E/2005/43 E/C.19/2005/9 Chapter V Future work of the Forum 1. The Forum considered item 5 at its 8th, 12th and 13th meetings on 20, 25 and 27 May 2005. 2. At the 8th meeting, on 20 May, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs made a presentation on the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, which was followed by an interactive dialogue between the Under-Secretary-General and the following members of the Forum: Otilia Lux de Coti, Aqqaluk Lynge, Nina Pacari Vega, William Langeveldt, Pavel Sulyandziga, Hassan Id Balkassm, Michael Dodson, Ida Nicolaisen, Wilton Littlechild, and Yuri Boychenko. 3. At the 12th meeting, on 25 May, statements were made by a representative of the following country and representatives of the following organizations: Denmark, Arctic Caucus, FAIRA, Pacific Caucus, Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation, Comisión Jurídica para el Auto Desarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos, Land is Life, Parbatya Chattagram Jana Jambati Samiti, Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Kapaeeng, Hill Track NGO Forum, Center for Indigenous Peoples Research and Development, Earth Peoples, Society for Threatened Peoples International, Mbororo Social Cultural and Development Association, Wara Instituto Indígena Brasilero, Hmong International Human Rights Watch, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation, Movimiento Indígena de Peru, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, San Council Ocgawu, Aaanserian Peace Village, Shorets People Association, Comite de Solidaridad Triqui, Indigenous Information Network, African Indigenous Women Organization East and Central Africa, South Asia Indigenous Women Forum, Garo Women Organization, Nepal Tamang Women Ghedung, International Native Traditional Interchange, Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento, Asociación Napguana, Comite Intertribal de Brasil, Centre de documentation de recherche et d’information des peuples autochtones, Droits et démocratie, Canadian Friends Service Committee, American Friends Committee, Coordination Autochtone Francophone, Consejo Innu, IPACC, Indian Treaty Council, the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development, the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations Canada, Frente por la Democracio y el Desarrollo Coalicion Campesina Indígena del Istmo de Oaxaca, Mexico, Fundación para el Promocion del Conocimiento Indigena, Panama, Aliansi Masyarakat Ada Nusantara, Assembly of First Nations and the Chief of the Innu Council of Nitassinan. 4. A member of the Forum, Wilton Littlechild, also made a statement. 5. At the 13th meeting, on 25 May, a statement was made by the Chairman of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations. 6. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the representatives of the following organizations and countries: Finland, International Alliance of Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest, Chile, Aldet Centre-Saint Lucia, Guatemala, Adat Alifuru, Meijis of Crimean Tatar People, Akha Heritage Foundation, Saulteau First Nations, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Comisión Jurídica para el Auto Desarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos, Land is Life, American Indian Law Alliance, Ethnic Minority and Indigenous Rights Organization of Africa, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Partnership for Indigenous 30