E/2021/43 E/C.19/2021/10 Chapter II Venue, dates and proceedings of the session 107. By its decision 2020/218, the Economic and Social Council decided that the twentieth session of the Permanent Forum would be held at United Nations Headquarters from 19 to 30 April 2021. 108. Taking into account the prevailing conditions relating to the COVID -19 pandemic on the working arrangements for its twentieth session and the available technological and procedural solutions in the interim period, the Permanent Forum convened two formal meetings and nine virtual informal meetings during the session. The proceedings of the virtual informal meetings are reflected in the annex to the present report. 109. At its 1st meeting, on 19 April, the Permanent Forum considered agenda item 3, entitled “Discussion on the theme ‘Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16’”. For its consideration of the item, the Forum had before it two notes by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the international expert group meeting on the theme “Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16” (E/C.19/2020/7), and the study on “Indigenous peoples’ autonomies: experiences and perspectives” (E/C.19/2020/5). 3 110. At its 2nd meeting, on 30 April, the Forum considered and adopted its recommendations submitted under the following agenda items (see chap. I, sect. B): items 3 and 4, item 5 and sub-items (c), (d) and (f), and items 6 and 7. 111. At the same meeting, the Forum considered agenda item 8, entitled “Provisional agenda for the twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum”, and adopted a draft decision submitted under that item (see chap. I, sect. A). __________________ 3 22/29 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Permanent Forum was unable to convene its nineteenth session, which was scheduled to be held in 2020, and the consideration of both reports was thus deferred to the twentieth session. 21-06102