A/HRC/18/26 Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo. The Regional Office gave the inaugural keynote address and made closing comments, which highlighted the role of international instruments and the importance of consultation with indigenous peoples. The seminar was attended by more than 200 participants and drew broad media attention in Peru. On 19 May 2010, Congress adopted a law regulating the content, principles and procedure of the duty to consult with indigenous peoples, the first of its kind in the Latin America and the Caribbean region; the law is now pending Presidential enactment. Parliament adopted the law after 10 months of intense negotiations among Government officials, indigenous peoples’ organizations and human rights non-governmental organizations, national human rights institution and other stakeholders. Following adoption, the Regional Office organized follow-up actions with indigenous peoples’ organizations, human rights lawyers and the ILO Regional Office. Five weeks after adoption of the law by Congress, the President of Peru vetoed it. At the end of the reporting period, the law had still not taken effect. 54. On 26 November 2010, the Regional Office for South America conducted a training session on United Nations mechanisms dealing with indigenous peoples for 30 young indigenous leaders from Chile. The activity was organized by the Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago. The session included the dissemination of books and materials on indigenous peoples for participants. 55. The Central Africa Regional Office conducted a training session on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at a workshop for technical focal points from 10 ministerial departments, including social affairs, agriculture, justice and external relations, jointly organized by ILO and Plan International, in Cameroon on 28 September 2010. It also produced a series of outreach materials to raise awareness on indigenous peoples’ rights, and contributed to a better understanding of the Declaration, as well as the full application of its provisions. The outreach materials included a public information kit, with the support of UNICEF Congo, UNFPA Congo, the European Union and the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Congo. The kit included 1,000 booklets on questions and answers on indigenous peoples and human rights in Central Africa, 600 copies of the fact sheet on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and several hundred copies of posters produced by indigenous peoples in the Congo. 56. In line with its regular engagement to enhance the capacity of indigenous activists on human rights mechanisms, OHCHR Nepal conducted a training session for trainers jointly with a national indigenous organisation. The session was held in November 2010 with the objective of helping participants to advocate for the inclusion of indigenous peoples’ rights in the new Constitution of Nepal in accordance with international standards. III. A. Human rights bodies and mechanisms Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 57. The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held its third session in July 2010. In addition to discussing the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Expert Mechanism adopted a progress report on its study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making. On 9 and 10 March, the Office hosted an expert workshop on the right to participate in decision-making for the Expert Mechanism. The main objective of the workshop was to obtain additional substantive input to the final thematic study of the Expert Mechanism, particularly on (a) good practices of indigenous peoples’ participation in decision-making; and (b) recommendations for the implementation of the right to participate with a focus on the principle of free, prior and informed consent. Following the workshop, the study was 12