A/HRC/21/23 (f) Congo (UNICEF (lead partner), ILO, UNDP, UNFPA and OHCHR) to support implementation of the national law on indigenous peoples along with advocacy for ratification of ILO Convention No. 169; (g) South-East Asia (UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (lead partner) and OHCHR) to support the Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Programme, with a focus on review of laws, and national/regional dialogues on land rights and natural resources related to indigenous peoples. B. Capacity-building 9. Following broad consultations, OHCHR revised the format of its Indigenous Fellowship Programme. In the past, the Indigenous Fellowship Programme consisted of four distinct linguistic components (i.e. English, French, Russian and Spanish) which were held during different periods throughout the year. In 2011, the Geneva component of the fellowship was organized for the first time in one single training programme for all four linguistic groups, bringing together 25 indigenous fellows speaking English, French, Russian and Spanish for a training programme which took place from 20 June to 22 July. The new format enabled all fellows to observe and actively participate in the annual session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and it gave the fellows more opportunities to interact with indigenous representatives from other regions of the world. In the context of the reform of the Indigenous Fellowship Programme, OHCHR also introduced the Senior Indigenous Fellowship. The first senior indigenous fellow joined the OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section from 9 May to 29 July 2011. 10. OHCHR carried out a number of training and briefing sessions as part of its efforts to promote the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including briefings for OHCHR staff and for human rights treaty bodies. OHCHR also participated in a training workshop for the United Nations Country Team in Congo on indigenous peoples’ issues in November 2011. The workshop, organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues jointly with the country team office, was part of the roll-out of the United Nations Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues and focused on recommendations from the international mechanisms and the recently promulgated Law No.52011 to promote and protect the rights of indigenous population in Congo. 11. The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations – managed by OHCHR on the basis of advice from a Board of Trustees – continued to support the participation of indigenous organizations in the sessions of the Expert Mechanism and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund selected 30 representatives of indigenous communities and organizations to attend the tenth session of the Permanent Forum in May 2011 and 24 indigenous applicants to attend the fourth session of the Expert Mechanism in July 2011. 12. At its twenty-fifth session in February 2012, the Board of Trustees, taking into account the substantial decrease in the voluntary contributions received, was able to select only 23 representatives of indigenous communities and organizations to attend the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2012 and only 16 indigenous representatives to attend the fifth session of the Expert Mechanism. Furthermore, pursuant to the enlarged mandate of the Fund, the Board recommended four grants to enable indigenous representatives to attend the thirteenth session of the universal periodic review and one grant for an indigenous representative to attend the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council. Furthermore, it set aside USD 52,394 to allow 17 representatives of indigenous communities and organizations – to be selected at the three intersessional virtual meetings held in May and to be held in August and November 2012 – to attend the sessions of the Human Rights treaty bodies, the universal periodic review and Human Rights Council that will take place between 5