E/2026/43 E/C.19/2026/6 across workplans and priorities. It further invites them to ensure the robust and systematic participation of Indigenous Peoples, in line with their mandates, in meetings of constituted and subsidiary bodies held in advance of sessions of the Conference of the Parties, including the 2026 meetings of the of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform Facilitative Working Group under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and preparations for the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8 (j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. 107. The Permanent Forum welcomes the WHO draft framework for respectful engagement with Indigenous Peoples on biodiversity, health and traditional knowledge systems and calls upon WHO, in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, to finalize and operationalize the framework.3 Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system (item 5 (g)) 108. The Permanent Forum held a thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system. Speakers affirmed that, for millenniums, Indigenous Peoples have managed their own economic systems, generating enduring systems of true wealth as guardians of Mother Earth, in accordance with the values of reciprocity and respect for others and nature, rooted in Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination. The Forum noted the consistent call for a paradigm shift from treating Indigenous Peoples as beneficiaries to recognizing them as rights holders, co-governors and trusted partners. 109. The Permanent Forum is concerned that, despite repeated commitments to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, they continue to face chronic underfinancing and structural barriers that undermine self‑determination and autonomy. 110. The Permanent Forum welcomes the land and forest tenure pledge announced at the thirtieth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to support Indigenous Peoples’ priorities in land rights, conservation and direct financing. Recommendations for the United Nations system 111. The Permanent Forum reiterates its request for Member States to contribute to the Trust Fund on Indigenous Issues, managed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, noting that it provides crucial support to the Forum and its follow -up on recommendations to implement the Declaration. 112. The Permanent Forum calls on the Forest Tenure Funders Group to implement its commitment to ensure direct access for Indigenous Peoples to funds and, beginning at its twenty-sixth session, to provide it with regular and transparent reports on direct fund disbursement, implementation and traceability. 113. The Permanent Forum calls on the Green Climate Fund to implement the recommendation of its Independent Evaluation Unit to establish direct funding modalities and dedicated financing arrangements for Indigenous Peoples before its next replenishment, enabling direct access, simplified procedures and Indigenous‑led governance, aligned with the Fund’s mandate and the Declaration. __________________ 3 26-06676 E/C.19/2026/CRP.1. 19/24