E/CN.4/2006/78/Add.2 page 22 102. The ongoing efforts by several non-governmental organizations, particularly WIMSA, to develop a number of comprehensive local development plans with indigenous communities, concentrating on community-based tourism, crafts and eco-tourism ventures combined with varying degrees of hunting and wild food gathering, should be supported by the various governmental departments and the international community. B. Recommendations to civil society 103. The political parties in the country should take a stand in favour of the constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples. 104. Non-governmental organizations should engage more systematically with the various indigenous communities identified in the present report in order to help the general public in the country to understand their demands and aspirations within the new South Africa. C. Recommendations to the international community 105. The United Nations country team should find ways to increase the attention of their respective agencies and programmes to the needs of indigenous peoples and concentrate on specific coordinated programs concerning indigenous communities in South Africa, with particular emphasis on the needs of indigenous women, youth and children. 106. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights should work together in promoting awareness in the country of the provisions of ILO Convention No. 169 (1989), aiming to support efforts for its prompt ratification as well as other relevant international human rights standards. D. Recommendations to the academic community 107. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the country’s universities and research centres establish focal points for research on and teaching about the issues and problems faced by the various indigenous communities in their diverse circumstances. Notes 1 There is no agreement on the exact nomenclature and spelling of the various indigenous communities. The Special Rapporteur uses the terms as they appear in the documents provided to him during the mission. 2 South African Human Rights Commission, Research Project: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, January 2002. 3 Department of Provincial and Local Government, Khoi-San Communities in South Africa, (2004).