E/2007/43 E/C.19/2007/12 137. The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation from the Government of the Russian Federation, the Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, the public chamber of the Russian Federation and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East (RAIPON) to hold an international meeting in the city of Salekhard, from 1 to 4 July 2007, dedicated to the study of experiences of interaction between indigenous peoples and the private sector, and expresses its appreciation for this invitation. The Permanent Forum also calls upon other States to follow the example of the Russian Federation. 138. The Permanent Forum welcomes the continuing preparation by its secretariat of the publication on the “State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples”. 139. The Permanent Forum decides to conduct a half-day discussion during its eighth session on the subject of “Countries of the Arctic region”, with the broad participation of indigenous communities, regional administrations and institutions of local self-governance. 140. The Permanent Forum expresses its appreciation for the continuing presence and support of the members of the Inter-Agency Support Group at its annual sessions and intersessional meetings and for the valuable written contributions in the form of pre-sessional documentation. The Permanent Forum also expresses its appreciation to IFAD for convening and hosting the annual meeting of the InterAgency Support Group on Indigenous Issues in September 2006. 141. The Permanent Forum welcomes the participation at its sixth session of indigenous parliamentarians from, inter alia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Greenland, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, the Russian Federation, Sweden, and encourages indigenous parliamentarians to continue participating at future sessions in their own capacity, with designated seating arrangements. 142. The Permanent Forum encourages indigenous parliamentarians to organize a global satellite conference of indigenous representatives with the objective of analysing as a whole the level of progress in the promotion, protection and exercise of the rights of indigenous peoples around the world within the framework of the seventh session of the Permanent Forum. 143. The Permanent Forum recognizes the role of indigenous parliamentarians in the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples’ rights, and thus recommends increasing their participation in the sessions of the Permanent Forum, adopting regional and national mechanisms to monitor the recommendations and working towards the establishment of particular mechanisms of participation. 144. Noting that the current mandate of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions of WIPO expires at the end of 2007, the Permanent Forum calls upon member States of WIPO to extend the mandate of that body. 145. The Permanent Forum expresses appreciation to Mr. Michael Dodson for his concept paper on traditional knowledge, 15 and recommends that the paper be widely circulated. The Permanent Forum invites States, United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations and indigenous peoples and their organizations and academic institutions to submit written comments to the secretariat for consideration __________________ 15 24 E/C.19/2007/10. 07-37675