As outlined in Annex 2 of the ISE Constitution, membership of the Global Coalition will consist of those individuals and institutions who wish to work in unity guided by the following principles:
1. Members will actively seek organizations to join the coalition;
2. Members will collaborate with indigenous organizations and indigenous peoples to develop multi-cultural, multi-lingual education and training materials; Members will actively request governments and educators to use these materials;
3. Member researchers will take an ethically and socially responsible approach in their dealings with indigenous/native peoples and will provide a full feedback of their findings and results;
4. Members will use and engage the media whenever, wherever, and however possible to promote The Declaration of Belém and the Kunming Action Plan;
5. The Global Coalition demands to be heard in the United Nations World Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and will actively pursue representation;
6. Members will work to guarantee that indigenous knowledge be duly considered in national and international development programs and projects;
7. Members will help to secure the recognition of traditional and indigenous knowledge as inventive and intellectual, and, therefore, worthy of protection in all legal, ethical, and professional frameworks;
8. Members will form an Ethics Committee to set standards and monitor the progress of the Kunming Action Plan;
9. Members will establish a “STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION” to guide activities for 1992 and beyond.