E/2005/43 E/C.19/2005/9 Federation, Yamasee Native American, International League for Human Rights, Defensoria de los Pueblos Indígenas en America, Zo Reunification Organization, Cowichan Tribes/Hulquminum Mustimumuhw, Seventh Generation Fund/American Indian Law, Committee on Indigenous Health of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus. 7. At its 5th meeting, on 18 May, the Forum continued its consideration of agenda item 3 (a) and statements were made by representatives of the following organizations, bodies and specialized agencies, as well as representatives of the following: IFAD, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Venezuela, the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, Nepal Tamang Ghedung, Indonesia, the Chairman of the United Nations Forum on Forests, Denmark, Arctic Caucus, Viet Nam, Maya Vision, American Indian Law Alliance, Mexico, Pacific Caucus, Caucus de Mujeres Indígenas, ONGTchichitt, ONG GASF, ONG Tounfa, IWGIA, Indigenous Caucus, Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network — Na Koa Ikaika Kalahui-Hawaii, Indian Treaty Council, The Confederacy of Treaty of Six First Nations and Frente por la Democracia y el Desarrollo, Coalición Campesina Indígena del Istmo, South Asia Indigenous Women Forum, Tunaga Nation, Indigenous Environment Network, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, Consejo de Pueblos Nahuas del Alto Balsas Guerrero, A.C., Comité Intertribal de Memoria y Ciencia Indígena de Brasil, Fundación Indoamerica (Mexico), CAPAJ (Peru), Consultoria de los Pueblos Indígenas en el Norte de Mexico, CITI, and Land is Life. 8. At the same meeting, the Chairperson made a statement and the following members of the Forum also made statements: Parshuram Tamang, Eduardo Aguiar de Almeida, Aqqaluk Lynge, Wilton Littlechild, and Nina Pacari Vega. B. Goal 2 of the Millennium Development Goals: Achieve universal primary education 9. At its 6th, 7th, 8th, 15th and 16th meetings, on 19, 20 and 27 May, the Forum considered item 3 (b), “Achieve universal primary education”, to be addressed under the thematic approaches of language, cultural perspective and traditional knowledge. 10. At its 6th meeting, on 19 May, the Forum considered item 3 (b) and heard statements by the following representatives of specialized agencies of the InterAgency Support Group: UNICEF, the World Bank, UNESCO, UNHCHR and ILO. 11. At the same meeting, the following members of the Forum also made statements: Eduardo Aguiar de Almeida, Hassan Id Balkassm, William Langeveldt, Nina Pacari Vega, Yuri Boychenko, Pavel Sulyandziga, Parshuram Tamang, Wilton Littlechild, and Merike Kokajev. 12. Also at the same meeting, the Forum heard statements by the following observers: Canada, Fundo Indigeno, Parlamento Indígena de América, The Koani Foundation, Waikiki Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawaii, Seventh Generation Fund, International Institute for the Study and Preservation of Aboriginal Peoples, Threatened (TIPs), India Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, Tugara Nation, Pacific Caucus, Asia Caucus, and Tlahtlokan Nahuacalli. 26