A/HRC/24/49 28. Mr. Tsykarev thanked the Sami Parliament and the Government of Norway for hosting and providing financial support for the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference, which was held in Alta, Norway. He highlighted that the sixth session of the Expert Mechanism provided the first opportunity to consider further the Alta Outcome Document, which outlines four themes proposed for discussion at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. He emphasized that the Expert Mechanism welcomed the opportunity to initiate global consultations on the formulation of the outcome of the World Conference. Mr. Tsykarev further noted that the seventh session of the Expert Mechanism might be the last opportunity for a global dialogue on the World Conference prior to September 2014. 29. Mr. Tsykarev noted that the Expert Mechanism is committed to participating in further preparatory meetings in Mexico and New York, as well as coordinating its work with other United Nations bodies and mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council. He underscored that the mechanism’s studies and advice inform the Alta Outcome Document and the preparatory process provides an opportunity for greater analysis and monitoring of the use of such studies and advice by States, indigenous peoples and the United Nations system, including the opportunity to ensure national legislation is consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 30. Mr. Tsykarev noted that 2014 will also mark the end of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and called for the establishment of a Third International Decade. 31. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, considered how the three United Nations mechanisms on indigenous peoples could contribute to the preparations for the World Conference and to the event itself. He recognized that the Alta Outcome Document is an important normative instrument and plan of action and further noted that the outcome document provides an important overview of the issues that are of central concern to indigenous peoples and adds to the understanding of the priorities of indigenous peoples, both in terms of the content of the rights and how those rights might be protected. He also encouraged other actors, including the United Nations system, indigenous peoples, civil society and the private sector, to apply the Alta Outcome Document. 32. The Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Paul Kanyinke Sena, outlined the forum’s recommendations relating to the World Conference, contained in the report of its twelfth session. He noted the enhanced cooperation with the Special Rapporteur and the Expert Mechanism, especially in the preparatory process leading up to the World Conference, and considered ways of enhancing the United Nations mechanisms on indigenous peoples going forward as part of the World Conference. 33. The Co-Chair of the Indigenous Global Coordinating Group, Ghazali Ohorella, gave an overview of the participation of indigenous peoples leading up to the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference held in Alta, Norway, and acknowledged the contributions of the members of the Expert Mechanism, whose expertise assisted in building consensus during the meeting. He highlighted key areas of the Alta Outcome Document, including the four proposed themes, and made recommendations to the Expert Mechanism. Mr. Ohorella recommended that the themes set out in the Alta Outcome Document be adopted as the themes for the World Conference; that the Alta Outcome Document be used as the basis for the final outcome document of the World Conference; that the Expert Mechanism recommend to the President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly that a State representative and an indigenous peoples’ representative be appointed to conduct informal consultations; and that the Expert Mechanism urge States which have not yet done so to financially support indigenous peoples’ participation in the World Conference, including in the preparatory activities. 9