At its 37th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2005, the Economic and Social Council decided to authorize a three-day international expert group meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, indigenous participation and good governance, with the participation of representatives of the United Nations system and three members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, invited other interested intergovernmental organizations, experts from indigenous organizations and interested Member States to participate as well, and requested the meeting to report to the Forum at its fifth session under the special theme of that session.
