E/2002/43/Rev.1 E/CN.19/2002/3/Rev.1 Chapter IV Review of activities of the United Nations system relating to indigenous peoples: an interactive discussion 47. The Forum considered item 6 of its agenda at its 3rd to 8th, 11th to 14th and 18th meetings, on 14 to 16, 20, 21 and 24 May 2002. Economic and social development 48. At the 3rd meeting, on 14 May, statements were made by the representatives of ILO, UNDP and UNITAR. 49. At the 4th meeting, on 14 May, statements were made by the representatives of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and the World Bank. In the interactive discussion that followed, statements were made by the following members of the Forum: Ida Nicolaisen, Zinaida Strogalschikova, Ayitegau Kouevi, Yuji Iwasawa, Antonio Jacanamijoy, Willie Littlechild, Parshuram Tamang, Mililani Trask and Njuma Ekundanayo. Statements in that connection were also made by the representatives of UNITAR, UNDP, ILO and the World Bank. 50. At the same meeting, statements were also made by the observer for Mexico and by the observers of the following organizations: World Council of Churches, Metis National Council, L’Auravetl’an Indigenous Information Center, International Indian Treaty Council, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica, Taller de Historia Oral Andina, Taungya, Tonatierra, Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, Chile, Asociación Napguana, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. 51. At the 5th meeting, on 15 May, statements were made by the observers for the following States and organizations: Voices for Peace, Canada, Saami Council, Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawai’i, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Peace Campaign Group, Tebtebba Foundation, Servicios para el Desarrollo Valle del Mezquital, Asian Indigenous and Tribal Network, Indian Law Resource Center and Denmark. Statements were also made by Rigoberta Menchú Tum, guest speaker, and Guillermo Guevara, Senator, Parliament of Venezuela. 52. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 53. At the same meeting, a statement summarizing the discussion on the theme of economic and social development was made by Antonio Jacanamijoy, member of the Forum. Environment 54. At the 5th meeting, on 15 May, statements were made on the theme of environment by the representatives of the United Nations Environment Programme and the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In the interactive discussion that followed, statements were made by the following members of the Forum: Parshuram Tamang, Marcos Matias Alonso, Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca, Ida Nicolaisen, Antonio Jacanamijoy, Mililani Trask, Willie Littlechild, Zinaida Strogalschikova and Wayne Lord. Statements in that connection were also made by 13