E/CN.4/2003/90 page 27 16 See Report of the nineteenth session of WGIP (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2001/17), paras. 54-61. In November 2002 the Special Rapporteur visited the Nibutani Dam site and interviewed members of the Ainu community, who confirmed the report. 17 Forest Peoples Programme, Failure of the Republic of Suriname to Recognize, Guarantee and Respect the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples to Lands, Territories and Resources, to Cultural Integrity and to be Free from Racial Discrimination. Formal communication pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/57 (received: August 2002). 18 CSD Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus, op. cit., pp. 15-16. 19 E/CN.4/Sub.2/2001/17, op. cit., para. 57. 20 Statement by the representative of the Santhal Advasi People at the nineteenth session of WGIP (monograph on file). 21 Chumpol Maniratanavongsiri, “The Karen Response to Thai Conversation Policies”, in CSD Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus, op. cit., p. 60. 22 E/CN.4/Sub.2/2001/17, op. cit., paras. 60-61. 23 E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/24, op. cit., para. 74. 24 Statement of the Keiyo Indigenous Peoples of Kenya at the nineteenth session of WGIP (monograph on file). 25 Press Release III of the negotiating team, the mandated representatives of the residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), April 2002. See also note No. 01/02/Gen/E/15 II (38) G2 of the Permanent Mission of Botswana to the United Nations Office at Geneva which acknowledges “that Basarwa were not forced but persuaded to relocate … and given the fact that it was difficult for Government to maintain the limited facilities in the Game Reserve, Government found it prudent to terminate such services”. Cf. the Special Rapporteur’s report to the Commission on Human Rights in 2002 (E/CN.4/2002/97/Add.1, para. 13). 26 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 7, The right to adequate housing (art. 11 (1) of the Covenant): forced evictions (E/C.12/1997/4). The Committee observed that “Evictions may be carried out in connection with conflict over land rights, development and infrastructure projects, such as the construction of dams or other large-scale energy projects, with land acquisition measures associated with urban renewal, housing renovation, city beautification programmes, the clearing of land for agricultural purposes, unbridled speculation in land, or the holding of major sporting events like the Olympic Games.” 27 Ibid.