E/2009/43 E/C.19/2009/14 69. The Permanent Forum welcomes the global Stop TB Partnership, which is housed within the World Health Organization (WHO). It urges the Partnership to ensure that indigenous peoples’ concerns are fully included and that they participate in the decision-making body in implementing programmes and projects. 70. The Permanent Forum notes the First World Indigenous Nations Sports Congress that was held in Winnipeg, Canada, on 9 November 2008 with the support of the members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the World Indigenous Nations Games and Sports Manitoba. The Permanent Forum supports the plan to hold the first World Indigenous Nations Games, which will include contemporary sports and traditional games of indigenous peoples, to be held in Winnipeg, Canada, in 2012. 71. The Durban Review Conference welcomed the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which should be used to combat racism against indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues decides to have a half-day session on the theme “Addressing the elimination of racism against indigenous peoples”. This session will be held during the 2011 meeting of the Permanent Forum. 72. The Permanent Forum welcomes the convening by UNICEF, the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNESCO, the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Indigenous Programme of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the indigenous peoples and organizations throughout Latin America in the regional meeting on child labour, to be held in Lima in November 2009. The objective of the meeting is to address within the framework of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples challenges that are faced by children regarding the worst forms of exploitation and the violation of the rights of children. 73. The Permanent Forum welcomes the organization of a workshop by the Indigenous Peoples’ Centre for Documentation, Research and Information in recognition of the historical role played by indigenous peoples within the United Nations system. 74. The Permanent Forum recommends the proposal by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and other organizations to hold an expert workshop on the contribution to development of pastoralist cultures and hunting and gathering societies. 75. The Permanent Forum takes note of the impending refurbishment of the United Nations Headquarters building and recommends to the Economic and Social Council that it decide the venue of the ninth session of the Permanent Forum for spring 2010 and an appropriate location, taking into account the requirements of the Forum’s sessions, such as high participation of States, indigenous peoples’ organizations, civil society, the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations. 76. The Permanent Forum welcomes the adoption of General Assembly resolution 63/278, by which the Assembly established International Mother Earth Day and embraced indigenous peoples’ and Member States’ recommendations regarding the need to promote humankind living in harmony with nature. Therefore, the Forum decides to appoint Carlos Mamani Candori and Bartolome Clavero, members of the Forum, as special rapporteurs, to conduct a study, without financial implications, on its implementation, taking into account, inter alia, the consideration 09-36351 11