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Body of Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon Basin; Inuit Circumpolar Council;
Nation of Hawai’i; Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far
East of the Russian Federation; Sami Parliament in Norway; Confederación Sindical
Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia; Land is Life, Inc.; Associacão Dos
Povos Indigenas Karipuna; Mujeres Indígenas por la Conservación, Investigación y
Aprovechamiento de los Recursos Naturales; Stichting Forest Peoples Pro gramme;
United Confederation of Taino People; Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation; and
Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus.
10. Also at the same meeting, Mr. Roth and Mr. Mejía Montalvo responded to the
questions raised and comments made during the interactive an d general discussions.
11. On 22 April, the Permanent Forum held a virtual informal meeting on agenda
item 5 (d), Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of
indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peo ples,
and heard an introductory statement by Mr. Bambanze.
12. At the same meeting, Mr. Bambanze moderated the presentations by the
following panellists: Francisco Calí Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples; Laila Vars, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples; and Pablo Mis, Chair of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for
Indigenous Peoples.
13. Also at the same meeting, an interactive discussion ensued, in the course of
which questions were raised and comments made by Irma Pineda Santiago, Hindou
Oumarou Ibrahim, Hannah McGlade and Aleksei Tsykarev, members of the
Permanent Forum.
14. At the same meeting, the Permanent Forum held a general discussion and heard
statements by the following observers: Denmark (on behalf of the Group of Nordic
Countries), Chile, Canada, Ukraine, Guatemala, Australia and Brazil. Statements
were also made by the observers for the European Union and the Fund for the
Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and Caribb ean, as well as
by the representatives of the following non-governmental and indigenous
organizations: Human Rights Watch, International Indian Treaty Council, Asia
Indigenous Peoples Pact, Organisasi Pribumi Papua Barat, Saami Council, Associacão
Dos Povos Indígenas Karipuna and New Zealand Human Rights Commission.
15. Also at the same meeting, the panellists responded to the questions raised and
comments made during the interactive and general discussions, and the moderator
summarized the key points of the discussion.
16. On 23 April, the Forum held a virtual informal meeting on agenda item 6,
Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and heard introductory statements
on the 2030 Agenda from the following panellists: Joan Carling, Tebtebba
Foundation; Janene Yazzie, International Indian Treaty Council; and Myrna
Cunningham, President of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of
Latin America and the Caribbean.
17. At the same meeting, the Permanent Forum held a general discussion on the
2030 Agenda and heard statements by the following observers: Sweden (on behalf of
the Group of Nordic Countries), Mexico (on behalf of the Group of Friends of
Indigenous Peoples), Guyana, Nicaragua, Chile, El Salvador, Australia and Nepal.
Statements were also made by the representatives of the following indigenous
organizations: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact and Asia Indigenous People’s Caucus;
Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian
Federation; Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation – Australia; Aty Guasu Kaiowá
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