A/HRC/15/34 I. Introduction 1. In its resolution 12/13 concerning human rights and indigenous peoples, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit to the Council an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments of 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 and respect for, and the full application of, the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up the effectiveness of the Declaration. 2. The present report focuses particularly on some illustrative examples of the activities and the initiatives undertaken at headquarters and by field presences that contribute to the full application of the rights of indigenous peoples and presents an overview of the recent developments undertaken by the United Nations treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council special procedures and mechanisms including the universal periodic review. II. Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 3. During the period under review, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) continued to work for the promotion and the full application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The rights of indigenous peoples have continued to be a priority issue for the High Commissioner, and indigenous issues figure prominently in her new Strategic Management Plan. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a shared tool and framework for action in this area. 4. The sections below illustrate some of the activities implemented by the Office in its effort to strengthen the promotion and implementation of the declaration. These do not aim to offer an exhaustive overview of the work of OHCHR on indigenous peoples’ rights, but rather to provide some examples of the action taken at country, regional and headquarters levels. At a global level, the Office continued to service the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by, inter alia, supporting the preparation and organization of the Expert Mechanism’s annual sessions and organizing technical workshops in 2009 and 2010 to contribute to its thematic studies. OHCHR produced a number of awareness-raising tools concerning the rights of indigenous peoples and related mechanisms. For example, it cooperated with the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs to produce an awareness-raising video on the work of the Expert Mechanism, available on the Internet and as a DVD. 5. OHCHR also continued to manage the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations to support the participation of indigenous organizations in the sessions of the Expert Mechanism and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, while also examining, as requested by the Human Rights Council, the practical implications of a possible extension of the mandate of the fund to cover sessions of the treaty bodies and Human Rights Council. A. Country engagement 6. Activities carried out in relation to indigenous issues in the field included monitoring, support to legal reform, technical cooperation activities, capacity-building and awareness-raising. The Millennium Development Goals and the advocacy work and efforts 3