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visit to those organizations, conducted in November 2005, and is looking forward to
a strengthened and continuing cooperation with those organizations.
154. The Permanent Forum acknowledges the need to broaden cooperation with
different regional institutions and expresses its gratitude to the Public Chamber of
the Russian Federation for its proposal of cooperation aimed at increasing the
capacity and opportunity of indigenous peoples at the global and regional levels.
155. The Permanent Forum decides to continue its work on preparing a compilation
of its current practices and methods of work and also decides to appoint Parshuram
Tamang and Yuri Boychenko as special rapporteurs charged, within existing
resources, with developing a questionnaire designed to enhance organizations’
reporting to the Permanent Forum and requests the views of the organizations in that
respect. The special rapporteurs are urged to submit proposals on a questionnaire to
be discussed at the sixth session of the Permanent Forum.
156. The Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations organizations provide
technical assistance and convene, in cooperation with indigenous peoples’
organizations, regional workshops on the special theme of the sixth session of the
Permanent Forum, namely, “Territories, lands and natural resources”, with the
participation of Permanent Forum members, and other experts, indigenous peoples’
representatives, indigenous parliamentarians, State representatives, and
representatives of the United Nations system, in order to formulate
recommendations for consideration, as part of its preparatory work for the sixth
session. The Permanent Forum further recommends that States, organizations and
donors provide resources for these regional workshops.
157. Taking into account the importance of migration and urbanization as regards
indigenous issues, the Permanent Forum will consider designating that issue as a
special theme of one of its future sessions.
158. Special attention should be paid to indigenous peoples at the High-level
Dialogue on International Migration and Development to be held during the sixtyfirst session of the General Assembly in New York on 14 and 15 September 2006.
Given that indigenous peoples are closely tied to their communities, the impact
exerted by their migration is often broader than that exerted by individual migration.
In particular, indigenous migration affects the collective rights of indigenous
communities and accordingly has consequences for entire communities.
159. International law concerning the nexus between migration and indigenous
peoples should be effectively implemented. It should also be recognized that various
actors, including indigenous leaders, should be involved in efforts to address the
nexus between indigenous peoples and migration.
160. Discussions on migration should not be limited to its economic and social
consequences but should also address the cultural impact of migration.
161. The Permanent Forum recommends that an expert group meeting on urban
indigenous peoples and migration be organized by the United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in cooperation with the secretariat of the
Permanent Forum with the participation of the members of the Permanent Forum,
experts from indigenous organizations, the United Nations system and other relevant
intergovernmental organizations and interested Governments, for the purpose of
formulating recommendations for consideration, as part of its preparatory work for
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