E/2011/43 E/C.19/2011/14 124. The Permanent Forum welcomes the initiative of the Government of Mexico and the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean to host the Latin American and Caribbean preparatory meeting on the World Conference in 2012. 125. The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation extended to indigenous peoples by the Saami Parliament of Norway to attend a preparatory meeting to be held in Alta, Norway, in 2013 to consolidate indigenous peoples’ strategies and inputs for the World Conference. 126. The Permanent Forum also welcomes the recommendations made by a wide range of indigenous peoples’ caucuses and representatives with respect to the establishment of a global steering committee to conduct the preparatory process with representation of the seven sociocultural regions, indigenous women and youth, as well as the participation of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Forum itself. 127. The Permanent Forum acknowledges and supports the strong appeal made by indigenous peoples’ representatives to Member States, United Nations agencies, in particular the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations under OHCHR, and others to secure funding for the participation of indigenous peoples in the preparatory process and the Conference to be held in 2014. 128. The Permanent Forum calls upon the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session to share with the membership of the United Nations the main conclusions of the dialogue held on the World Conference with the members of the Forum within the framework of its tenth session. 129. The Permanent Forum recommends to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session the appointment of a facilitator to conduct open-ended consultations with Member States and representatives of indigenous peoples within the framework of the Permanent Forum, as well as with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, in order to determine the modalities for the meeting, including the participation of indigenous peoples in the Conference. 130. The Permanent Forum recommends that the presidencies of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh sessions convene one-day interactive dialogues with Member States and representatives of indigenous peoples within the framework of the eleventh and twelfth sessions of the Forum. 131. The Permanent Forum calls upon all indigenous peoples worldwide to initiate national and regional preparatory meetings on the World Conference and to present the outcome and conclusion of the meetings as a report to the Forum at its eleventh session, to serve as a valuable input for future discussions by the Forum on the matter. Discussion on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 132. The Permanent Forum welcomes the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development as the prime opportunity for the world community to reaffirm the role of all key segments of humanity, including indigenous peoples, and to strengthen their roles in achieving sustainable development, in particular in a 11-37063 21