A/HRC/27/64 D. Election of officers 22. International Chief Littlechild invited the members of the Expert Mechanism to nominate a Chair-Rapporteur and a Vice-Chair for its seventh session. Mr. Tsykarev nominated Mr. Deterville as Chair-Rapporteur. Mr. Mansayagan nominated Mr. Tsykarev as Vice-Chair. Both were then appointed by acclamation. 23. The Chair-Rapporteur, Mr. Deterville, thanked the other members of the Expert Mechanism for his election. The Chair-Rapporteur welcomed the new member of the Expert Mechanism, Mr. Mansayagan. 24. The Chair-Rapporteur highlighted the work of the Expert Mechanism since the last session. That had included the follow-up study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples. The study was informed by an expert seminar co-organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Auckland and OHCHR. The Chair-Rapporteur discussed the Mechanism’s work in completing the study on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in disaster risk reduction, prevention and preparedness initiatives, and its work on the questionnaire to States and indigenous peoples on best practices regarding possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies to attain the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 25. The Chair-Rapporteur then outlined the Expert Mechanism’s activities relating to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, which included participation in a panel discussion, at the twenty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council; in the World Conference on Indigenous Women, in Peru; in the International Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in April 2014; in the thirteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in May 2014; and in the informal consultation and interactive dialogues convened by the President of the General Assembly, which were held on 4 June and 17–18 June 2014 respectively. 26. In her statement during the opening session, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples expressed her gratitude to the Human Rights Council and OHCHR for their support for coordination between the United Nations mandates relating to indigenous peoples’ rights. She provided a brief overview of her mandate and stressed the importance of the topics of the studies undertaken by the Expert Mechanism. With regard to access to justice, she emphasized that indigenous peoples often did not actually enjoy the rights embedded in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She noted that this was particularly the case with women, children and persons with disabilities, who were often the victims of discrimination and violence. She also noted that since indigenous peoples often lived in fragile ecosystems, they were at particular risk of being affected by disasters. The Special Rapporteur stressed that this was a particularly important year for indigenous peoples, because of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. E. Adoption of the agenda 27. The Expert Mechanism adopted the agenda and the programme of work of the seventh session (A/HRC/EMRIP/2014/1 and A/HRC/EMRIP/2014/1/Add.1). IV. Panel discussion on the post-2015 development agenda 28. The panel discussion on the post-2015 development agenda began with an introductory statement from the Chair-Rapporteur, who stressed that the post-2015 development agenda constituted the international community’s road map for development 8