A/RES/66/296 Encouraging the continued active engagement of indigenous peoples in the preparations for the World Conference, including at the regional and global levels, 1. Decides that the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples shall be held on 22 September 2014 and on the afternoon of 23 September 2014 in New York; Encourages all Member States to consider being represented at the World 2. Conference at the level of Head of State or Government; 3. Decides that the organizational arrangements for the World Conference shall be as follows: (a) The World Conference will be composed of two plenary meetings in the form of an opening and a closing session, three interactive round-table discussions and one interactive panel discussion, with the opening meeting beginning at 9 a.m. on 22 September 2014, followed, in the afternoon, by two round-table discussions taking place simultaneously; (b) The speakers at the opening meeting will be the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Heads of State or Government or high-level representatives of Member States from each regional group, the Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and three representatives of indigenous peoples who will be proposed by indigenous peoples and subsequently designated by the President of the Assembly after consultations with Member States; (c) The round-table discussions and the interactive panel discussion will be co-chaired by one Member State and one representative of indigenous peoples who will be proposed by indigenous peoples and subsequently designated by the President of the General Assembly after consultations with Member States; (d) The Chair of the Permanent Forum, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples will be invited to participate in the interactive panel discussion; (e) The proceedings of the round-table discussions and interactive panel discussion will be webcast; (f) The co-chairs of the round-table discussions and the panel discussion will present summaries of the discussions at the closing plenary meeting; (g) To promote interactive and substantive dialogue, participation in the round-table and interactive panel discussions will include Member States, observers and representatives of entities of the United Nations system, indigenous peoples, civil society organizations and national human rights institutions; (h) Organizations and institutions of indigenous peoples interested in participating in the World Conference, and whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, should be invited to submit applications for accreditation to the Secretariat through an open and transparent procedure, in accordance with the established practice for the accreditation of representatives of organizations and institutions of indigenous peoples, which will provide for timely and comprehensive information on the participation of such organizations and institutions of indigenous peoples for consideration by Member States; 2