A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 50 22. Reiterates its deep appreciation to the Mascwachis Cree Nation’s Elders and Chiefs for confirming their hosting of the United Nations seminar referred to in Sub-Commission resolution 2004/15 on possible ways and means to implement treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples, to be held from 25 to 27 September 2006 in their traditional lands under Treaty 6 in Canada, in accordance with the invitation extended by them during the twenty-second session and already formally accepted by the Working Group (see E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/28, para. 118), and welcomes the work that has already been done by the Mascwachis Cree Nation’s Elders and Chiefs and the Office of the High Commissioner in preparation of that event; 23. Expresses its thanks to the Office of the High Commissioner for having extended the necessary cooperation to the indigenous organizers of this seminar so as to ensure the full organizational and technical preparation as well as the successful holding of this important event; 24. Expresses its appreciation to the Office of the High Commissioner for the organization of a seminar on “Indigenous peoples’ permanent sovereignty over natural resources and their relationship to land” in January 2006 and takes note of the report on this activity presented to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/2006/3). It also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to implement the recommendations, where appropriate; 25. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide technical cooperation to States that wish to elaborate national legislation on indigenous issues drawing upon existing human rights law, as well as the Declaration; 26. Reiterates its request to Mr. Alfonso Martínez to prepare, without financial implications, a working paper on the present-day effects of the colonial era that continue to adversely affect the living conditions of indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, to be submitted to the Working Group at its twenty-sixth session and to the Sub-Commission at its fifty-ninth session or to the first session of any future expert advice mechanism; 27. Recommends that the Office of the High Commissioner organize, if possible before the end of 2008, a seminar on the contemporary effects of colonialism for indigenous peoples; 28. Appeals to all Governments, indigenous peoples, governmental and non-governmental organizations and other potential donors in a position to do so to contribute generously in 2007 to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations and the Voluntary Fund for the Second Decade of the World’s Indigenous People; 29. Recommends that States consider asking the General Assembly to broaden the mandate of the Voluntary Fund so as to allow indigenous peoples to participate in the human rights treaty bodies and to provide funding for human rights projects to indigenous organizations;