E/2004/43 E/C.19/2004/23 Chapter IV Mandated areas 1. The Forum considered item 4 of its agenda at its 3rd to 14th and 17th meetings, from 11 to 19 and on 21 May 2004. A. Education 2. At its 3rd meeting, on 11 May, the Forum considered sub-item 4 (f) and presentations were made by the following panellists: Qin Xiaomei, member of the Forum; Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Department of Languages and Culture, University of Roskilde, Denmark, and Department of Education, Abo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland; Linda King, Section for Education for Peace and Human Rights, UNESCO. The Chairperson also made a statement on the sub-item. 3. Statements were made by the following observers: UNICEF, First Nations North and South, Erica-Irene Daes, Special Rapporteur of the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. 4. At its 4th meeting, on 11 May, statements on the item were made by the following observers: Indigenous Women’s Caucus, Ecuador, Pacific Caucus. 5. At its 5th meeting, on 12 May, the Forum concluded its discussion of the item and heard statements by the following observers: UNITAR, Canada, New Zealand, Consejo Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas del Ecuador, Mexico, Integrante de la Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas de Mexico, Chile, Boarding School Healing Project, Venezuela, Caribbean Antilles Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Guatemala, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, African Indigenous Women Organization, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Awaete Kaiwa Guarani Nhandeva, Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People, Saami Council, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, International Youth Caucus, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Ogiek Rural Integral Projects/Ogiek People’s Development Program, Land is Life, Consultoria de los Pueblos Indígenas en el Norte de Mexico, Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas, IPPAC/Tamaynut, Mbororo Social Cultural and Development Association, Nacionalidad Zapara del Ecuador, Haudenosaunee Six Nations and Consejo Indio de Sud America, Aymara Artist Organization, Asociación Indígena Salvadoreña. 6. At the same meeting, the following members of the Forum made statements: Willie Littlechild, Marcos Matias Alonso, Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca, Ida Nicolaisen. B. Culture 7. At its 6th meeting, on 12 May, the Forum considered sub-item 4 (e) and statements were made by the following observers: UNDP, WIPO, UN-Habitat, Finland, American Indian Law Association/Seventh Generation Fund, Mexico, Montagnard Foundation, Flying Eagle Women, International Indigenous Women’s Caucus, Conseil des Innus du Nitassinan, Caribbean Antilles Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, African Indigenous Women Organization, Te Runanga o NGAI TAHU/Treaty Tribes Coalition, RAPA-NUI 32