A/HRC/18/43 (c) Recognizes that the United Nations consultative arrangements for non-State entities can prevent indigenous peoples’ governance bodies and institutions, including traditional indigenous Governments, indigenous parliaments, assemblies and councils, from participating in decision-making processes at the United Nations, as they are not always organized as non-governmental organizations; (d) Proposes that the Human Rights Council encourage the General Assembly to adopt, as a matter of urgency, appropriate permanent measures to ensure that indigenous peoples’ governance bodies and institutions, including traditional indigenous Governments, indigenous parliaments, assemblies and councils, are able to participate at the United Nations as observers with, at a minimum, the same participatory rights as non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. Proposal 4: Measures to achieve the ends of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: (a) Refers to Human Rights Council resolution 15/7, in which the Council encouraged States that had endorsed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to adopt measures to achieve the objectives of the Declaration, pursuant to article 38 thereof; (b) Proposes that the Human Rights Council request the Expert Mechanism to undertake, with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a questionnaire survey in relation to measures to apply the Declaration to supplement the information received at its annual session, and to provide further detail on possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies to ensure respect for and full application of the Declaration. Proposal 5: World Conference on Indigenous Peoples The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: (a) Refers to the need for an inclusive and principled approach to ensure the full participation of indigenous peoples in the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at all stages, – from planning and preparations through to the conference itself and any follow-up. Furthermore, the principle of full, formal, equal and effective participation by indigenous peoples should be applied to all future world conferences on the basis of the rights affirmed in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; (b) Proposes that the Human Rights Council welcome the decision by the Saami Parliament, in Norway, to host an indigenous preparatory conference for the World Conference in 2013, and requests the General Assembly and States to ensure that the outcome of the indigenous peoples’ preparatory process is integrated into the outcome of the World Conference;   (c) Decides that the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples should be an agenda item of the fifth session of the Expert Mechanism; (d) Proposes that the Human Rights Council support the full participation of indigenous peoples, including youth and women, at all stages of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Proposal 6: Follow-up on the report of the Expert Mechanism on the study on lessons learned and challenges to achieve the right of indigenous peoples to education The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: 5