A/HRC/40/65 B. Recommendations 66. States should implement the recommendations included in the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review (A/HRC/38/25). In particular, they should ensure regular participation by parliaments in the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the universal periodic review and special procedures. States should also consider adopting new, innovative ways to facilitate such participation. Parliaments should be invited to express their views on the government’s position on recommendations received. 67. Parliaments should facilitate legislative changes needed to enable States to implement recommendations of the universal periodic review that they have accepted. 68. Parliamentarians should further discuss the Draft Principles on Parliaments and Human Rights (A/HRC/38/25, annex I), including next steps on how they are taken forward. 69. Parliaments should increase collaboration with human rights treaty bodies, including for the preparation of State reports and during discussion with the treaty bodies, and oversee the implementation of recommendations. Treaty bodies are invited to draw inspiration from the systematic engagement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women with parliaments and the InterParliamentary Union and to develop similar methods of cooperation. 70. States should support the human rights work of international and regional parliamentary organizations and replicate at the national level successful initiatives taken by these organizations to strengthen attention to human rights issues. 71. States and civil society organizations should invest in education, training and awareness-raising for parliamentarians about the work of the United Nations human rights system, including the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms and the human rights treaty bodies. VII. Conclusions 72. In his concluding remarks, the Chair, Mr. Chungong, expressed appreciation to all participants for their engagement and commitment, and thanked all panellists and moderators for their contributions and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the organization of the Forum. He referred to the collaboration between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in preparing the Forum as a fine example of the cooperation agreement between the United Nations and the InterParliamentary Union. 73. Mr. Chungong summarized the main issues discussed during the Forum. He expressed satisfaction at the unanimous opinion on the importance of parliament in promoting and defending human rights, and the value of parliamentary committees, subcommittees and caucuses on human rights. He referred to parliament’s power to enact legislation, to take a preventive approach towards human rights protection, and to review legislation for compliance with human rights standards. A culture of human rights should be built across parliaments to mainstream human rights in parliamentary work, including through budget oversight and allocation work. Human rights implementation should be a multiparty endeavour. Mr. Chungong underlined the need for interparliamentary cooperation so that parliaments could be mutually reinforcing and share best practices. He reiterated that parliaments should be representative and reflect all views. Gender equality and the representation of minority groups in parliament and governing institutions was key. Mr. Chungong referred to the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and said the media and civil society should defend 17