E/2002/43/Rev.1 E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 Chapter III General statements 36. The Forum considered item 5 of its agenda at its 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th and 15th meetings, on 13, 14, 16, 17 and 22 May 2002. 37. At the 2nd meeting, on 13 May, statements were made by the following members of the Forum: Antonio Jacanamijoy, Njuma Ekundanayo, Ayitegan Kouevi, Yuji Iwasawa and Willie Littlechild. 38. At the same meeting, the following guest speakers addressed the Forum: EricaIrene A. Daes, Chairperson/Rapporteur of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations; Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people; Parekura Horomia, Minister of Maori Affairs of New Zealand; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations; and Jørgen Waever Johansen, Minister for Housing and Infrastructure of the Greenland Home Rule Government. 39. At the 3rd meeting, on 14 May, statements were made by the following members of the Forum: Otilia Lux de Coti, Wayne Lord, Marcos Matias Alonso, Zinaida Strogalschikova, Parshuran Tamang, Mililani Trask, Ida Nicolaisen and Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca. 40. At the 8th meeting, on 16 May, statements were made by Willie Littlechild and Mililani Trask, members of the Forum. 41. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the following States and organizations: Brazil, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, World Council of Churches, Norway (on behalf of the Nordic countries), Metis National Council (Canada), IPAAC/Tamaynut, Algonquins of Barriere Lake, Canada, International Indigenous Youth Conference, CAPAJ, Nepal Tamang Ghedung, Pueblo of Laguna, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Saami Council and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. 42. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 43. At the 9th meeting, on 17 May, a statement was made by Willie Littlechild, member of the Forum. 44. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the following States and organizations: Ainu Association of Sapporo, Belize (on behalf of the Caribbean Community), Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council, Curyung Tribal Council — Alaska, O’odham of Northern Sonora Mexico and Southern Arizona, L’Auravetl’an Indigenous Information Center, Guatemala, Interior Alliance, Te Kawau Maro, African Indigenous Women Organization (Sudan), Indigenous/Tribal Peoples Development Centre, Programme d’intégration et de développement du peuple pygmée, Alliance of Indigenous People for Sulawesi Tengah, United Native Nations, Taungya, Tonatierra, Torres Strait Regional Authority, Australia, Voices for Peace, American Indian Law Alliance, World Blind Union Indigenous Caucus, 11