A/HRC/24/26 with regard to indigenous peoples. These challenges were also the topic of a panel discussion during the first annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva in December 2012. At its third session (26-30 November 2012), the Working Group decided to submit a thematic report to the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly in 2013 that will focus on the situation of indigenous peoples with regard to the prevention of negative impacts of business activities on the rights of indigenous peoples, and addressing such impacts when they occur. The Working Group invited relevant stakeholders to a public consultation on this thematic report held in Geneva in February 2013. C. Treaty bodies 53. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination continued to pay particular attention to the situation of indigenous peoples in its early warning and urgent action procedures and its consideration of the reports by State parties. It raised indigenous peoples’ issues in its concluding observations on Belize, Fiji, Finland, Thailand, New Zealand and the Russian Federation. In particular, the Committee highlighted the need to establish mechanisms for constructive dialogue and participation, and to establish effective consultation processes with affected communities, according to international standards, for any project that may affect indigenous people’s territory or have an impact on their livelihood. It further reiterated the importance of providing education in indigenous languages, including by training more teachers in indigenous languages. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women raised indigenous peoples’ issues in its concluding observations on Indonesia and Mexico and also commented on the situation of indigenous peoples in Chile. 54. During the period under review, the Human Rights Committee addressed the situation of indigenous peoples in its concluding observations on Kenya, Paraguay, Peru and Belize. It recommended, for example, that in planning its development and natural resource conservation projects the authorities should respect the rights of indigenous groups to their ancestral land and ensure that their traditional livelihood that is inextricably linked to their land is fully respected. 55. The Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights raised questions concerning indigenous peoples in the Congo, Ecuador, New Zealand and Tanzania. In particular, the Committee expressed concern about the adverse effects as a result of the extractive industries’ activities on the health of indigenous peoples, in particular on the access to safe drinking water. It is also concerned that independent impact assessments on water, air and soil conditions are not always carried out prior to the granting of licences to companies. The Committee was further concerned that effective consultation and prior informed consent of indigenous peoples is not systematically sought in decision-making processes relating to the exploitation of natural resources in their traditional territories. 56. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Peru and Ecuador were addressed also in the concluding observations by the Committee against Torture. The Committee on the Rights of the Child issued conclusions and recommendations concerning indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, Namibia and Vietnam. The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers raised indigenous peoples’ issues in its concluding observations on Paraguay. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities raised indigenous peoples’ issues in its concluding observations on Argentina, Paraguay and Peru. D. Universal Periodic Review 57. Issues concerning indigenous peoples were frequently addressed in the context of the Universal Periodic Review. They were raised in many national reports, compilations of United 12