A/72/186 67. A positive development is that in the context of the universal periodic review the Declaration has been referred to as an instrument to measure how Governments adhere to international human rights standards. 68. Further participation and involvement of indigenous peoples in the work of these bodies and procedures would help to increase awareness of the Declaration. 69. Among the gains achieved after the Declaration came into being is the adoption of policies and guidelines on indigenous peoples by several agencies, programmes and funds and other intergovernmental bodies. In 2008, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) adopted its “Policy guide to housing of indigenous peoples in cities”. The United Nations Development Group adopted its “Guidelines on indigenous issues” in 2009, the same year as the International Fund for Agricultural Development adopted its policy of engagement with indigenous peoples. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations followed suit and adopted its policy on indigenous and tribal peoples in 2010. The United Nations Environment Programme finalized its “Policy guidelines on indigenous peoples” in 2012. 70. Multilateral environmental agreements should also consider the Declaration as the framework when adopting decisions which affect indigenous peoples. Good decisions have emerged from the sessions of the Conferences of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and there are positive practices in terms of creating spaces for indigenous peoples within the bodies of these Conventions. For example, under the Convention on Biological Diversity there is a Working Group on article 8 (j) on the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities. Since 2007, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity has noted the existence of the Declaration in decisions and has adopted guidelines relevant for indigenous peoples. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change, at its twenty-first session, recognized the need to strengthen knowledge, technologies, practices and efforts of local communities and indigenous peoples related to addressing and responding to climate change, and established a platform for the exchange of experiences and sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated manner. 70 71. The Special Rapporteur has engaged with the Conferences of the Parties and intersessional meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Climate Change to advocate for the recognition of the Declaration, the inclusion of safeguards and the adoption of the human rights-based approach. This is required in order to protect indigenous peoples’ rights and recognize the contributions of indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge in achieving the aims of the Conventions. 72. The mandate holder has emphasized the importance of including the economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous peoples in the Sustainable Development Goals, 71 and advocated, jointly with other special procedures mandate holders and other United Nations bodies, for indigenous peoples’ rights, and for the inclusion of a human rights-based approach in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 72 While the references to indigenous peoples remain limited, it is encouraging that the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals set targets and indicators relevant for indigenous peoples. The long -standing appeal of __________________ 70 71 72 18/23 Decision 1/CP.21, para. 135 (see FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1). See A/69/267 (2015). General Assembly resolution 70/1. See www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/ DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14888&LangID=E; and www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/ DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20262&LangID=E. 17-12399