A/HRC/15/34 was initiated further to a General Assembly recommendation made in the context of the Programme of Action for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People in 2006, as well as subsequent recommendations by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. 13. In the last 18 months, the Office has taken a number of steps, in cooperation with the Institute for the Promotion of Social Studies (IPES) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs with financial support from Spanish Development Cooperation (AECID), towards the completion of guidelines on the issue. It invited the seven Governments concerned to comment on the draft (the draft guidelines are contained in document A/HRC/EMRIP/2009/6) and organized a series of national consultations: in March 2010 in Ecuador and Colombia, in May 2010 in Paraguay and Brazil and in July 2010 in Bolivia, to which the relevant governmental ministries and departments, indigenous peoples, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), experts and representatives of the United Nations system were invited. These national consultations have allowed the Office to further elaborate the guidelines under three headings which clarify key concepts; set out the normative framework drawing on existing instruments, including the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries of 1989 (which has been ratified by all the countries concerned) and case-law from the international and inter-American human rights systems; and propose a policy framework or action plan for consideration by Governments. 14. A final regional meeting will take place in August 2010 in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, under the auspices of the Government, to review the latest version of the guidelines and consider options for their implementation. It is planned that the guidelines, together with examples of best practice and publications on isolated and initially contacted indigenous peoples, will be finalized towards the end of 2010. 15. OHCHR-Mexico provided technical assistance to the Secretariat of Indigenous Peoples in the State of Michoacán regarding the preparation of a constitutional amendment aimed at protecting the rights of indigenous peoples to be considered by the local congress. It also advised on a local law related to the rights and culture of indigenous peoples which will accompany the constitutional reform, and assisted Mexico City’s executive and legislative branches in a process to consult indigenous peoples living in the city on the drafting a local law on their rights. These activities seek to guarantee that legislation is accordance with international human rights standards, including the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 16. Furthermore, OHCHR-Mexico has engaged with the national human rights institution and the National Institute for Statistics and Geography in a process of consolidating human rights indicators, which will be disaggregated by indigenous origin after a validation process. OHCHR-Mexico also offered its assistance to the Mexican Supreme Court to ensure that its rulings are consistent with international human rights standards regarding cases related, in particular, to the right to land and the right to be consulted. 17. OHCHR-Cambodia offered its assistance and legal advice to provincial and local authorities, indigenous communities and NGOs in order to protect communities’ access to land and resources. It has worked with selected companies to encourage them to apply standards of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, beyond mere respect of national law. For instance, prompted by the Office’s legal advice, in 2009 one multinational company which had been granted a rubber concession conducted an additional, extensive environmental and social impact assessment, including an analysis on how the Declaration applied to its rubber plantation. It has since conducted consultations with the affected 5