Enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them A/RES/71/321 Nations of indigenous peoples’ representatives on issues affecting them, 5 the report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 6 and the compilation of views transmitted by the President of the General Assembly, 4 as well as on the informal discussions convened during the seventy-first session, as reflected in the relevant correspondence of the President of the General Assembly; 6. Also requests the Secretary-General, with the support of Member States, to seek input from indigenous peoples from all regions of the world in preparing the report to be submitted at its seventy-fourth session, and in this regard encourages the Secretary-General to hold regional consultations, including through the regional commissions, as appropriate, with the support of Member States and relevant agencies and entities of the United Nations system, before the nineteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and requests the Secretary-General to incorporate those inputs in the report; 7. Decides to continue its consideration of possible further measures necessary to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in relevant United Nations meetings on issues affecting them at its seventy-fifth session, taking into account the achievements in that regard of other bodies and organizations throughout the United Nations system, to be preceded by consultations with indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions from all regions of the world as an input to the intergovernmental process; 8. Requests the President of the General Assembly, as part of the preparatory process for the consideration of such measures during its seventy-fifth session, to organize and preside over informal interactive hearings and to prepare a summary of each hearing, during its seventy-second, seventy-third and seventyfourth sessions, on the margins of the sessions of the Per manent Forum on Indigenous Issues, with indigenous peoples, ensuring, to the extent possible, balanced regional representation; 9. Decides to expand the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples so that it can assist representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations and institutions to participate in the hearings organized by the President of the General Assembly, as requested in the present resolution, ensuring, to the extent possible, balanced regional representation; 10. Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund fo r Indigenous Peoples. 96th plenary meeting 8 September 2017 _______________ 5 6 A/HRC/21/24. A/70/84-E/2015/76. 3/3