Enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them A/RES/80/303 4. Encourages Governments, intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations and other private and public entities to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples in order to assist Indigenous Peoples and institutions to participate in the consultation process on the procedural and institutional steps to enable the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, and invites the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, within the established rules and procedures of the Fund, to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in such meetings, taking into account and promoting balanced regional, gender and intergenerational representation; 5. Encourages the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in promoting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to continue to address the enhanced participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions within the United Nations on issues affecting them; 6. Continues to encourage further efforts to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, in accordance with their respective rules of procedure, inter alia, through the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in the modalities for relevant conferences, summits and other meetings convened by the United Nations on issues affecting them, in accordance with the relevant decisions established by the appropriate body or organization responsible for those meetings. 109th plenary meeting 31 August 2026 26-12729 3/3