A/HRC/33/56 67. Mr. Tsykarev called upon States to implement national action plans on business and human rights, with specific reference to indigenous peoples’ rights. He also referred to the law on ethnological expertise in traditional living and livelihood areas of small indigenous peoples in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russian Federation. The law, adopted in 2010, not only provided for an extractive industry impact assessment, but also contained recommendations on undertaking long-term programmes for the socioeconomic rehabilitation of indigenous peoples of the North, preservation of their cultural heritage and establishment of a foundation for future generations. Since 2015, not only companies, but also individuals had been able to apply for that ethnological expertise. He called for the establishment of such laws at the federal level as well. 68. Mr. Tsykarev also referred to the high-level dialogue on the proposed Environmental and Social Standard 7 on Indigenous Peoples, held by the World Bank in Addis Ababa in February 2016 with several African Governments. He expressed his concern about the unstable position of some governments, which reaffirmed their commitments toward international norms and standards on indigenous issues, but remained reluctant to endorse the principle of free, prior and informed consent, and concerns about the use of the term “indigenous peoples” in the World Bank’s safeguards. He noted that the three United Nations indigenous-specific mechanisms, including the Expert Mechanism, had written a letter to the President of the World Bank arguing that free, prior and informed consent was not the same as broad community support and requesting that the World Bank continue a dialogue with indigenous peoples prior to final endorsement of the new safeguard policy. 69. The Members of the Expert Mechanism suggested that the Working Group on business and human rights should clarify the application of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to multilateral development banks, with a view to ensuring that they respect human rights in all their operations, and those affecting indigenous peoples in particular. VIII. Sustainable Development Goals and the rights of indigenous peoples 70. Ms. Yamada, introducing this agenda item, stated that the Sustainable Development Goals, adopted in September 2015, constituted the international community’s road map for development in the forthcoming years. She outlined some concerns regarding the degree to which the rights and concerns of indigenous peoples had been addressed in that document and suggested measures that should be taken so that indigenous voices were heard as governments developed and implemented action plans, policies and programmes at the national level to achieve the new goals. 71. She also drew connections between the Declaration and the Sustainable Development Goals, stressing that the Declaration should be the starting point for any consideration of indigenous peoples’ individual and collective rights. Of particular relevance to the Goals were indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination, the right to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development and the right to determine and develop priorities and strategies for exercising the right to development. She then highlighted how the studies of the Expert Mechanism could be drawn upon in efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in a manner that was respectful of the rights of indigenous peoples, including in the areas of health (Goal 3), education (Goal 4) and access to justice (Goal 14). 72. Mr. Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, discussed his recent participation at the high-level political forum on sustainable development, which 16