E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 37. The Permanent Forum encourages FAO to continue supporting indigenous peoples’ organizations in the field of communication for development. In particular, the Permanent Forum recommends that FAO continue to provide support for indigenous peoples’ communication platforms and their activities in the field of participatory territorial development and community-based adaptation to climate change. The Permanent Forum recommends that other United Nations agencies and donors join FAO in that important task and strengthen the reporting and monitoring mechanisms about indigenous peoples’ right to communication as a condition towards free and informed prior consent and self-determined development. IV. United Nations Development Programme 38. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held its first in-depth dialogue with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 22 May 2009. The in-depth dialogue was the first of its kind, and the Permanent Forum welcomes the UNDP participation and expresses its appreciation for the detailed report submitted by the Programme (E/C.19/2009/3/Add.5). d 39. The Permanent Forum posed a broad range of questions to UNDP related to the following issues: (a) The role of UNDP in the light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; (b) UNDP policies and procedures and their impact on programming with, and for, indigenous peoples; (c) UNDP region/country-specific initiatives on indigenous peoples’ issues, including the Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Programme in Asia; (d) issues; The internal capacity of UNDP to effectively address indigenous peoples’ (e) The inclusion of indigenous peoples’ issues in human development reports and national Millennium Development Goals reports; (f) The role of UNDP in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries and its potential impact on indigenous peoples; (g) The Global Environmental Facility of UNDP, in particular the Small Grants Programme and community-based adaptation initiatives under the facility; (h) issues. The role of UNDP in inter-agency cooperation on indigenous peoples’ Observations on the dialogue 40. The Permanent Forum has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with UNDP. As new challenges emerge, the partnership between United Nations agencies and indigenous peoples needs to be further strengthened. __________________ d 10-36959 For a detailed narrative of the in-depth dialogue, see the summary prepared by the Department of Public Information (HR/4986), available at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/ hr4986.doc.htm. 37