A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 44 Taking into account that in resolution 59/174 the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to appoint the Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs as the Coordinator for the Second Decade and to submit a report to the Assembly at its sixtieth session on a comprehensive programme of action for the Second Decade, Convinced that the Second Decade and its programme of action should bring about positive changes in terms of achieving full respect and implementation of the rights and freedoms of indigenous people and a real improvement in their daily lives, since in spite of important achievements during the first Decade, the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/51 of 20 April 2005, expressed its deep concern about the precarious levels of economic and social development that indigenous peoples continue to endure in many parts of the world and the disparities in their situation in comparison to the overall population and reaffirmed the need to recognize, promote and protect more effectively their rights and freedoms, Welcoming the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the Human Rights Council by its resolution 1/2 of 30 June 2006, one of the main objectives of the first Decade, Stressing the importance of consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples and their organizations in planning and implementing the programme of action for the Second Decade, as well as of the need to ensure full cooperation and consultation between the Coordinator for the Second Decade and other relevant bodies and mechanisms of the United Nations system such as the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, as recognized by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2005/49 of 20 April 2005, Convinced that the Working Group on Indigenous Populations is a most valuable forum in which for more than two decades States, indigenous peoples and their organizations and leaders, together with numerous United Nations specialized agencies and a large number of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, have fruitfully interacted annually, thus facilitating a growing awareness of international public opinion of the many aspects and the real dimension of the difficult situation of indigenous peoples in many parts of the world, Welcoming the invitation extended to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 2005/49 to submit to the Coordinator for the Second Decade, through the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a list of activities to be considered for possible inclusion as part of the human rights component of the comprehensive programme of action for the Second Decade, and the appropriate way in which the Working Group complied with the request at its twenty-third session, Having considered the report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its twenty-third session (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/26), in particular annex IV, in which the Working Group suggested to the Coordinator for the Second Decade a list of activities to be undertaken at the international, regional and national levels for possible inclusion in the programme of action for the Second Decade,