A/HRC/RES/27/13 7. Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolutions 65/198 of 21 December 2010 and 66/296 of 17 September 2012 on the organization of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held on 22 and 23 September 2014, and takes note of the preparatory process, including the meetings that took place in Tiquipaya, Cochabamba, Plurinational State of Bolivia, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, as well as the previous meetings in Alta, Norway, and in Guatemala City; 8. Also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on ways and means of promoting participation in the United Nations of indigenous peoples’ representatives on the issues affecting them,5 and invites the Secretary-General, taking into account the views expressed by indigenous peoples, to present options, including recommendations regarding concrete proposals, to the General Assembly at its seventieth session in this regard; 9. Decides to hold, at its thirtieth session, a half-day panel discussion on the follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, and its implications for the achievement of the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 10. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation and coordination among the Special Rapporteur, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism, and their permanent effort to promote the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, including the follow-up to the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples, and invites them to continue to work in close cooperation with all Human Rights Council mechanisms, within their respective mandates; 11. Reaffirms that the United Nations treaty bodies are important mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages States to give serious consideration to their recommendations regarding indigenous peoples; 12. Welcomes the contribution of the universal periodic review to the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples, and encourages the effective follow-up to accepted universal periodic review recommendations concerning indigenous peoples; 13. Encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization or that have not yet supported the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to consider doing so; 14. Welcomes the increased support by States for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the commemoration of the seventh anniversary of its adoption, and encourages States that have endorsed it to adopt measures to pursue its objectives in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples; 15. Encourages States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous peoples in the process of the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda and to take measures to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples, and in particular indigenous youth, in national processes for the implementation of the new development goals; 16. Welcomes the role of national human rights institutions established in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) in advancing indigenous issues, and encourages such institutions to develop and strengthen their capacities to fulfil that role effectively, including with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner; 5 A/HRC/21/24. 3