E/2023/43 E/C.19/2023/7 critical action areas and strategies to advance the implementation of general recommendation No. 39. 21. The Permanent Forum also recommends that the Commission on the Status of Women include in its agenda a specific focus on Indigenous women and girls to identify best practices and guide Member States in implementing general recommendation No. 39. 22. The Permanent Forum has also decided to include an annual discussion on general recommendation No. 39 in its agenda. Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities (item 5 (f)) 23. The Permanent Forum appreciates the updates provided on platforms for Indigenous Peoples established by the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Green Climate Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development and the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems. 24. The Permanent Forum urges Member States and United Nations entities to ensure the implementation of free, prior and informed consent in all actions and measures, especially in the context of environment, biodiversity, climate change, food systems and sustainable development. 25. The Permanent Forum reiterates its call at its twenty-first session for a clear distinction between Indigenous Peoples and local communities. All United Nations entities and States parties to treaties concerning the environment, biodiversity and climate are encouraged to eliminate the use of the term “local communities” in connection with Indigenous Peoples, so that the term “Indigenous Peoples and local communities” would be abolished. 26. Urgent transformational actions by States and other development actors for Indigenous Peoples must be based on a human rights framework enabling the identification of the root causes of inequality and providing mechanisms to tackle systemic discrimination and racism and must contribute to reforming discriminatory laws and policies and strengthening the accountability of States, including ensuring democratic space for all. 27. The Permanent Forum encourages United Nations entities, the World Bank, the Green Climate Fund, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other relevant international and regional bodies to align their policies with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples should be employed within those entities as part of diversity and inclusion policies and to ensure Indigenous perspectives. 28. The Permanent Forum reiterates its recommendation to adopt a programme of work on article 8 (j) and other provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and strengthened institutional arrangements through a permanent subsidiary body to take forward the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to ensure a human rights-based approach, and full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, by the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. The Permanent Forum recommends ensuring direct access to financial resources for Indigenous Peoples, inclusive of all landscapes and seascapes, more efficient financial mechanisms managed by Indigenous Peoples and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives in the governance of the Framework to better design and implement grants. In that respect, the modus operandi and methods of work for enhanced Indigenous participation under article 8 (j) and related p rovisions 8/24 23-08492