Context:
23rd session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues conducted in New York.
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:
- Established year – 2000.
- Secretariat – New York, USA
- Origin- Outcome of the UN’s International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995–2004).
- Status – An advisory body within the framework of the UN System that reports to the UN’s Economic and Social Council
- Members – Composed of 16 independent experts
- Tenure – 3-year terms.
- At the end of their term, they can be re-elected or re-appointed for 1 additional term.
- Other 2 UN bodies mandated to deal specifically with indigenous peoples’ issues –
- Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Special Rapporteur Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Source: Down To Earth
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements:
1. India has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of WTO.
2. TFA is a part of WTO’s Bali Ministerial Package of 2013.
3. TFA came into force in January 2016.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (a)
Explanation:
Statement 3 is not correct. TFA came into force in February 2017
