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Forum’s recommendations, especially by responding to the questionnaire prepared
by the Forum secretariat.
100. The Permanent Forum also calls upon WHO to work in close cooperation with
the Forum in establishing a programme on non-communicable diseases, with special
attention to indigenous peoples and diabetes. The Forum recognizes the findings of
the Expert Meeting on Indigenous Peoples, Diabetes and Development, held in
Copenhagen on 1 and 2 March 2012, and its outcome document entitled “The
Copenhagen call to action” and recommends that those outcomes be considered
when establishing the programme.
101. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Eva Biaudet, a member of the Forum, to
undertake a study on the right to participation in decision-making processes of
indigenous youth in the Nordic countries, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth
session.
102. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Biaudet to review World Bank operational
policies, analyse participation mechanisms on indigenous peoples and determine to
what extent those policies respect the Declaration, with her findings to be submitted
to the Forum at its twelfth session.
103. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Myrna Cunningham and Mr. Paul
Kanyinke Sena, members of the Forum, to undertake a study on the situation of
indigenous persons with disabilities, with a particular focus on challenges faced
with respect to the full enjoyment of human rights and inclusion in development, to
be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session. Preparation of the report will be
supported by the secretariat of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and will include consultations with indigenous persons with disabilities
and their representative organizations.
104. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Cunningham and Mr. Kanyinke Sena to
undertake a study on the political participation of indigenous women at the
international, national and local levels, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth
session.
105. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Cunningham and Mr. Saul Vicente
Vazquez, a member of the Forum, to undertake a study, with the assistance of
indigenous universities, on how the indigenous knowledge systems and history and
the contemporary social circumstances of indigenous peoples are embedded in the
curriculum of education systems, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session.
106. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Megan Davis, a member of the Forum, to
undertake a study on the impact of the mining boom on indigenous communities in
Australia, to be submitted to the Forum at its twelfth session.
107. The Permanent Forum appoints Saul Vicente Vazquez to coordinate with the
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and with the Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, for the purpose of preparing a
consolidated report on extractive industries and their impact on indigenous peoples.
108. The Permanent Forum appoints Ms. Anna Naykanchina and Dalee Sambo
Dorough, members of the Forum, to undertake a study on resilience, traditional
knowledge and capacity-building in Arctic and sub-Arctic indigenous reindeer
herding communities. It also appoints Mr. Kanyinke Sena to undertake a study on
resilience, traditional knowledge and capacity-building for pastoralist communities
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