A/HRC/27/64 the Declaration. He announced the availability of three conference room papers: “Compilation of conclusions and recommendations from the United Nations seminars on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements” (A/HRC/EMRIP/2014/CRP.1), “Article 31 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the World Indigenous Nations (WIN) Games” (A/HRC/EMRIP/2014/CRP.2), and “Compilation of references to indigenous women and girls in reports and advice of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1st to 6th sessions)” (A/HRC/EMRIP/2014/CRP.3). 72. Participants heard from Shankar Limbu on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. Mr. Limbu announced the historic and highly significant change of the Fund’s name from the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations to the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, bringing the name into conformity with the Declaration. He provided an overview of the Fund’s support for indigenous representatives in 2013 and 2014, including support for the participation of 84 indigenous representatives at the upcoming World Conference. 73. A panel discussion followed, on the role of parliaments in the implementation of the Declaration. First, International Chief Littlechild provided an overview of the Expert Mechanism’s activities relating to the implementation of the Declaration, including his presentation to the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Plurinational State of Bolivia, where he had outlined concrete actions that could be taken towards implementation at the national level. He also emphasized the importance of consent, as opposed to consultation, in order to attain the standards contained in the Declaration. He noted the importance of considering the Santa Cruz Declaration in the World Conference’s deliberations and follow-up. 74. Akiyo Afouda, Human Rights Officer at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), provided a comprehensive overview of the work of IPU and of its structure and strategies. He outlined the concrete activities of IPU that were aimed at promoting indigenous peoples’ rights and the Declaration, which included a joint project with the United Nations Development Programme on the representation of minorities and indigenous peoples in parliaments, the Chiapas Declaration of 2010, and, most recently, the Santa Cruz Declaration of April 2014. He outlined the focal areas in the Santa Cruz Declaration: the importance of free, prior and informed consent, and national action plans for implementing the Declaration. He outlined IPU’s plans to contribute to the World Conference, which would include sharing the findings of its survey on the representation of indigenous peoples in parliaments. 75. María Eugenia Choque Quispe, Vice-Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, spoke about the implementation of the Declaration and about the discussions that had taken place at the conference in Santa Cruz. She highlighted the discussions about good practices and about administrative and legislative measures designed to promote implementation. She stressed the need for parliamentarians to participate in the World Conference. She discussed the importance of non-discrimination in achieving the objectives of the Declaration, and called particularly for attention to be paid to the protection of indigenous women (including their right to participate in decision-making) and of indigenous youth. Ms. Choque Quispe noted the need to provide training to parliamentarians on indigenous peoples’ rights and world views, and for budgetary allocations for implementation measures. 76. Johnson Ole Kaunga, of the Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (Kenya) provided a national example of implementation of the Declaration by parliamentarians in Kenya, where pastoralists had formed an ad hoc Pastoralist Parliamentary Group that facilitated progress on issues affecting indigenous peoples. One of the challenges was the internal system, composed of a National Assembly 17