E/2003/43
E/C.19/2003/22
Chapter VI
Future work of the Forum
1.
At its 17th meeting, on 22 May, the Forum considered agenda item 6.
Statements were made by the observers of the following countries and
organizations: Colombia; Denmark; Dominica; Mexico; New Zealand; Venezuela;
Sovereign Dineh Nation; Haudenosaunee Ska-Roh-Reh; Assembly of First Nations;
Saulteau First Nation; Nippissing First Nation; Majority Caucus; Indigenous Nations
Network; Tetunwa Oyate; Oglala Lakota Nation; Canadian Teacher’s Federation;
Education International; Indigenous Peoples Centre for Documentation, Research
and Information; The Society for Threatened Peoples; Russian Association of
Indigenous Peoples of the North; Asociación Napguana and Tebtebba; Center for
Research and Education; Dewan Adat Papua; Jebra Muchahary; Wara Iinstituto
Indígena Brasileiro; Buffalo River Dene; Pacific Caucus; Aotearoa Indigenous
Rights Trust; Cono Sur; Comiti Intratribal; Instituto Indígena Brasileiro de
Propriedade Intelectual; Faira Aboriginal Corporation; Indigenous People’s Caucus
on Sustainable Development; Tebtebba; Raipon; Indigenous Environment Network;
International Indian Treaty Council; Ixacavaa; Africa Indigenous Women’s
Organization; Asociación de la Juventud Indigena Argentina; Movimiento de la
Juventud Indígena de Panamá; Asociación de Estudiantes Universitarios Kunas; The
Navajo Nation; International Indian Treaty Council; Regional Action Group for the
Environment; Indigenous Nations Network; United Native Nations Truth Network;
and Voice Confederation.
Action taken by the Forum
2.
At its 19th meeting, on 23 May, the Forum, in adopting the draft
recommendations submitted under agenda item 6 (E/C.19/2003/L.6 and L.12),
identified a number of proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible
future action, and, through the Economic and Social Council, requested States, the
United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples, the
private sector and NGOs to assist in their implementation (see chap. I, sect. B).
33