E/2002/43/Rev.1 E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 Study on access to health care 12. The Forum requests the preparation of a study to determine which indigenous peoples and cultures have no access to direct health care and how health services that are sensitive to traditional health-care practices may be provided to them. The study should focus on indigenous peoples that have no access to medical services or primary care because they are nomadic or because they reside in marginalized areas that are very remote. Working group on free and prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines 13. The Forum proposes the organization of a working group on prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines to meet three times annually for three to four days each year, for three years. Meetings could be scheduled before annual sessions of the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, the working group on the draft declaration and the Forum. The working group would be requested to: (a) Broaden and deepen the dialogue on prior informed consent by (i) defining what prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines mean in substantive terms; (ii) recommending criteria and guidelines for consideration when indigenous peoples and others address issues of prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines, in order to ensure that indigenous peoples and their communities are fully informed and meaningfully participate in decisionmaking and benefit-sharing processes, and that their interests are protected; (b) Produce a paper on prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines for distribution and discussion with United Nations agencies, indigenous peoples and States, and engage in consultations with stakeholders on that issue; (c) Following the consultation process, the working group would create an information kit with draft agreements and documents relating to prior informed consent and participatory research guidelines for review and consultation with indigenous peoples, agencies, States and other stakeholders on that issue. 14. It is proposed that the members of the working group include representatives of the Committee on Indigenous Health, treaty bodies, the World Bank, WHO, the Convention on Biological Diversity, NGOs, States and members of the Forum. 3. Human rights 15. The Forum requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report on how indigenous issues have been addressed in United Nations Charter-based mechanisms and treaty bodies. 16. The Forum requests appropriate regional organizations to provide it with information on how indigenous issues have been addressed in their respective mechanisms for the protection of human rights. 17. The Forum proposes the organization of a technical seminar with members of the Forum, the members of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people in order to ensure that those United Nations bodies can efficiently interface in their undertaking and to avoid duplication. 5