A/HRC/RES/27/13 preparedness initiatives2 submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-seventh session, and encouraging all parties to consider the examples of good practices and recommendations included in these studies as practical advice on how to attain the end goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Recognizing the need to find ways and means of promoting the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions within the United Nations system on issues affecting them, as they are not always organized as non-governmental organizations, Recognizing also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) and its contribution to the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, 1. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples,3 and requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms and activities undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner at headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration; 2. Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, including the official visits made and her reports, and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to her requests for visits; 3. Requests the Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of her mandate to the General Assembly at its seventieth session; 4. Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, takes note with appreciation of the report on its seventh session,4 and encourages States to continue to participate in and contribute to its discussions, including by their national specialized bodies and institutions; 5. Requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples with respect to their cultural heritage, including through their participation in political and public life, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session; 6. Also requests the Expert Mechanism to continue to undertake, with the assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner, the questionnaire survey to seek the views of States and indigenous peoples on best practices regarding possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies in order to attain the end goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a view to completing a final summary of responses for presentation to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, and encourages States and indigenous peoples that have not yet provided their responses to do so, as well as those States and indigenous peoples that have already responded to the questionnaire survey to update their responses as appropriate; 2 3 4 2 A/HRC/27/66. A/HRC/27/30. A/HRC/27/65.