A/HRC/4/77 page 8 III. DRAFT UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 21. The eleventh session of the intersessional working group on the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples was held from 5 to 16 December 2005 and 30 January to 3 February 2006. During the session 16 preambular paragraphs and 21 articles of the declaration were provisionally adopted by consensus; the remaining provisions did not enjoy support from all delegations. The Chairperson-Rapporteur undertook to present his own proposals to the Commission on Human Rights, drawing on the different suggestions made by delegations, as a compromise text. On 29 June 2006 in resolution 2006/2, the Human Rights Council adopted the declaration as elaborated by the Chairperson-Rapporteur with 30 votes in favour, 2 against and 12 abstentions. On 28 November 2006, the Third Committee of the General Assembly adopted the amendments proposed by Namibia, on behalf of the Group of African States, to the draft resolution on the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples by a vote of 82 in favour, 67 against and 25 abstentions. By adopting the amendments, the Third Committee decided to defer consideration and action on the declaration and conclude its considerations before the end of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. IV. WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS 22. The twenty-fourth session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations was held from 31 July to 4 August 2006 with a focus on the utilization for military purposes of the lands of indigenous people by non-indigenous authorities, groups or individuals. It also reviewed a set of draft principles and guidelines on the protection of the heritage of indigenous peoples and requested that OHCHR hold consultations and produce a final draft of the guidelines. The Working Group also analysed the paper “Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent” and recommended that OHCHR organize a technical workshop on the issue. The report of the Working Group (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/22) contains proposals to the Human Rights Council on a possible future mechanism to protect and promote the human rights of indigenous peoples which, together with its other recommendations, are for the consideration of the Council. A total of 583 participants were accredited to the twenty-fourth session of the Working Group. Documentation relating to the Working Group is contained on the OHCHR website (http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/groups/groups-01.htm). V. SEMINARS 23. OHCHR organized three seminars on indigenous themes during 2006. The expert seminar on indigenous peoples’ permanent sovereignty over natural resources and their relationship to land, organized at the request of the Economic and Social Council, was held in Geneva from 25-27 January 2006. In its report (E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/2006/3) the expert seminar recommends that States take legislative and administrative measures to ensure that indigenous peoples enjoy ownership of and benefit from their natural resources and manage and conserve those resources in accordance with their own laws and institutions. Documentation relating to the seminar is available on the OHCHR website (http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/sovereignty.htm). 24. On 14 to 17 November 2006, OHCHR organized an expert seminar on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples on