A/HRC/RES/21/24 8. Also requests the Expert Mechanism to continue to undertake, with the assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner, a questionnaire survey to seek the views of States and of indigenous peoples on best practices with regard to possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a view to completing a final summary of responses for presentation to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session, and encourages those States which have not yet provided their responses to do so; 9. Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolution 65/198 and resolution 66/296 of 17 September 2012, on the organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held 22 and 23 September 2014, and takes note of its inclusive preparatory process, including the preparatory meeting to be held in Guatemala on 21 December 2012 and, in this regard: (a) Encourages States, in accordance with the provisions contained in General Assembly resolution 66/296, to continue to promote the participation of indigenous peoples during the preparatory process of the World Conference and to support it, in particular by means of technical and financial contributions; (b) Recommends that the studies and advice of the Expert Mechanism be considered in the formulation of the agendas of the preparatory process; 10. Notes with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General on the ways and means of promoting participation at the United Nations of indigenous peoples’ representatives on issues affecting them,7 and invites the General Assembly to consider and include in its agenda the issue based on the possible steps elaborated in the report and taking into account practical ways to enable indigenous peoples’ representatives to participate, existing procedural rules regulating such participation, and issues for consideration and conclusions contained in the report; 11. Decides to hold, from within existing resources, at its twenty-fourth session, a half-day panel discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples; 12. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation and coordination among the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism, and requests them to continue to carry out their tasks in a coordinated manner, and welcomes, in this regard, their permanent effort to promote the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 13. Reaffirms that the universal periodic review, together with United Nations treaty bodies, are important mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, and, in that regard, encourages effective follow-up on accepted universal periodic review recommendations concerning indigenous peoples, as well as serious consideration to follow up on treaty body recommendations on the matter; 14. Encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization to consider doing so, to consider supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and welcomes the increased support of States for that Declaration; 15. Welcomes the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and encourages States that have endorsed 7 A/HRC/21/24. 3