A/HRC/33/56 Proposal 5: Indigenous persons with disabilities 10. The Expert Mechanism: (a) Bearing in mind that the Expert Mechanism’s sessions offer to indigenous persons with disabilities a unique opportunity to voice their concerns and engage in constructive dialogue with States, proposes that the Council allocate resources in order to make the Expert Mechanism’s sessions fully accessible to persons with disabilities; (b) Proposes to the Council that it encourage States to provide information and data regarding indigenous persons with disabilities in their reports under the universal periodic review process. Proposal 6: Sustainable Development Goals 11. The Expert Mechanism proposes that the Council urge States to take measures to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples, and in particular indigenous youth, in national processes for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Proposal 7: Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 12. The Expert Mechanism: (a) Bearing in mind the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration, proposes that the Council authorize the Expert Mechanism to carry out a review and summary of good practices in the implementation of the Declaration over the last decade, and encourage Member States to contribute to this process; (b) Proposes to the Council that it call upon States to ensure indigenous human rights defenders are guaranteed a safe working environment and security in compliance with international standards; (c) Proposes that the Council urge States to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples; (d) Reiterates its proposal that the Council and Member States draw increasingly on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the thematic work of the Expert Mechanism in the universal periodic review process, including with regard to collective rights. The Expert Mechanism also proposes that, in future universal periodic review cycles, the Declaration be explicitly included in the list of standards on which the universal periodic review process is based. Proposal 8: Indigenous peoples’ rights, business enterprises, and international financial institutions 13. The Expert Mechanism proposes to the Council that it call upon States with stakes in major international development banks, including the World Bank, to engage in dialogue with these institutions with a view to ensuring that their safeguard standards and their application are in compliance with international human rights law, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). Proposal 9: Webcasting of the sessions of the Expert Mechanism 14. The Expert Mechanism proposes to the Council that it provide the resources needed for the sessions of the Expert Mechanism to be webcast, thus allowing them to reach a broader audience. 6

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