BEARING IN MIND the progress achieved at the international level in recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, especially Convention No. 169 of the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; BEARING IN MIND ALSO the progress made in nations of the Americas at the constitutional, legislative, and jurisprudential levels to safeguard, promote, and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, as well as the political will of states to continue their progress toward recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas; RECALLING the commitments undertaken by the member states to guarantee, promote, and protect the rights and institutions of indigenous peoples, including those undertaken at the Third and Fourth Summits of the Americas; RECALLING ALSO the universality, inseparability, and interdependence of human rights recognized under international law; ••• 5 •••