E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 4. The Permanent Forum commends OHCHR for its commitment to advancing the human rights of indigenous peoples through its promotion of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, its regional and country presence, the hands-on training that it provides to United Nations staff and its Indigenous Fellowship Programme. Furthermore, OHCHR provides support in the area of indigenous peoples’ issues through the servicing of human rights treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which has paid close attention to indigenous peoples, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which recently addressed the situation of indigenous children in one of its general comments. 5. The Permanent Forum notes with appreciation the fact that, during 2009, OHCHR increased the allocation of its resources devoted to the protection of indigenous peoples, and urges further increases in the future. 6. The Permanent Forum notes that numerous indigenous organizations attend the annual sessions of the Permanent Forum and the Expert Mechanism, at which specific allegations of human rights violations are often made. The Permanent Forum, the Expert Mechanism and the Special Rapporteur could benefit from working together to develop measures to channel such allegations to the appropriate human rights mechanisms, including by supporting training by OHCHR on the use of such mechanisms. 7. The Permanent Forum and OHCHR have the same duty to promote respect for the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up on the effectiveness of the Declaration in accordance with article 42 of the Declaration. The Permanent Forum and OHCHR should, within their capacities, work towards transforming the Declaration in its entirety into living law. Concluding recommendations 8. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR aspire to adapt its organizational structures to the post-Declaration era by strengthening secretariat structures devoted to indigenous peoples’ issues. 9. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR continue to contribute to strengthening the working relations between the treaty bodies and the three United Nations mechanisms which have specific mandates to address indigenous peoples’ issues in order to enhance compliance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this regard, OHCHR could facilitate the participation of the Chairperson of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum at the next annual meeting of the chairpersons of the treaty bodies. 10. The Permanent Forum recommends that the annual report of OHCHR to the Permanent Forum provide a summary of relevant reports, decisions and recommendations of the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and special procedures, as well as the universal periodic review working group, United Nations treaty bodies and other relevant United Nations reports and conferences. 11. The Permanent Forum commends OHCHR for conducting training sessions on the rights of indigenous peoples for its staff in a number of Asian and African 32 10-36959