E/2002/43/Rev.1 E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 2000/22, the Economic and Social Council decided, inter alia: (a) To establish as a subsidiary organ of the Council the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; (b) That the Forum shall serve as an advisory body of the Council; (c) That the Forum shall apply the rules of procedure established for subsidiary organs of the Council as applicable; (d) That the Forum shall hold an annual session of 10 working days at the United Nations Office at Geneva or at United Nations Headquarters or at such other place as the Forum may decide, in accordance with existing financial rules and regulations of the United Nations; (e) That the financing of the Forum shall be provided from within existing resources through the regular budget of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and through such voluntary contributions as may be donated; (f) That, five years after its establishment, an evaluation of the functioning of the Forum, including the method for selection of its members, shall be carried out by the Council in the light of the experience gained; (g) That, once the Forum has been established and has held its first annual session the Council would review, without prejudging any outcome, all existing mechanisms, procedures and programmes within the United Nations concerning indigenous issues, including the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, with a view to rationalizing activities, avoiding duplication and overlap and promoting effectiveness. 2. At its first session, held in New York from 13 to 24 May 2002, the Forum recommended that the Council adopt the four draft decisions reproduced below. Before adopting draft decision I, “Establishment of the secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues”, the Forum was informed through an oral statement that the Secretary-General would study the recommendations regarding a core secretariat and would submit a formal statement of programme budget implications to the Council. As regards what might be supported from the regular budget and the specific posts to be proposed, it was pointed out that such matters were outside the purview of the Council and its subsidiary bodies and that those matters were the responsibility of the Secretary-General and the General Assembly in its role under the Charter of the United Nations as regards administrative and budgetary matters. 3. Due to constraints of time, the Forum was not informed of the programme budget implications of draft decisions II, III and IV, which are submitted below for the consideration of the Council. II. Programme budget implications of draft decisions I-IV recommended by the Forum for adoption by the Council 4. The programme budget implications of draft decisions I to IV recommended by the Forum at its first session for adoption by the Council are set out below separately for each decision. 23