E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 16. The Permanent Forum welcomes the announcement by New Zealand to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the announcement by the United States of America that it will review its position on the Declaration. It also welcomes the indication by Canada in the 2010 Speech from the Throne that it will take steps to endorse the Declaration. The Forum recommends that the United States and Canada expedite their commitments made to endorse the Declaration. 17. Furthermore, the Permanent Forum urges those States that have abstained to reverse their positions and endorse the Declaration so as to achieve full consensus. 18. The Permanent Forum thanks Denmark, Finland and Germany for announcing its contributions to the Trust Fund of the Permanent Forum and, given the steady annual increase of applications from indigenous peoples’ organizations, encourages other States to contribute to the Fund. Furthermore, the Forum expresses its appreciation to the following countries, which have contributed to the Trust Fund in the past: Algeria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Peru and Suriname. 19. The Permanent Forum appreciates the efforts made by the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries, which comprises the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme, to inform, consult and involve indigenous peoples in United Nations activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and encourages them to further consolidate the partnership in accordance with the principle of free, prior and informed consent and the Declaration. 20. The Permanent Forum congratulates the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the approval of its policy on engagement with indigenous peoples, consistent with international standards, in particular with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Development Group guidelines. In the implementation of the policy, the Forum encourages the Trust Fund to establish an indigenous peoples’ forum at IFAD, as an example of a good practice to be followed by other United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations. 21. The Permanent Forum encourages all United Nations agencies that have not yet developed a policy on engaging with indigenous peoples to follow the example of sister agencies in order to ensure that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adequately reflected in all United Nations programmes. 22. The Permanent Forum decides to appoint as a Special Rapporteur, Pavel Sulyandziga, to conduct a study on indigenous peoples’ models of development in line with the theme “development with culture and identity”, which is consistent with indigenous peoples’ cultural aspirations and world views. 23. The Permanent Forum welcomes the “International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity: Diversity for Development and Development for Diversity” (8-10 June 2010, Montreal, Canada) as a useful dialogue on the interface of diversities and development and notes its goal to consider a future collaborative programme of work between the Secretariat of the Conference on Biological 4 10-36959