E/2007/43 E/C.19/2007/12 and environmental impact assessments have been undertaken prior to the commencement of development projects. 28. The Permanent Forum calls upon United Nations agencies, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, other multilateral financial institutions and bilateral donors to establish clear policy commitments to protect the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples. 29. The Permanent Forum urges the World Bank to work on a sustained basis with the Government of Cambodia to effectively implement the management action plan resulting from the inspection panel case for the “Forest concession management and control pilot project”, which includes the termination of all existing logging concessions and the promotion of equitable and sustainable alternatives for forest management. The Permanent Forum welcomes the preparation by the World Bank, in coordination with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, of a management action plan to address the findings of the inspection panel concerning two forestry-related lending operations in that country. 30. The Permanent Forum affirms the fundamental importance of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples in recognizing and upholding indigenous peoples’ rights to territories, lands and natural resources. The rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are cross-cutting and impact all six areas of the mandate of the Permanent Forum. 31. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity recognize the rights of indigenous peoples over the biological and genetic resources of their own territories. 32. The Permanent Forum appoints Mr. Michael Dodson, a member of the Forum, as a special rapporteur to prepare a draft guide, based on the relevant principles contained in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, taking into account the provisions of ILO Convention No. 169 that relate to indigenous land tenure and management arrangements, to assist indigenous peoples, States and United Nations agencies in negotiating indigenous land tenure and management arrangements. 33. The Permanent Forum recommends that all States that have introduced changes to existing indigenous land management regimes invite the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to undertake a study of those regimes and assess them against the principles contained in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 34. The Permanent Forum welcomes the decision of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues to hold, on an exceptional basis, a meeting to consider appropriate ways of promoting, disseminating and implementing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, once it is adopted by the General Assembly. 35. The Permanent Forum welcomes the report of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues on the special theme, “Territories, lands and natural resources”, 7 including the identification of common elements and possible gaps in policies and practice. The paper includes useful information on how different bodies __________________ 7 07-37675 E/C.19/2007/2/Add.1. 7