Resolution for UN Economic and Social Council

TOPIC: AFFIRMATION AND CLARIFICATION OF MOTIVES IN THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
SUBMITTED BY: SPANISH DELEGATION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

The delegation of the Kingdom of Spain fully supports the motives of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The delegation from the Kingdom of Spain wishes to increase indigenous peoples’ representation in the United Nations by attempting to further resolve issues of culture, health, human rights, education and environment, as related to indigenous peoples. This delegation proposes that through a specific emphasis placed on educating indigenous peoples, a better educated population will result, thereby better qualifying said indigenous peoples for representation in the United Nations. Such an emphasis would be placed by enacting such measures as raising public expenditure on education to at least 4 percent GDP as recommended by UNESCO, and allowing indigenous peoples to maintain their identity as a separate culture while integrating increased educational expenditures. The Kingdom of Spain would also like to see increased participation in the PFII by countries that are already members of the United Nations.