A/HRC/32/26 50. The issue of financial and human resources for the Expert Mechanism was mentioned by most State and indigenous peoples’ representatives and other stakeholders. Several State and indigenous peoples’ representatives called for more funding for the Expert Mechanism, including for secretariat support. Several State and indigenous peoples’ representatives said that the issue of resources should not be a deterrent to putting forward suggestions for a review of the Expert Mechanism. 51. Several State and indigenous peoples’ representatives called for ensuring continued access by indigenous peoples to the sessions of the Expert Mechanism and one delegate called for indigenous peoples to continue to be involved in the development of the modalities of the Expert Mechanism. Several participants encouraged States to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, including States that had not yet done so. One indigenous peoples’ representative mentioned the importance of having indigenous fellows at OHCHR to assist with the preparations of the annual session of the Expert Mechanism. 52. Two participants called for the special status of indigenous representatives, who constitute nations and peoples rather than civil society, to be respected and recognized. VII. Concluding session 53. Several participants noted the constructive nature of the dialogue held during the two-day workshop and pointed to specific issues that had garnered broad support, including: the need to expand the mandate of the Expert Mechanism so that it could better engage States and indigenous peoples in advancing implementation of the Declaration, including by addressing country-specific situations in some way, and the need to ensure adequate financial resources for the Expert Mechanism. 54. In his concluding remarks, the moderator said that, since the adoption of the Declaration, Member States had joined indigenous peoples in expressing commitment to the principles of the Declaration. He underlined that the Declaration continued to remain an ideal and an aspiration, owing to the gap that existed between the principles enshrined in it and the reality on the ground. The moderator pointed out that, as expressed by many participants, there was a general understanding that the existing system of rights protection was not sufficiently robust to ensure the full and universal realization of the Declaration, and that enhancing the mandate of the Expert Mechanism was only a starting point. 10