Lucia)
Guaraní - provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Paraguay
Japanese
Lingala - provided by UNIC, Congo
Malay - provided by RIPP/UNDP
Maori (spoken in New Zealand)
Maya - (Spoken in Central America)
Mapuche - provided by UNIC, Argentina
Miskito (spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras)
Náhuatl (Spoken in Mexico)
Norwegian - provided by the Government of Norway
Nepali - provided by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities
Persian - provided by UNIC, Tehran
Pilipino - provided by Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines
Polish - provided by UNIC, Warsaw
Portugues - provided by UN Information Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sámi (North) - provided by Finnish Sámi Parliament
Sámi (Inari) - provided by Finnish Sámi Parliament
Sámi (Skolt)- provided by Finnish Sámi Parliament
Thai - provided by RIPP/UNDP
Trio (spoken in Suriname) - provided by UNDP Suriname
Turkish - provided by UNIC, Turkey
Uilta - (spoken in the Russian Federation) - provided by Sakhalin Energy
Wajana (spoken in Suriname) - provided by UNDP Suriname
Wichi - provided by UNIC, Argentina
Other documents
>>>FAQs on the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples>>>PeRs Declaração das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos dos Povos Indígenas
Message by Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Chairperson of UNPFII
Statement by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Statement by Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Statement by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of UNPFII to the General Assembly
Press Release
Coverage of GA meeting and vote
>>>Media Advisory
>>>Adolescent-Friendly Version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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