A/HRC/21/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 25 June 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-first session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 18/8 of the Human Rights Council. It contains information on relevant developments of human rights bodies and mechanisms and outlines the activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at Headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration. The report covers the period between May 2011 and April 2012. GE.12- 14469