A/68/317 the institutions just mentioned, as well as to the Convention on Biological Diversity; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; and United Nations and World Bank programmes aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. 15. The Special Rapporteur has also sought to raise awareness about, and promote, the rights of indigenous peoples through his participation in seminars and other events. Since assuming his mandate in 2008, he has participated in some 41 conferences and seminars in 19 different countries on various issues related to indigenous peoples. Descriptions of those events, as well as the Special Rapporteur’s statements, can be found on the website maintained by the support project for the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples at the University of Arizona (www.unsr.jamesanaya.org). 16. The promotion of good practices and providing technical assistance are key areas in which the Special Rapporteur has seen his work have a positive effect, with many of his recommendations being taken up in legal and policy reforms made at the international and national levels. In the future, he would like to see additional attention placed on providing technical assistance directly to indigenous peoples themselves, including in order to strengthen their negotiation capacity and their ability to carry out their own initiatives in promotion of their rights. States, the United Nations, and donor agencies should lend support to indigenous peoples in this regard. 2. Country reports 17. Reporting on the human rights conditions of indigenous peoples in specific countries is one of the main tools available to the Special Rapporteur in fulfilment of the various components of his mandate, for which there is a fairly well developed methodology and set of expectations that generally apply for all special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council. Those reports include conclusions and recommendations that aim to strengthen good practices, identify areas of concern, and improve on the human rights conditions of indigenous peoples in a specific country context. 18. In developing the reports, the Special Rapporteur visits the country under consideration, including the capital and specific areas or communities of concern. He engages with Government representatives, indigenous peoples, and other actors, including members of civil society and, if there is one, the United Nations country team. Country visits provide an important opportunity to draw attention to the concerns of indigenous peoples in a specific country, including through engaging with the media. In this regard, as is the usual practice for county visits of special procedures mandate holders, at the end of each of his visits, the Special Rapporteur holds a press conference, during which he presents his initial observations and conclusions. During his visit to Argentina, the Special Rapporteur was accompanied by a film crew which produced an educational video on his visit, a good practice that he considers could be developed further to raise awareness of the work of mandate holders. 19. Country visits occur only with the consent and cooperation of the Government concerned, although the Special Rapporteur has also developed methods for reporting on country situations without conducting on-site visits, in view of the lack of cooperation of some Governments in that regard, as discussed further below. He 6/22 13-42710