E/2005/43 E/C.19/2005/9 North America, the Arctic, the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America 129. The Forum decides to devote sufficient time during its fifth session to special events for the purpose of identifying the issues, challenges and positive measures of cooperation required to improve the situation of indigenous peoples in the abovementioned regions and invites the United Nations system, as well as relevant Governments, regional intergovernmental institutions and organizations, and indigenous peoples organizations to contribute to these special events. Other regional initiatives 130. The Forum supports the initiative of the Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus to undertake research and hold a regional conference on the question of indigenousness in Asia in order to bring about better dialogue and understanding on the issue. 131. The Forum recommends that UNDP establish regional initiatives on indigenous peoples and strengthen further its HURIST programme in all regions of the world that include all the countries of each region with an indigenous regional coordinator as is the case in Asia. Implementation and monitoring at the country level 132. The Forum recommends the designation of focal points in the United Nations country teams or the country offices of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, with a mandate to deal with indigenous issues, inter alia, to follow-up on the implementation of recommendations of the Forum, and the objectives of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. Analysis of recommendations of the first three sessions 133. In order to facilitate its future work, the Forum decides to appoint Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Forum, and William Littlechild, member of the Forum, as Special Rapporteurs, to prepare, without financial implications, an analytical paper with a concise thematic compilation of the recommendations of the first three sessions of the Forum, and their status of implementation at the national, regional and international levels, and to submit it to the Permanent Forum at its fifth session, in 2006. Methodological points 134. The Forum recommends that in order to raise further awareness of indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals, the Economic and Social Council High-level Segment to be held from 29 June to 1 July 2005, and the General Assembly Summit to be held in September 2005 allow presentations of recommendations of the Forum at its fourth session on the Millennium Development Goals by the Chairperson of the Forum. 135. The Forum decides to appoint Yuri Boychenko and Parshuram Tamang, members of the Forum, as Special Rapporteurs, to prepare, without financial implications, a working paper on current practices and methods of work to be submitted at the fifth session of the Permanent Forum. 21