E/2012/43
E/C.19/2012/13
Member States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and indigenous
peoples, with the full participation of indigenous peoples and Member States, as
well as the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Permanent Forum.
80. The Permanent Forum recognizes that it has a central role in providing input
on the preparatory processes of the World Conference and in the outcome document,
and in that regard decides to hold discussions on the World Conference within the
framework of its twelfth and thirteenth sessions and to continue to review its
programme of work accordingly.
81. The Permanent Forum recommends that the President of the General Assembly
at its sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions convene thematic interactive hearings
with the participation of Member States, representatives of indigenous peoples and
the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special Rapporteur
on the rights of indigenous peoples, and the Permanent Forum, in order to facilitate
the development of a concise and joint action-oriented outcome document.
82. The Permanent Forum recommends that the themes for the round tables of the
World Conference be decided by Member States and indigenous peoples through the
preparatory processes. The Declaration provides a substantial framework for the
development of the focus of the World Conference.
83. The round tables, workshops, hearings and preparatory conferences should
focus on action-oriented outcomes based on inclusive and participatory processes, to
be accorded official status. A drafting committee could be appointed by the
President of the General Assembly for that purpose, in consultation with Member
States and indigenous peoples.
Global conference
84. The Permanent Forum considers that the two-day high-level plenary meeting
of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
should be held in New York in September 2014, during the week leading up to the
opening of the general debate, in order to encourage the highest level of
participation of Member States, in particular Heads of State or Government, and
with the full participation of indigenous peoples, heads of United Nations
organizations, funds and programmes and non-governmental organizations.
85. The Permanent Forum recommends that the President of the General Assembly
at its sixty-ninth session convene a two-day interactive thematic event immediately
prior to the World Conference, with the participation of Member States and
representatives of indigenous peoples, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples,
to allocate more time for an interactive dialogue and build commitment from
Member States, the United Nations system and other stakeholders, and the
Permanent Forum.
86. The President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, in
consultation with Member States and representatives of indigenous peoples, should
appoint co-chairs from among Member States and indigenous peoples to preside
jointly over the meeting of the World Conference.
14
12-35917