A/HRC/21/47/Add.1 92. Issues of self-governance, environmental degradation, language restoration, and federal recognition, as well as the particular concerns of indigenous peoples in urban settings and border areas, among other matters, should also be addressed. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 93. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important impetus and guide for improving upon existing measures to address the concerns of indigenous peoples in the United States, and for developing new measures to advance toward reconciliation. The Declaration represents an international standard accepted by the United States, at the urging of indigenous peoples from across the country, and is an extension of the United States historical leadership and commitment to promote human rights under various sources of international law. With these characteristics, the Declaration is a benchmark for all relevant decisionmaking by the federal executive, Congress, and the judiciary, as well as by the states of the United States. The federal executive 94. The federal executive should work closely with indigenous leaders, at all levels of decision-making, to identify and remove any barriers to effective implementation of existing government programmes and directives, and to improve upon them. In this regard, efforts should be made to ensure coordinated and clear delineation of tasks among the various government agencies working on indigenous issues, effective means of interaction and consultation with indigenous peoples, and coherent, coordinated federal executive action on indigenous issues. 95. In keeping with the expressed commitment of the United States to the principles of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its related international human rights obligations, the President should consider issuing a directive to all executive agencies to adhere to the Declaration in all their decisionmaking concerning indigenous peoples. 96. Independently of such a presidential directive, given that the Declaration has already been adopted as part of United States policy, all executive agencies that touch upon indigenous affairs should become fully aware of the meaning of the Declaration with respect to their respective spheres of responsibility, and they should ensure that their decisions and consultation procedures are consistent with the Declaration. To this end there should be a crosscutting executive level campaign to ensure awareness about the content and meaning of the Declaration. 97. In following up to the apology resolution adopted by Congress in 2010, which directs the President to pursue reconciliation with the country’s indigenous peoples, the President should develop, in consultation with them, a set of relevant initiatives in accordance with paragraphs 87-92 above. As an initial measure, the President should make the apology resolution widely known among indigenous peoples and the public at large, in a way that is appropriate to the sensitivities and aspirations of indigenous peoples, and within a broader programme that contributes to public education about indigenous peoples and the issues they face. Congress 98. Congress should act promptly on legislative proposals advocated by indigenous leaders for the protection of their peoples’ rights, and ensure that any legislation concerning indigenous peoples is adopted in consultation with them. Particular, immediate priority should be placed on legislation advocated by indigenous peoples 21