E/2006/43 E/C.19/2006/11 organizations in that region take concrete actions to implement the issues proclaimed in the declaration. 65. The Permanent Forum welcomes the expansion of the consultative indigenous group established by UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean to other United Nations organizations in the region following the recommendation of the InterAgency Support Group on Indigenous Issues and encourages the establishment of such consultative groups in other regions and at the country level. 66. The Permanent Forum urges United Nations organizations, non-governmental organizations, States and other supportive organizations to facilitate, support and fund local, regional and international youth activities and other upcoming training workshops and forums. Human rights 67. In anticipation of the first session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Forum recommends that indigenous issues be a standing item in the agenda of the Human Rights Council and that due attention be paid to the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples. The role of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people should be maintained and further strengthened within the Human Rights Council. 68. The Permanent Forum is convinced that a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples will be an instrument of great value through which to advance the rights and aspirations of the world’s indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum therefore recommends the adoption without amendments of the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples as contained in the proposals of the Chairperson of the working group of the Commission on Human Rights on the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (see E/CN.4/2006/79, annex I) by the General Assembly during its sixty-first session in 2006. This would represent a major achievement for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. 69. The Permanent Forum welcomes the address by the Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its present session and looks forward to enhancing the institutional cooperation between the two bodies. The Permanent Forum encourages relevant national human rights institutions to begin to undertake cooperation with the Permanent Forum. 70. The Permanent Forum welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people on his visits to South Africa and New Zealand, and supports the recommendations contained therein (see E/CN.4/2006/78 and addenda). The Permanent Forum restates its support for the ongoing work of the Special Rapporteur. 71. The Permanent Forum encourages the Human Rights Council to pay special attention, through the monitoring mechanisms of the Council, to the implementation of recommendations of the Special Rapporteurs pertaining to indigenous peoples. 12