Summary

The present report provides an update on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development from the perspective of indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as an expert body to the Economic and Social Council, plays an important role in providing expert advice on how to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are effectively accounted for and realized in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The report includes substantive inputs from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the thematic reviews of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2017, along with reflections on the theme of the high-level political forum in 2017, “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”.

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