E/2019/43 E/C.19/2019/10 biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. The Forum invites the conference organizers to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples through the establishment of an indigenous peoples’ advisory committee, in its third session, in August 2019, and fourth session, in the first half of 2020. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues 132. The Permanent Forum congratulates ILO on its 100th anniversary and welcomes the thirtieth anniversary of its Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). 133. Given the anniversary of such an important milestone for Member States and indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) to consider doing so. 134. The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation extended by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Climate Change for indigenous peoples’ representatives and members of the Forum to engage in activities to formulate concrete action related to the Climate Action Summit, which is to be held on 23 September 2019, and beyond. 135. The Permanent Forum expresses its thanks to the Governments of Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, China, the Congo, Denmark, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, the Russian Federation, Spain and the United States, as well as the government of Greenland, for having hosted previous pre-sessional and intersessional meetings of the Forum. The Forum stresses the importance of organizing such pre-sessional and intersessional meetings and reiterates its recommendation that States that have not yet done so consider hosting such meetings in the future. It also requests that the secretariat of the Forum organize pre-sessional meetings for future sessions of the Forum. 136. It is stated in article 4 of the Declaration that “Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs, as well as ways and means of financing their autonomous functions”. The Permanent Forum welcomes the international seminar to assess the global status and trends with regard to indigenous autonomies, held in Mexico City in March 2019, which was organized by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Permanent Forum and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. The Forum calls upon States and United Nations entities to continue to discuss these issues in each region. The Forum also encourages the convening of a global conference on the state of indigenous autonomies by the three United Nations mechanisms on the rights of indigenous peoples (i.e., the Forum, the Special Rapporteur and the Expert Mechanism) and invites Member States to host the event. 137. The Permanent Forum reaffirms the urgent need to continue to discuss the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination, autonomy and self-governance, together with their right to determine their own development priorities and to participate in governance and policy decision-making processes at the local, national, regional and international levels, building on the fundamental right to free, prior and informed consent and full participation in the development process. The role of the United Nations country teams in this regard is crucial. 138. The Permanent Forum welcomes the new practice of the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of organizing international expert group meetings outside Headquarters so that 22/28 19-08162