A/68/317 concerns, in March 2013, the Special Rapporteur conducted a two-day consultation in Kuala Lumpur, during which he consulted with indigenous peoples from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. The Special Rapporteur’s report on the consultation (A/HRC/24/41/Add.3) provides an overview of the main issues raised during the consultation and contains a series of overarching conclusions and recommendations on the basis of the information received. 24. Within the terms of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur is communicating directly with the relevant Governments in Asia about many of the concerns raised during the consultation, and is requesting their views on these concerns. He intends to issue corresponding observations and recommendations, noting positive developments and outstanding challenges. These communications and any responses to them will be made public and presented to the Human Rights Council in 2014. Still, further attention should be placed on the situation of indigenous peoples in the Asia region in the coming years. The Special Rapporteur hopes that Asian Governments will show increased openness to engaging on indigenous issues and will increase cooperation with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. 25. While country reports are intended to raise awareness about the human rights concerns of indigenous peoples in specific countries and to provide guidance on how to address those concerns, there is a need to devote greater efforts to publicize and disseminate the reports among the relevant stakeholders, and develop strategies to use the recommendations in the report to effect change. In this connection, a practice employed by the Special Rapporteur on occasion has been to present his findings, either in person or by videoconference, to a cross-section of actors at the country level, allowing them the chance to learn about the reports and to ask him questions directly about them, as he has done in the case of several country reports. United Nations country teams have played an important role in supporting the organization of some of these presentations. The Special Rapporteur also notes as a good practice the development of a working group by the Government of Norway, in collaboration with Sami leaders, to consider means of implementing recommendations made in the report on the conditions of the Sami people. However, much more could be done to make known and make use of country reports, and the Special Rapporteur hopes that OHCHR, United Nations country teams, and non-governmental organizations especially, will continue to develop methodologies and invest resources towards this end. 3. (a) Specific cases of allegations of human rights violations Communications procedure and follow-up 26. Another principal focus of the Special Rapporteur’s work throughout his mandate has been responding, on a continual basis, to allegations of human right violations in specific cases. This work area is carried out in accordance with his mandate from the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 15/14, to gather, request, receive and exchange information and communications from all relevant sources, including Governments, indigenous peoples and their communities and organizations, on alleged violations of the rights of indigenous peoples. In communicating with Governments on specific cases, the Special Rapporteur is, for 8/22 13-42710