A/HRC/26/34 61. The Independent Expert conducted formal and informal consultations with State delegations, United Nations officials, bodies and specialized agencies, independent experts, national human rights institutions, NGOs, academics and local communities, listening to as many people as possible, including those who did not share her views regarding human rights and international solidarity. 62. In addition to the activities described above, the Independent Expert conducted indepth research, participated in relevant forums and major events, and maximized her time in human rights education and training programmes to exchange views, observe and better understand and promote the right to international solidarity. C. Writing the preliminary text 63. In response to resolution 21/10 of the Human Rights Council, the Independent Expert prepared and shared with Member States and all other relevant stakeholders a preliminary text of a draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity, with a view to eliciting comments and inputs before she finalized the draft. 64. The Independent Expert expresses her deep gratitude to all the representatives of States, individuals, groups and institutions who have supported and contributed to the process described above, and looks forward to further collaboration with them until the process is completed. V. Conclusions 65. The Independent Expert acknowledges with gratitude and appreciation the work of her predecessor, who achieved important milestones during his two terms as Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity. His work provided the basis from which she proceeded and continued towards the fulfilment of the mandate, guided by the requests contained in a number of Human Rights Council resolutions and in earlier resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights. 66. The current Independent Expert has the honour of submitting for the consideration of the Human Rights Council the proposed draft declaration on the right of peoples and individuals to international solidarity, contained in the annex to the present report. In preparing the draft declaration, she has strived to follow closely all requests from the Council, and has been ably assisted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 67. As described in the present and in previous reports, the Independent Expert has been continuously consulting with delegations of Member States in Geneva and, to a limited extent, in New York. Regrettably, it has not been possible to date to hold the regional consultations requested in paragraph 14 of Council resolution 23/12 of June 2013, owing to budgetary constraints. 68. The Independent Expert, determined to meet the target date of June 2014 for submitting the draft declaration to the Council, had no choice but to finalize the draft declaration in the absence of comments or inputs from States, except for those received from Guatemala and Qatar. The Independent Expert expresses her sincere thanks to the Governments of Guatemala and Qatar for their valuable insights and comments. 69. The insights, comments and inputs from United Nations agencies, independent experts, non-governmental organizations, academics, national human rights 14