A/HRC/39/67 creation of new rights and hoped that the issue would be solved. The same delegation expressed its commitment to further engage with stakeholders to achieve a text that would be accepted by all and reserved its position. VII. Conclusions and recommendations of the Chair-Rapporteur A. Conclusions 92. At the ninth and final meeting of its fifth session, held on 13 April 2018, the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas adopted the following conclusions, in accordance with its mandate as established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 21/19 and in accordance with resolution 36/22: (a) The working group welcomed with appreciation the message of the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the representative of FAO and the video message of the European Economic and Social Committee at the opening of the session, as well as the participation of ILO and other organizations; (b) The working group welcomed with appreciation the efforts made by the Chair-Rapporteur in presenting the revised draft declaration; (c) The working group welcomed with appreciation the constructive negotiation, participation and active engagement of Governments, regional and political groups, civil society, intergovernmental organizations, experts and relevant stakeholders, particularly representatives of peasants and other people working in rural areas, and welcomed the inputs received; (d) The working group expressed the shared concern about the human rights situation of peasants and other people working in rural areas and recognized their contributions to tackling hunger and to conserving and improving biodiversity, among others, and stressed the need to respect, promote, protect and fulfil their human rights; (e) The working group encouraged that a revised draft is prepared by the Chair-Rapporteur on the basis of the different proposals and views expressed during the fifth session of the working group, and encouraged the Chair to hold informal and bilateral consultations and to circulate to the delegations the revised draft; (f) The working group encouraged States, civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders to send their written textual proposals and contributions to the draft declaration, as presented during the fifth session, before 20 April 2018. B. Recommendations 93. Following the negotiations held during the meetings of the working group, the Chair-Rapporteur recommended that: (a) On the basis of the work carried on in the fifth session and informal and bilateral consultations, a final version of the draft declaration be prepared by the Chair-Rapporteur and be submitted to the Human Rights Council for its adoption, in fulfilment of the mandate of the working group, as stated in paragraph 1 of its resolution 21/19 and subsequent resolutions; (b) States and other relevant stakeholders, in the consideration of the text, take into account the considerable progress made throughout the process of negotiations; (c) States and other relevant stakeholders continue their constructive engagement and dialogue and enhance their flexibility in the bilateral and informal consultations in order to achieve, promptly, an inclusive and meaningful declaration; 17