A/HRC/RES/51/18 relating to mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and paragraph 36 of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, Recognizing further that many ecosystems, including water-related ecosystems, upon which Indigenous Peoples depend are threatened by poor management and unsustainable development and face increased uncertainty and risks owing to climate change and other factors, Noting with appreciation the establishment of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its twenty-fourth session, with equal participation of representatives of Indigenous Peoples and of parties to the Framework Convention, to advance the objectives and implementation of its functions, and noting the second three-year workplan of the Facilitative Working Group for the period 2022–2024, Bearing in mind the importance of supporting the empowerment and building the capacity of indigenous women, young persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, persons in vulnerable situations and children, in accordance with their age and maturity, including for their full and effective participation in decision-making processes in matters that affect them directly, including policies, programmes and resources, where relevant, that target their well-being, in particular in the areas of universal and equitable access to quality public services, health services, mental health, food security and improved nutrition, including through family farming, education, employment and the transmission of languages and traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, and also the importance of taking measures to promote awareness and understanding of their rights, Acknowledging the efforts made to ensure the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in the process of preparing the post-2020 biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity, Noting the preparation of draft general recommendation No. 39, on the rights of indigenous women and girls, by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Noting also that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on the health, education, food security, safety, well-being and livelihoods of people across the world, with a disproportionately negative effect on Indigenous Peoples, their ancestral territories and sacred sites, and the need to take immediate and appropriate measures to address these effects, including the elimination of barriers, such as digital and language barriers, to the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in matters affecting their rights, and to leave no one behind, with an endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, founded on the dignity of the human person and reflecting the principles of equality and non-discrimination, 1. Acknowledges the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the rights of Indigenous Peoples,10 and requests the High Commissioner to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of Indigenous Peoples containing information on the relevant developments in human rights bodies and mechanisms and the activities undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect for and full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to follow up on the effectiveness of the Declaration; 2. Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and encourages all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the tasks and duties mandated, including by giving serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the mandate holder for visits, furnishing all available information requested in his or her communications and reacting promptly to his or her urgent appeals; 10 A/HRC/51/18. 3