E/2006/43 E/C.19/2006/11 the Conference of the Parties invited the General Assembly at its sixty-first session to consider adopting the draft resolution contained in the annex to that decision, by which the Assembly would declare 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (see UNEP/CBD/COP/8/31 of 15 June 2006, annex I). 135. National mechanisms established for the implementation of Agenda 21, national biodiversity strategies and action plans, the Millennium Development Goals and activities for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People should include a focal point for indigenous issues, including responsibility for communication, education and public awareness activities. 136. The Permanent Forum recommends that States, United Nations organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations elaborate and develop strategies and action plans for communication, education and public awareness on indigenous issues during the Second International Decade, addressing different audiences. Toolkits should also be developed for use in the implementation of such plans. 137. The Permanent Forum also recommends that States, United Nations organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations strengthen the necessary communication, education and information infrastructure and support networks of educators on indigenous issues. Information and communication technologies (ICT) for indigenous peoples must be supported in order to close the technological and information gap. 138. Donors are encouraged to provide additional resources for communication, education and public awareness activities during the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, giving priority to initiatives of indigenous peoples. 139. The Permanent Forum recommends that an international expert workshop of the Permanent Forum on the compliance of international financial institutions, in particular the multilateral development banks, with their policies on indigenous peoples be funded by the international financial institutions. 140. The Permanent Forum urges States to provide financial resources to strengthen civil society and governmental mechanisms that support activities of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. 141. The Permanent Forum urges member States of WHO to incorporate programmes for indigenous peoples in its biannual planning in respect of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals within the framework of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. 142. The Permanent Forum requests the Coordinator of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People to submit a report to the Permanent Forum at its annual sessions regarding progress on the Programme of Action for the Decade and invites States, the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations and indigenous peoples and other non-governmental organizations to provide the Coordinator with information in that regard. Future work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 143. The practice of preparing overview reports, the Message Stick (the quarterly newsletter) and the database on the implementation of recommendations should be maintained. The secretariat should review oral interventions delivered during sessions of the Permanent Forum and take note of references made to the 22

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