E/2006/43 E/C.19/2006/11 Chapter I 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 1. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions: Draft decision I International expert group meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity international regime on access and benefit-sharing and indigenous peoples’ human rights The Economic and Social Council decides to authorize a three-day international expert group meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity international regime on access and benefit-sharing and indigenous peoples’ human rights with the participation of representatives from the United Nations system, and five members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and invites other interested intergovernmental organizations, experts from indigenous organizations, and interested Member States to participate as well, and requests that the results of the meeting be reported to the Permanent Forum at its sixth session in May 2007. Draft decision II Subject of the coordination segment of the substantive session of 2007 of the Economic and Social Council Taking into account the launch of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People and the adoption of the Programme of Action for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, 1 and with a view to contributing to the system-wide coherence efforts currently undertaken in the United Nations, the Economic and Social Council decides that the coordination segment of its substantive session of 2007 shall be devoted to indigenous issues. Draft decision III Venue and dates for the sixth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council decides that the sixth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues shall be held at the United Nations Centre in Bangkok from 14 to 25 May 2007. __________________ 1 A/60/270, sect. II. 1