A/68/317 has observed, regretfully, that even some countries that have open invitations to special procedures mandate holders have been unresponsive to requests for visits or have delayed unacceptably in agreeing to dates for visits. The Special Rapporteur believes that the Human Rights Council should develop means to ensure that States act in good faith in accordance with their open invitations to special procedures mandate holders. He also hopes that the Human Rights Council, OHCHR, and the special procedures mandate holders will develop methodologies for reviewing human rights situations in countries that do not respond positively to visits. 20. Over the course of his mandate thus far, the Special Rapporteur has conducted visits to and issued reports concerning indigenous peoples in Brazil (A/HRC/12/34/Add.2); Nepal (A/HRC/12/34/Add.3); Botswana (A/HRC/15/37/Add.2); Colombia (A/HRC/15/37/Add.3); Australia Chile (A/HRC/12/34/Add.6); (A/HRC/15/37/Add.4); the Russian Federation (A/HRC/15/37/Add.5); the Sápmi region (the traditional territory of the Sami people) in Norway, Sweden and Finland (A/HRC/18/35/Add.2); New Zealand (A/HRC/18/35/Add.4); the Republic of the Congo (A/HRC/18/35/Add.5); New Caledonia (France) (A/HRC/18/35/Add.6); Argentina (A/HRC/21/47/Add.2); the United States of America (A/HRC/21/47/Add.1); El Salvador (A/HRC/24/41/Add.2); and Namibia (A/HRC/24/41/Add.1). In July 2013, the Special Rapporteur visited Panama and is in the process of developing his report on the conditions of indigenous peoples in that country. Before the end of 2013, the Special Rapporteur will carry out visits to Canada and Peru, and he looks forward to visiting one or two final countries before his mandate ends in April 2014. These visits and reports to examine the general human rights situation of indigenous peoples in the countries under review are in addition to the visits and reports by the Special Rapporteur to examine specific cases of alleged human rights violation in accordance with the communications procedure (see para. 33, below). 21. The Special Rapporteur notes that his reports on Chile, Colombia, and New Zealand were to evaluate the progress made in those countries in implementing the recommendations made by his predecessor in earlier reports. His upcoming visit to and report on Canada will also be in follow-up to a visit by the former Special Rapporteur. Subsequent to each of his initial or follow-up country reports, the Special Rapporteur has sent additional letters in accordance with his communications procedure regarding specific areas of concern addressed in his reports. 22. The Special Rapporteur’s report on the Sami people following his visit to the Sápmi region, the traditional territory of the Sami people that includes parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, is different from the standard country reports that are typically issued by special procedures mandate holders that focus on a single country. Given the fact that the Sami people live across the international borders of those three countries, the Special Rapporteur issued a consolidated report on the situation of the Sami people, addressing their human rights conditions in each of the countries. He considers that more reporting could be done along these lines, given the prevalence of indigenous peoples living in more than one country and the crossborder challenges that they face. A complicating factor, however, is obtaining the acceptance for visits from more than one State. 23. In addition, given that only one country in Asia — Nepal — responded favourably to the Special Rapporteur’s request for a visit, and in the light of the high number of communications he has received from that region regarding human rights 13-42710 7/22