Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . A. Draft decisions recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. 1 1 International expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity: articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Dates of the ninth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues . . . . . . . . 1 III. Provisional agenda for the ninth session of the Permanent Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 II. Venue, dates and proceedings of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 III. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its eighth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 IV. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 D. Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 E. Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 General comments to the follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and on dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples and other special rapporteurs . . . . . . 19 II. B. Annex iii