E/CN.4/2003/90/Add.2 page 27 Indigenous peoples 88. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the indigenous peoples might consider developing a joint programme embodying a consensus regarding the priorities of the Maya, Xinca and Garífuna peoples, with a view to seeking the cooperation of the international community in implementing a national action plan to promote the rights of the indigenous peoples. 89. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the indigenous peoples should endeavour to consolidate areas for dialogue with civil society, the mestizo communities and other sectors which are also engaged in the struggle for human rights and the strengthening of democracy. He also recommends that measures should be expedited to establish a democratically constituted body to represent them in their dealings with the State in all matters of concern to them. Civil society 90. The Special Rapporteur considers that the various institutions of civil society - apart from the indigenous organizations themselves - have an essential role to play in the construction of a just and democratic multicultural society. He recommends that these institutions should make coordinated efforts to establish areas and bodies where the problems of the new multicultural society can be widely debated within a framework of mutual respect for differences of approach, so that consensus on a project for a new national society can emerge. 91. He also recommends that these bodies should put forward draft legislation which includes and consolidates the principles and objectives of the Peace Agreements, and in particular the Agreement on Identity and Rights. 92. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the political parties should initiate a wide-ranging internal debate on the subject of human rights and the participation of indigenous peoples and communities in national affairs, and that they should endeavour to establish a minimum agreed platform of objectives which will lead to the strengthening of human rights and the participation of indigenous peoples and communities. In addition to including more indigenous candidates for elective posts, the political parties should include in their electoral platforms the basic points which will lead to the realization of these objectives. Mass media 93. The Special Rapporteur wishes to stress the particular responsibility of the mass media in combating discrimination and racism vis-à-vis the indigenous peoples. He recommends that, in the absence of adequate legislation, the mass media should adopt measures for monitoring and self-regulation in order to eliminate all vestiges of racism and ethnic discrimination in their programmes and content, and actively promote the vision of