E/2009/43 E/C.19/2009/14 make decisions that affect both European and non-European indigenous peoples taking into account their right to free, prior and informed consent. 62. The Permanent Forum welcomes the document of the Commission of the European Communities (COM (2008)), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: The European Union and the Arctic Region, delivered in Brussels on 20 November 2008 and urges the European Union to begin implementing the recommendations relevant to indigenous peoples from this document. 63. The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Lars Anders-Baer, a member of the Permanent Forum, as a special rapporteur to undertake a study to determine the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding. 64. The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Carsten Smith and Michael Dodson, members of the Permanent Forum, as special rapporteurs to undertake a study about indigenous fishing rights in the seas. 65. The Permanent Forum welcomes the following message from the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, held in Anchorage, Alaska, from 20 to 24 April 2009, contained in the Anchorage Declaration: “We offer to share with humanity our Traditional Knowledge, innovations and practices relevant to climate change, provided our fundamental rights as intergenerational guardians of this knowledge are fully recognized and respected. We reiterate the urgent need for collective action”. 66. The Permanent Forum calls on UNEP to conduct a fast track assessment of short-term drivers of climate change, specifically black carbon, with a view to initiating negotiation of an international agreement to reduce emissions of black carbon. 67. The Permanent Forum notes that various United Nations treaty bodies have repeatedly called on the Governments of Finland and Sweden to clarify and affirm the Sámi people’s rights to land and fishing, including hunting and reindeer grazing rights. The Forum urges Finland and Sweden to take action in accordance with these recommendations, without further delay. The Permanent Forum further calls on Norway to reach an agreement with the Sámi Parliament on the draft mineral act. Future work of the Permanent Forum 68. The Permanent Forum welcomes the study entitled “Indigenous peoples and boarding schools: a comparative study” 4 prepared by a consultant for the secretariat of the Forum and requests that it be made available as a document of the ninth session of the Forum in all official languages of the United Nations and that it be widely disseminated. The Forum decides in particular to transmit the study to UNESCO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, the Human Rights Council expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. __________________ 4 10 E/C.19/2009/CRP.1. 09-36351