E/2018/43 E/C.19/2018/11 Chapter I A. Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention Draft decisions recommended by the Permanent Forum for adoption by the Council 1. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions: Draft decision I International expert group meeting on the theme “Conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples” The Economic and Social Council decides to authorize a three -day international expert group meeting on the theme “Conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples”. Draft decision II Venue and dates for the eighteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council decides that the eighteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues shall be held at United Nations Headquarters from 22 April to 3 May 2019. Draft decision III Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its seventeenth session and provisional agenda for its eighteenth session The Economic and Social Council: (a) Takes note of the report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its seventeenth session; 1 (b) Approves the provisional agenda for the eighteenth session of the Permanent Forum as set out below: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work. 3. Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum. 4. Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 5. Discussion on the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages 6. Dialogue with indigenous peoples: collective rights to lands, territories and resources 7. Dialogue with Member States. __________________ 1 4/26 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2018, Supplement No. 23 (E/2018/43). 18-07701