A/HRC/18/43
Annex I
List of participants
States Members of the United Nations represented by observers
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cambodia,
Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, United States of America,
Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of).
Non-member State represented by an observer
Holy See
United Nations mandates, mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes
represented by observers
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
United Nations Development Programme
Intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human
rights represented by observers
Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de l’homme
European Union
World Bank
National human rights institutions represented by observers
Australian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
Academics and experts on indigenous issues represented by observers of the following institutions
Hawaii Institute for Human Rights, Latin American Institute, Leupana University of Luneburg, Structural
Analysis of Cultural Systems Technical University of Berlin, Sum Centre for Development-University of
Oslo, University of Manitoba-Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Non-governmental organizations as well as indigenous nations, peoples and organizations
represented by observers
Consejo Indio Exterior, Consejo Indio de Sud America, Oloibori Community Based Organization, Samburu
Women for Education and Environment Development Organization, Ilchamus Development and Human
Rights Organization, Cultural Survival, Indian Movement Tupaj Amaru, RAIPON, Zo re-unification
Organization, CNDPA, Jharkhand Indigenous Youth for Action, CAPAJ, Kampuchea Khmer Krom
Federation, Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network, Kakisiwew Treaty Council, Massai Experience
et Linapyco, Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples’ Foundation for Education
and Environment, International Work Group for Indigenous Affaires, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ngati
Kahungunu o Te Wairoa Aotearoa, Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust, Rehoboth Community of Namibia,
Congrés populaire Coutumier Kanak, Comité de solidarité avec les Indiens des Amériques (CSIANITASSINAN), Assemblée des Armeniens d’Arménie Occidentale, Indigenous World Association,
National Native Title Council of Australia, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Association
culturelle Amazighe, International Public Organization Foundation for Research and Support of Indigenous
Peoples of Crimea, Kanaki Nouvelle Calédonie, Universal Esperanto Association, Consultative Delegation
for Cham Human Rights, Cham National Federation of Cambodia, INCOMINDIOS, Convergencia Indigena
Kabawil, Ti Tlanizke, Dewan Adat Papua, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement of Western Australia,
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