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