A/HRC/18/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 July 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth 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 resolutions 12/13 and 15/7 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 full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follows up on the effectiveness of the Declaration. The report covers the period from May 2010 to April 2011. GE.11-14389