E/2009/43 E/C.19/2009/14 establishment of an ad hoc committee consisting of indigenous representatives or experts. 94. The Permanent Forum notes the mission to Bolivia and Paraguay and thanks the Governments of both countries for their invitations. This mission came about following the Forum’s recommendation regarding the situation of forced labour of Guarani communities at its seventh session. The Permanent Forum welcomes the mission as a good practice and decides to publish the reports of the mission as official documents. The Forum urges United Nations country teams to follow up the recommendations of these reports and suggests to the relevant Governments that they report on the implementation of these recommendations at the ninth session of the Forum in 2010. 95. The Permanent Forum commends the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people for his efforts on behalf of indigenous peoples around the world and recommends that he continue his work in conformity with the principles he has established. 96. The Permanent Forum welcomes cooperation with the Special Rapporteur and the Human Rights Council expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, which is to be conducted in order to ensure maximum complementarity of efforts. 97. The Permanent Forum calls on States to consult with indigenous peoples in a manner that fully respects their obligations under the Declaration and fully responds to the goals, needs and rights of indigenous peoples in the development and design of relevant legislation. 98. The Permanent Forum reiterates its previous recommendations that those States that have not already done so adopt or endorse, where applicable, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ILO Convention No. 169 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 99. The Permanent Forum welcomes the effort of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to establish a regional human rights mechanism and offers its expertise and cooperation in this matter. The Forum recommends that the mechanism be called the “ASEAN Human Rights Commission” and that the commission explicitly recognize indigenous peoples in its terms of reference. We look forward to a strong commission with full investigatory and implementation powers, which uses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as its framework in dealing with indigenous peoples’ issues. The Forum also recommends that the commission establish a committee on indigenous peoples in addition to its proposed committees on migrant workers and women and children. 100. The Permanent Forum joins international concern regarding violent actions by some States against indigenous peoples for asserting their customary rights to their lands and territories. 14 09-36351

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