E/2004/43
E/C.19/2004/23
18. Also at the same meeting, the following members of the Forum also made
statements: Zinaida Strogalschikova, Ida Nicolaisen.
19. At its 11th meeting, on 17 May, the Chairperson made a statement.
Presentations were also made by the following panellists: Rodolfo Stavenhagen,
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous people, Miguel Alfonso Martinez, Chairperson/Rapporteur, Working
Group on Indigenous Populations.
20. At the same meeting, the Forum concluded its discussion of the item and heard
statements by the following observers: Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Innu Council of Nitassinan, Caucus de los
Pueblos Indigenas de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana, Chile, International Indigenous
Youth Caucus, Guatemala, United States of America, Indigenous Caucus on the
World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks, Mexico, Russian
Federation, Delegación de los Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia, Working Group on
Armed Conflict Indigenous Caucus, North American Indigenous Caucus, Sherpa
Association of Nepal.
21. Also at the same meeting, the following members of the Forum made
statements: Parshuram Tamang, Antonio Jacanamijoy, Ayitegan Kouevi, Otila Lux
de Coti, Ida Nicolaisen, Marcos Matias Alonso, Mililani Trask, Wayne Lord,
Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca, Yuji Iwasawa.
D.
Economic and social development
22. At its 12th meeting, on 18 May, the Forum considered sub-item 4 (a) and heard
statements by the following observers: UNIFEM, Denmark/Greenland Home Rule
Government, Pacific Concerns Resource Center/Bangsa Adat Alifuru/Dewan Adat
Papua/Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawaii/Rapa Nui Parliament/Te Runanga o Ngai
Tahu/Ngati
Tuwharetoa/Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Commission/Foundation for Association of Community Legal Centres/National
Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation/World Council of Churches, Te
Runanga o NGAI TAHU, Canada, Caribbean Antilles Indigenous Peoples Caucus,
UNDP, New Zealand, Asian Indigenous Caucus, Department of Public Information
of the United Nations Secretariat, Mexico, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’
Forum/Parbatya
Chattagram
Jana
Samhati
Samiti/Jumma
Peoples’
Network/Trinamul/Taungya/Bawm Literatura Forum, ILO, Inter-American
Development Bank (IADB), World Bank, Innu Council of Nitassinan, Indigenous
Youth, Saami Council/Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Maasai Women Development
Organization/Manyoito
Pastoralist
Integrated
Development
Organization,
IPACC/Taymaynut, Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas, Conclave Indígena de
los Pueblos Indígenas de América, Transnational Radical Party, Indigenous
Connectivity Survey, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, RAIPON, Italy,
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People/Ogoni Volunteer Indigenous
Humanitarian Organization, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, African
Indigenous Women Organization, Foundation for Aboriginal And Islander Research
Action.
23. At the same meeting, statements were made by the following members of the
Forum: Antonio Jacanamijoy, Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca, Willie Littlechild.
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