E/2021/43 E/C.19/2021/10 Annex Virtual informal meetings of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 1. On 20 April 2021, the Permanent Forum held a virtual informal meeting on agenda item 3, Discussion on the theme “Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16.” 2. At the same meeting, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a member of the Permanent Forum, introduced the note by the Secretariat entitled “Indigenous peoples and climate change” (E/C.19/2021/5). 3. Also at the same meeting, Ms. Ibrahim moderated the introductory statements by the following panellists: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation; Albert Barume, Security Coordinator and regional expert of the Panel of Experts on Mali; and Jaime Enrique Arias, Senior Adviser of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia. 4. At the same meeting, an interactive discussion ensued, in the course of which the panellists responded to questions raised and comments made by Hannah McGlade, Lourdes Tibán Guala, Tove Søvndahl Gant and Darío José Mejía Montalvo, members of the Permanent Forum. The following observers also participated in the interactive discussion: Australia, United States of America, Canada, Guyana, Guatemala, Spain, Russian Federation and Denmark. The representatives of the following indigenous organizations also participated: Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council; Nation of Hawai’i; Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú and the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas; Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon Basin; Inuit Circumpolar Council; Union of Indigenous Peoples “SOYUZ”; and Association Tinhinan. 5. Also at the same meeting, the moderator summarized the key points of the interactive panel discussion. 6. On 21 April, the Permanent Forum held a virtual informal meeting on agenda item 7, Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues consider ed by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues, specifically challenges related to pandemics and responses to them. 7. At the same meeting, Geoffrey Roth and Darío José Mejía Montalvo, members of the Permanent Forum, introduced the note by the S ecretariat entitled “Report of the international expert group meeting on the theme ‘Indigenous peoples and pandemics’” (E/C.19/2021/7) and the note by the Secretariat entitled “The rights of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the exceptional measures adopted during the pandemic” (E/C.19/2021/9), respectively. 8. Also at the same meeting, an interactive dialogue ensued, in the course of which questions were raised and comments made by Vital Bambanze, Aleksei Tsykarev, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Lourdes Tibán Guala, Bornface Museke Mate and Grigory E. Lukiyantsev, members of the Permanent Forum. 9. At the same meeting, the Permanent Forum held a general discussion and heard statements by the following observers: Canada, Mexico, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Peru, Russian Federation, Guatemala, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, New Zealand, Chile, Denmark (on behalf of the Group of Nordic Countries), Philippines and Ukraine. Statements were also made by the observer for the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as by the representatives of the following indigenous organizations: Coordinating 26/29 21-06102