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review when Indigenous Peoples present documented evidence of harm, and that free,
prior and informed consent is applied consistently and without exception.
123. The Permanent Forum urges Member States, United Nations entities, financial
institutions and philanthropic funders to take concrete steps, by 2027, to institutionalize
the Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders
developed by the United Nations Environment Programme, including by embedding
co-governance structures, ensuring transparency in funding flows and adopting
accountability frameworks that are accessible to Indigenous Peoples.
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the
Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on
Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues (item 6)
124. The Permanent Forum will convene a closed meeting at its next session for
Indigenous women and girls to share experiences and identify actions to address gaps
in implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
125. The Permanent Forum thanks the Inuit organization Nunavut Tunngavik
Incorporated for hosting its 2026 pre-sessional meeting. The Forum expresses
appreciation to States that have hosted previous pre-sessional and intersessional
meetings and encourages States to host future meetings. The Forum requests its
secretariat to continue organizing these meetings.
126. The Permanent Forum welcomes the planned commemoration by the General
Assembly of the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration in 2027 and recommends
ensuring the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples and the United
Nations mechanisms on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
127. The Permanent Forum is concerned about the reduced participation of
Indigenous Peoples, especially from Asia, Africa and the Pacific, at its twenty -fifth
session and highlights the necessity of increasing financial and administrative
support, including removing visa and other barriers, to enable their participation.
128. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States and the Secretary-General to
ensure that the Forum and its secretariat are adequately resourced and protected from
any liquidity crises.
129. The Permanent Forum calls upon the United Nations Secretariat and Member
States to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are provided with adequate, dignified, secure
and accessible meeting space at all Forum sessions.
130. The Permanent Forum acknowledges the Second Global Summit on Indigenous
Peacebuilding and recalls its recommendation from its twentieth session to continue
facilitating a process among Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations system
regarding Indigenous peacebuilding, and will continue to consider an International
Decade on Indigenous Peoples’ Peacebuilding.
131. The Permanent Forum expresses grave concern over escalating attempts to
undermine its independence. Member States shall ensure the full protection of the
Forum and its independence, mandate, composition, work and members.
132. The Permanent Forum welcomes General Assembly resolution 80/191, in which
the Assembly decided to initiate, at the high-level panel to be held during the highlevel week of the eighty-second session of the Assembly, in 2027, a discussion on the
organization of the Second World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be h eld in
2028.
133. The Permanent Forum decided to prepare four studies on the following topics
and to present them at its twenty-sixth session:
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