E/2025/43 E/C.19/2025/8 90. It is recommended that the secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury conduct a comprehensive assessment of mercury emissions and releases, in particular from gold mining and processing activities that use mercury. The report on the assessment should contain a specific examination of the effects of such emissions on ecosystems, livelihoods, culture and the health of Indigenous Peoples. 91. The intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, should guarantee the meaningful participation of Indigenous Peoples in all negotiations; their rights under the Declaration should be respected, and their knowledge systems incorporated into the instrument. Financing 92. To address global challenges, Indigenous Peoples must be urgently included in financial architecture reform. Multilateral development banks should develop policies that ensure direct access to financing for Indigenous Peoples, in particular for Indigenous women and young people. 93. All Parties and stakeholders to the Rio conventions should implement the principles and guidelines for direct access funding for Indigenous Peoples’ climate action, biodiversity conservation and fighting desertification for a sustainable planet. 3 The vision of the initiative that led to the drafting of the principles and guidelines is to establish a permanent, independent, Indigenous-led global fund to support coordination, knowledge-sharing and advocacy globally, advancing biodiversity conservation, climate action and the protection of life. 94. The Green Climate Fund, the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and the Adaptation Fund should ensure direct access to finance in support of Indigenous-led mitigation and adaptation projects and ensure the representation and participation of Indigenous Peoples in their governing bodies. 95. Indigenous Peoples are encouraged to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development. States should explicitly reference issues of relevance to Indigenous Peoples, including direct access to financing and partnership with Indigenous Peoples, in the outcome document of the Conference. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues (item 6) 96. The Permanent Forum welcomes the request for the President of the General Assembly, through Assembly resolution 79/159, to convene a high-level panel to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2027. The meeting should be entitled “Second World Conference on Indigenous Peoples” and should serve to review the implementation of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples of 2014 and recent developments pertaining to the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The enhanced participation of Indigenous Peoples in the event must be ensured. The Fo rum urges United Nations entities, financial partners and others to support Indigenous Peoples in organizing the preparatory meetings for the high-level event. 97. The Permanent Forum reiterates the recommendations of its eighteenth session and urges the Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy or special adviser, in consultation with Indigenous Peoples, to raise awareness of and promote the rights of __________________ 3 25-07572 Available at https://bit.ly/3Gz5PCu. 17/23