A/RES/51/78 Page 3 7. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the existing mechanisms, procedures and programmes within the United Nations concerning indigenous people,5 and requests the Secretary-General to transmit the review, prior to the fifty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights, to Governments, indigenous people and relevant international organizations for their comments; 8. Recognizes amongst the objectives of the Decade, as listed in the programme of activities, the consideration of the establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous people within the United Nations system; 9. Recalls its recommendation contained in resolution 50/157 of 21 December 1995 that the Commission on Human Rights, drawing on the results of the workshop on the possible establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous people within the United Nations system, held at Copenhagen from 26 to 28 June 1995,6 and the Secretary-General's review, consider the convening of a second workshop; 10. Recommends in the light of the review that efforts be made to ensure that relevant United Nations organs, organizations and bodies take part in any further consultations on the issue, and welcomes the offer of the Government of Chile to host a second workshop on the possible establishment of a permanent forum for indigenous people within the United Nations system; 11. Emphasizes the important role of international cooperation in promoting the goals and activities of the Decade and the rights, well-being and sustainable development of indigenous people; 12. Reaffirms the importance of strengthening the human and institutional capacity of indigenous people to develop their own solutions to their problems and, for these purposes, its recommendation that the United Nations University consider the possibility of sponsoring, in each region, one or more institutions of higher education as centres of excellence and the diffusion of expertise, and invites the Commission on Human Rights to recommend appropriate means of implementation; 13. Emphasizes the importance of action at the national level for the implementation of the goals and activities of the Decade; 14. Encourages Governments to support the Decade by: (a) Contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund for the Decade; (b) Preparing relevant programmes, plans and reports in relation to the Decade, in consultation with indigenous people; (c) Seeking means, in consultation with indigenous people, of giving indigenous people greater responsibility for their own affairs and an effective voice in decisions on matters that affect them; 5 A/51/493. 6 E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7 and Add.1-3. /...