The Permanent Forum reaffirms its support for the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, which supports indigenous participation to attend its sessions. The Permanent Forum welcomes the contributions made by donors. It notes that contributions to the fund have fallen drastically in recent years and therefore encourages all Governments and others to contribute generously to the Fund.
Contributions to the Fund, from 1992 to February 2012, have been given by: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Russian Federation, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Saint-Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela. Source: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFund…