E/CN.4/2003/90/Add.2 page 26 Pursuit of government activities 81. Many problems which affect the human rights of the indigenous peoples are due to the lack or inadequacy of support and finance for State programmes which might benefit them; the Special Rapporteur therefore recommends that the Executive and Legislature should give greater priority to financing activities which benefit the indigenous peoples. 82. These various aspects could be handled appropriately and comprehensively in a law on the rights of indigenous peoples, which would include machinery for consultation, as the Constitution stipulates in article 70. The international community 83. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations and the international community in general should continue to cooperate with the Government in the construction of a democratic and just society. 84. The Special Rapporteur welcomes with satisfaction the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (General Assembly resolution 57/161). He also recommends the drafting of a special programme jointly with the Government and the indigenous peoples, which could assist in the activities of verification, information and protection and which would be implemented in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. This programme would include training in the human rights of the indigenous communities, the facilitation of dialogue between the Government and the indigenous organizations, the reinforcement of national capacity for monitoring the commitments concerning indigenous rights agreed in the Peace Agreements, and support for establishing regional and national platforms for representative indigenous bodies. 85. The Special Rapporteur invites the international community to support these activities and to furnish assistance to the Office of the Human Rights Procurator, in particular for the programme for protection of the human rights of the indigenous peoples. 86. The Special Rapporteur has taken note of the important initiative undertaken by the Grupo Temático sobre los Temas Indígena y Multiculturalidad (Thematic Group on Indigenous and Multicultural Topics) to develop a common United Nations approach to indigenous affairs, and recommends that this inter-agency group should be maintained and strengthened and that measures should be taken to ensure the participation of the indigenous peoples. 87. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the United Nations system should continue to be available for collaboration with the indigenous peoples in training their own organizations, and that continued support should be provided for the establishment of the National Indigenous Council initiated in June 2002.