A/RES/50/157 Page 10 48. Use part of the resources of existing programmes and of international assistance for activities of direct benefit to indigenous people and, where possible, provide additional funds for specific activities. 49. Develop, in collaboration with indigenous communities, national plans for the Decade, including main objectives and targets, fixing quantitative outcomes and taking into account the need for resources and possible sources of financing. 50. Provide appropriate resources for indigenous institutions, organizations and communities to develop their own plans and actions according to their own priorities. 51. Adopt measures, in cooperation with indigenous people, to increase knowledge, starting at the elementary-school level and in accordance with the age and development of schoolchildren, concerning the history, traditions, culture and rights of indigenous people, with special emphasis on the education of teachers at all levels, and adopt measures to restore indigenous place names. 52. Consider ratification and implementation of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention of the International Labour Organization (No. 169) and other international and regional instruments, in close consultation with the indigenous organizations of each country. 53. Recognize the existence, identity and rights of indigenous people through constitutional reforms or the adoption of new laws, when appropriate, to improve their legal status and guarantee their economic, social, cultural, political and civil rights. 54. Implement chapter 26 of Agenda 21, 8/ adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, and the relevant provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 9/ the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, 5/ the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 7/ and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 10/ as well as the relevant provisions of future high-level conferences. 7. Activities of organizations of indigenous people 55. Establish an information network which can be linked to the Coordinator of the Decade and facilitate communications between the United Nations system, relevant governmental departments and indigenous communities. _______________ 8/ Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I and Vol. I/Corr.1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol. III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions Adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II. 9/ See United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on Biological Diversity (Environmental Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre), June 1992. 10/ A/CONF.166/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. /...