A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/50/156 29 February 1996 Fiftieth session Agenda item 111 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/634)] 50/156. United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 40/131 of 13 December 1985 establishing the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/32 of 3 March 1995, 1/ as endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1995/32 of 25 July 1995, which authorized the establishment of an open-ended inter-sessional working group of the Commission on Human Rights with the sole purpose of elaborating a draft declaration, considering the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples annexed to resolution 1994/45 of 26 August 1994 of the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 2/ for consideration and adoption by the General Assembly within the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, Taking note also of the provisions in Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/32 regarding the participation of organizations of indigenous people in the Working Group, Emphasizing the importance and special nature of the draft declaration as a standard-setting exercise specifically for indigenous people, Recognizing the desirability of assisting organizations of indigenous people to participate in the Working Group, _______________ 1/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A. 2/ 96-77017 See E/CN.4/1995/2-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/56, chap. II, sect. A. /...