Questionnaire to DPPA-DPO-PBSO on Indigenous issues 2023 Executive summary (500-word limit) - A. System-Wide Action Plan to achieve the ends of the UN Declaration on the Rights of

System-Wide Action Plan to achieve the ends of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples As recommended by the Chairperson of the UNPFII, DPPA, through extra-budgetary resources, launched a pilot project reviewing good practices and lessons-learned of Indigenous conflict resolution efforts and Indigenous governance structures in Andean countries. [...] In Colombia, following a decision of the Security Council informed by recommendations from the Secretary-General, the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to support peace consolidation expanded to encompass verification of chapters of the historic 2016 Final Peace Agreement that had lagged in their implementation, including provisions to enhance the situation of Afro-Colombian and I. [...] In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), MONUSCO has continued to promote the participation of women, young people and Indigenous populations in the political processes of the country, including in support of transparent, credible, inclusive, and peaceful elections scheduled for December 2023. [...] MONUSCO, primarily through the efforts of its integrated human rights component, continues to advocate for the implementation of the law on the protection and promotion of Indigenous Peoples – for which the Mission supported the process that led to its adoption in 2022 – as well as for the adoption of the draft law against tribalism, racism and xenophobia. [...] Together with the adoption by the DRC of a law on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities, also in 2022, the DRC has undertaken major legislative steps towards the promotion and protection of minorities’ rights, including those of Indigenous Peoples.