A/HRC/9/11 page 5 IX. ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA 10. The General Assembly in adopting the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (A/60/270) recommended that cooperation be developed with the Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Populations/Communities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights with a view to increasing participation of indigenous peoples from Africa in the implementation of the Decade and to enhancing the understanding of indigenous issues in the region. OHCHR has developed its relations with the Working Group and the African Commission and organized activities with the African Commission in May and November 2007 to raise awareness of indigenous issues in the region. The Office will organize further briefings in cooperation with the African Commission, in particular on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, at the next session of the African Commission in November 2008. 11. The Office has responded to requests from the Government of the Republic of the Congo to give technical advice in relation to the drafting of a law on indigenous peoples. Comments on the draft law were sent by the Office to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Republic of the Congo, in particular to help the drafters align the document with existing human rights standards, in particular with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. OHCHR organized together with ILO, the Ministry and NGOs, two workshops on the draft law in May and July 2006. A further workshop is being organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights from 18 to 19 August 2008 in Brazzaville for Parliamentarians to facilitate the passage of the law through Parliament. OHCHR is supporting the workshop both financially and substantively. X. STUDY ON GOOD PRACTICES 12. In the course of 2007 and 2008, a study was commissioned on good practices, obstacles and challenges in the implementation of recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on indigenous peoples, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The project is part of the Andean Programme on the rights of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants and was co-organized and co-financed by OHCHR, UNICEF and UNIFEM. The purpose of the study is to understand better the causes for the so-called implementation gap between laws and governmental commitments and their practical application on the ground. The study was completed in July 2008 and will be published in the course of the year by the sponsors of the project. Conclusion 13. The present interim report provides information about some of the activities related to indigenous peoples undertaken by the Office within the last 18 months. It is proposed that a final report providing information about OHCHR activities related to indigenous