A/HRC/RES/24/10 Recognizing the importance to indigenous peoples of revitalizing, using, developing and transmitting their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures to future generations, and designating and retaining their own names for communities, places and persons, Welcoming the completion by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of its study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session,1 and encouraging all parties to consider the examples of good practices and recommendations included in that study as practical advice on how to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Stressing the need to pay particular attention to the rights and special needs of indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including in the process of protecting and promoting access to justice by indigenous peoples, indigenous women, children, youth and persons with disabilities, Recognizing the need to find ways and means of promoting the participation of recognized indigenous peoples’ representatives within the United Nations system on issues affecting them, as they are not always organized as non-governmental organizations, Taking note of the report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, 2 in which the Working Group addressed the impact of business-related activities on the rights of indigenous peoples through the lens of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,3 1. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples,4 and requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms and activities undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner at Headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to the follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration; 2. Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the official visits he has made in the past year, takes note with appreciation of his report,5 and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to his requests for visits; 3. Requests the Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of his or her mandate to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session; 4. Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, takes note with appreciation of the report on its sixth session,6 and encourages States to continue to participate in and contribute to its discussions, including by their national specialized bodies and institutions; 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 A/HRC/24/50. A/68/279. A/HRC/17/31, annex. A/HRC/24/26. A/HRC/24/41. A/HRC/24/49.