A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 45 1. Reiterates that there is a need to continue giving particular attention to achieving the effective participation of indigenous peoples in the planning, organization and implementation of the activities of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People in order to fully realize the Decade’s goals; 2. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to take the necessary steps to ensure the participation of her Office in the activities of the human rights component of the programme of action of the Second Decade, in full cooperation with the Coordinator for the Second Decade; 3. Requests its Working Group on Indigenous Populations to follow closely the activities carried out as part of the human rights component of the programme of action of the Second Decade on the basis of the information to be submitted regularly by the Office of the High Commissioner to the members of the Working Group, so as to be able to contribute to the midterm and end-term reviews of the Second Decade, to be carried out by the General Assembly in 2010 and 20l5; 4. Expresses its view that the conclusions and recommendations adopted annually by the Working Group and the experience accumulated by this body during its 24 years of continuous work on the most diverse indigenous issues and in the evaluation of the implementation of the programme of action of the first Decade could be of particular value for the successful planning and implementation of the activities to be undertaken within the framework of the Second Decade; 5. Welcomes the observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on 3 August 2006; 6. Recommends that the celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People continue to be held in Geneva, as usual, on the fourth day of the annual session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, in order to ensure as large a participation as possible of representatives of indigenous peoples, Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as of staff of United Nations bodies and the specialized agencies; 7. Reiterates the recommendation that the Coordinator for the Second Decade appeal to Governments and other possible donors to contribute generously to the Voluntary Fund for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People; 8. Welcomes the steps that have been taken and continue to be taken to establish and promote cooperation between the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, as was the case in the work to achieve a successful common approach that stressed the need for a second international decade. 21st meeting 24 August 2006 [Adopted without a vote. See chap. VII.]