E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 Annex Comprehensive dialogue with six United Nations system entities I. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held an in-depth dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on 22 May 2009 as part of its new working methods during the eighth session. The Permanent Forum welcomed the participation of OHCHR and expressed its appreciation for the detailed and informative report presented by the Office on its activities in support of indigenous peoples (E/C.19/2009/3/Add.2). a 2. The Permanent Forum posed questions to OHCHR addressing a number of issues, including the following: (a) The roles of OHCHR and the Permanent Forum in the light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; (b) How to improve coordination between OHCHR and the secretariat of the Permanent Forum and ensure that work related to the three United Nations mandates devoted to indigenous peoples (the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) is pursued in a complementary fashion; (c) The inclusion of indigenous peoples’ concerns in the universal periodic review process and the policy frameworks of United Nations treaty monitoring bodies; (d) The capacity-training initiatives of OHCHR, as well as thematic research and reports; (e) OHCHR contributions to inter-agency efforts to promote the rights of indigenous peoples and mainstream their issues within the United Nations system; (f) Communication between OHCHR and indigenous representatives at headquarters and in the field; (g) The prioritization of indigenous peoples within the total work programme of OHCHR; (h) An assessment of the impact of Permanent Forum recommendations on OHCHR activities, as well as the effectiveness of such recommendations; (i) OHCHR engagement with national human rights institutions. Observations on the dialogue 3. The Permanent Forum commends the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the fruitful in-depth dialogue concerning the present work of OHCHR in the field of indigenous peoples’ issues as well as the assistance the Office could provide for the activities of the Forum in future. __________________ a 10-36959 For an extensive summary of the in-depth dialogue between the Permanent Forum and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, see http://www.un.org/News/Press/ docs/2009/hr4987.doc.htm. 31