E/2004/43
E/C.19/2004/23
Parliament, International Youth Caucus, Indigenous Peoples Council on
Biocolonialism and Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawaii/Asian Indigenous Village
Leaders in Suriname/International Indian Treaty Council/Indigenous Youth
Caucus/Rapa Nui Parliament/The Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth/Call
of the Earth/Concerned Women for Peace for Sudan/African Indigenous Women’s
Organization/Indigenous Information Network/Kamakakuokalani Center for
Hawaiian Studies, Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, Hawaii
Caucus, Saami Council and Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Pacific Concerns
Resource Center/Bangsa Adat Alifuru, Dewan Adat Papua/’llio ‘ulaokalani
Coalition/Prince Kujio Hawaiian Civic Club/The Koani Foundation/Rapa Nui
Parliament/Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu/Te Rapunga o Poutama/Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission/National Association for Community Legal
Centres/National Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation/Presentation
Association/World Council of Churches/Bureau of Consultation for West Papua
Indigenous Community Development.
8.
At the same meeting, the Chairperson made a statement and the following
members of the Forum also made statements: Otila Lux de Coti, Willie Littlechild,
Mililani Trask, Wayne Lord.
9.
At its 7th meeting, on 13 May, the Forum continued its discussion of the item
and heard statements by the following observers: Pacific Caucus, Guatemala,
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Viet Nam, Division for the Advancement of
Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
Secretariat, Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural, FAO, Conclave de America
Latina, Defensoria de los Pueblos Indígenas del Ecuador en America,
Taymaynut/IPACC, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum, Tebtebba Foundation,
World Hmong Peoples’ Congress, Asociacion de Cabildos Indígenas del Norte del
Cauca, Asian Indigenous Caucus, Conclave de Pueblos Indigenas de Brasil.
10. At the same meeting, the following members of the Forum made statements:
Njuma Ekundanayo, Marcos Matias Alonso, Ayitegan Kouevi, Parshuram Tamang,
Ida Nicolaisen.
11. At its 8th meeting, on 13 May, the Forum concluded its discussion of the subitem and heard statements by the following observers: La Red Xicana
Indígena/International Network of Indigenous Women, Norway, Enlace Continental
de Mujeres de Sudamerica, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, First Nation North and South,
Armenian Sisters, Consejo Indio de Sudamérica, Gambella Development Agency,
Consejo Nacional de le Culture Nahuatl de Mexico.
C.
Human rights
12. At its 8th meeting, on 13 May, the Forum considered sub-item 4 (d) and heard
statements by the following observers: Indonesia, Indigenous Peoples of Africa
Coordination Committee, Habitat Pro Association, National Aboriginal Women
Association, Femmes autocthones du Québec, Caribbean Antilles Indigenous
Peoples Caucus, Conive-Red de Mujeres Indigenas Wayuu de Venezuela/Segunda
Vice-Presidenta de la República Bolivariana Venezuela, World Hmong Peoples
Congress, Unissons-nous pour la promotion des Batwa, Bangsa Adat Alifuru/’llio
‘ulaokalani Coalition/Prince Kujio Hawaiian Civic Club/The Koani Foundation/
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