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70. The Permanent Forum welcomes the establishment of the indigenous global
coordinating group and its efforts to realize the principle of full, effective and direct
participation of indigenous peoples in the preparatory processes leading up to,
throughout and after the Conference.
71. The Permanent Forum also welcomes the decision of the President of the
General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session to appoint the Permanent Representative
of Mexico to the United Nations, Luis Alfonso de Alba, and the international
representative of the Sami Parliament of Norway, John B. Henriksen, to conduct
inclusive informal consultations on his behalf, with a view to determining the
modalities for the World Conference, including the substantive participation of
indigenous peoples.
72. The Permanent Forum calls upon the President of the General Assembly at its
sixty-sixth session to share with its members the main conclusions and
recommendations emanating from the half-day dialogue on the World Conference
held by the members of the Forum within the framework of its eleventh session.
Modalities
73. The Permanent Forum reiterates its call to all Member States to intensify their
efforts to adopt the modalities for the World Conference as soon as possible and
before the end of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
74. The Permanent Forum recommends that the World Conference consist of
plenary meetings, round tables and interactive dialogues, to be co-chaired by
representatives of Member States and indigenous peoples.
75. The Permanent Forum recommends that the accreditation, including of
indigenous nations, councils, parliaments and Governments, as well as traditional
governments, for the preparatory conferences and the World Conference reflect the
principle of full and effective and direct participation of indigenous peoples, as set
forth in articles 18 and 41 of the Declaration, building upon the established practice
of accreditation and inclusive participation followed in other United Nations
processes related to indigenous peoples.
Preparatory processes
76. The Permanent Forum reiterates the importance of preparatory processes at all
levels for bringing different perspectives to the World Conference and building a
spirit of partnership, inclusion and respect, and calls upon Member States,
indigenous peoples and United Nations organizations, funds and programmes to
work together at the national, regional and international levels.
77. The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation of the Governments of
Guatemala, Guyana and Mexico and all other States to discuss the preparations for
the World Conference and all other invitations related to the preparations for the
World Conference.
78. The Permanent Forum welcomes the seven indigenous regional processes that
have been initiated preparatory to the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference, to
be held in Alta, Norway, in June 2013.
79. The Permanent Forum recommends that joint regional and/or thematic
preparatory conferences, workshops or other events be organized with the support of
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