E/CN.4/2003/90 page 31 73 See E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/2002/3, op. cit. 74 Ibid. 75 World Bank, Summary of Consultations with External Stakeholders regarding the World Bank Draft Indigenous Peoples Policy (Draft OP/BP 4.10), 18 April 2002 (updated July 8, 2002) p. 2. http://www.worldbank.org/. 76 Ibid., pp. 4-7. 77 In Mexico, in recent years, organized protest managed to stop the building of a dam to generate hydroelectric power, a private golf club and an international airport, all of which would have severely altered the conditions of living of local indigenous and peasant communities. 78 One of the many complaints heard by the Special Rapporteur during his official mission to Guatemala in September 2002 was that despite constituting the demographic majority of the country, indigenous peoples were not in fact being considered as equal partners by the dominant sectors of the society. 79 See E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/2002/3, op cit., recommendation 7. 80 The Special Rapporteur wishes to express his gratitude to El Colegio de México, which allowed him to take time off from his academic duties to attend to the Commission’s mandate. He is particularly indebted to the many indigenous organizations that provided him with information and documentation, and also to the Governments of Guatemala and the Philippines who hosted his official missions to their countries. -----