E/2012/43 E/C.19/2012/13 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 12-35917 13

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