A/HRC/45/34 81. Taking into account the above-mentioned reflections, the Special Rapporteur would like to provide some brief conclusions and recommendations: (a) The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples continues to play an essential role in promoting the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples enshrined in international human rights instruments, particularly the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Collaboration and coordination with the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples should be sustained and enhanced. (b) The Special Rapporteur has observed that in spite of progress in the legal recognition of indigenous peoples and in regard to their rights within the legal frameworks of Member States, the situation of the individual and collective human rights of indigenous peoples in all regions of the world remains a serious cause for concern. Therefore, the Special Rapporteur encourages all Member States to support the continuation and best functioning of the mandate. (c) The Special Rapporteur calls on Member States to increase their support to the United Nations special procedures system, and specifically to this mandate, so that enough human and financial resources are available to adequately carry out its work. (d) The Special Rapporteur also calls on Member States to develop ways to encourage all countries to cooperate effectively with the mandate holder, and to devise ways and means to better monitor compliance with international human rights standards on the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly in countries where indigenous peoples and their rights and identities are not even recognized and which have not yet accepted country visit requests. (e) The Special Rapporteur would like to call upon the United Nations system and the regional human rights systems to increase their collaboration with the mandate at all levels in order to mutually reinforce the work relating to particular countries, regions or issues, in furtherance of the promotion and protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. (f) The Special Rapporteur would like to express her gratitude to her predecessors, upon whose solid work she has built her contribution. She would also like to congratulate her successor and expresses her certainty that he will devote all his efforts to promoting the rights of indigenous peoples. (g) The Special Rapporteur would like to acknowledge the collaboration she has received throughout her term from civil society organizations, academia, the media and other relevant actors. She would like to encourage them to continue engaging with the mandate and helping to disseminate and implement its recommendations. The Special Rapporteur would like to particularly thank the funds and institutions which have provided financial support for the fulfilment of her work and hopes that they will continue to support future mandate holders. (h) The Special Rapporteur would like to express her gratitude to the dedicated staff supporting her mandate in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and also to her external assistants, for the support they have provided as she has carried out her mandate over the past six years. (i) Finally, the Special Rapporteur would like to honour and recognize the collaboration of indigenous peoples and their institutions, organizations and communities in the work of the mandate. Any progress achieved on recognition and respect for their rights is mainly due to their unrelenting fight for justice. 19