E/2011/43 E/C.19/2011/14 83. The Permanent Forum urges States to include indigenous peoples in decisionmaking processes in all areas of water management, including commercial use, irrigation and environmental management, and to ensure that such decision-making processes are consistent with the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular its article 32, under which the free and informed consent of indigenous peoples is required prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources. 84. The Permanent Forum urges States to increase the provision of funding to indigenous peoples and communities for water and wastewater systems in order to improve the quality of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, as well as address water pollution and degradation in indigenous communities. Future work of the Permanent Forum 85. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues discussed the theme for its eleventh session, “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)”. Forum members agreed to emphasize the latter part of the theme by including a focus on redefining indigenous and State relationships as an equally important lens through which to understand the Doctrine of Discovery in order to develop a vision of the future for reconciliation, peace and justice. 86. The Permanent Forum notes the information reported to the Arctic Council ministerial meeting held in Nuuk in May 2011 on the impact of cumulative effects of climate change and industrial development in the Arctic, which threaten to cause the loss of grazing lands and the destruction, blockage or delay of critical reindeer migrations between seasonal pastures, and thereby jeopardize the adaptive capacity of indigenous reindeer herders. 87. The Permanent Forum thanks the Centre for Applied Studies on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for providing information about the initiative entitled “Evaluation on the impact of human rights”, which will be shared with the members of the Forum for their consideration in the context of the future work of the Forum. 88. The Permanent Forum learned of the threat posed to the health of indigenous peoples by four non-communicable diseases — diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and chronic lung disease — and their common risk factors. The Permanent Forum welcomes the organization of a high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and requests that representatives of indigenous peoples be invited to contribute to and participate in the meeting, as well as the interactive hearings with civil society scheduled for June 2011. 89. The Permanent Forum thanks the Governments of Canada and the United States of America for hosting its 2011 pre-sessional meeting, and thanks the Governments of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Greenland and China for having hosted previous pre-sessional meetings of the Forum. The Permanent Forum recommends that States that have not yet done so consider hosting future pre-sessional meetings. The Permanent Forum also requests that the Secretariat organize pre-sessional meetings for future sessions of the Forum. 11-37063 15