A/HRC/4/111 page 18 Forum on Indigenous Issues. Moreover, in June of this year the recently created Human Rights Council adopted the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, on which the General Assembly will vote at the end of the year. The Conference registered its support for the adoption of the text of the Declaration by the General Assembly; 6. We welcome with satisfaction the adoption of specific, comprehensive instruments that are the result of mature debate and the rejection of discrimination in all its forms. This is evidenced by the entry into force of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in July 2003; the creation in February 2005 of the Special Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and on Racial Discrimination of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; the adoption by the OAS General Assembly in June 2006 of a resolution permitting negotiation of the preliminary draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, a Brazilian initiative that received broad support at the time; and the latest negotiations in the United Nations General Assembly on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which will protect, promote and guarantee the rights, fundamental freedoms and dignity of persons with disabilities and whose early entry into force we particularly call on States to support. 7. We stress that the inclusion of issues relating to efforts to combat racism and to the promotion and protection of human rights and racial equality in the governmental structures of countries of the region demonstrates the growing consensus on the linkage between participatory, inclusive democracy and efforts to combat racism and discrimination. Argentina, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States of America and Uruguay have established bodies to address this issue. Such bodies are fundamental to efforts to combat racism, strengthen democratic governance and prevent conflicts. It was suggested that the Governments of the region should establish a programme of action for the strengthening of governmental institutions that will permit effective, ongoing promotion of racial equality and exchanges with civil society; 8. We note the expansion of discussions on possible monitoring mechanisms at the national level, the construction of indicators for monitoring the impact of public policies for combating racism and discrimination and the incorporation of a gender perspective in the analysis and design of such policies; 9. We recommend the development of methodologies for monitoring the outcome of public plans, programmes and policies to promote equality and diversity and combat racism and discrimination. Governments and international agencies will have to consider generating reliable statistical data disaggregated by race, sex, geographical region and socio-economic variables to permit proper monitoring of public policies to promote racial equality and combat racism;