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From: "ngo_ip_undecade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ECOSOC decisions on Indigenous Issues
From: "Yachay Wasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ECOSOC decisions on Indigenous Issues
Reply-To: "Yachay Wasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From Document E/2004/INF/2/Add.2 - 6 August 2004 -
Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council
at its substantive session of 2004 (28 June to 23 July 2004 NYC)
DECISIONS:
2004/264
Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and the
International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
At its 48th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council took note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/58 of
20 April 2004289 and endorsed the Commission's recommendation that the
Working Group be authorized to meet for five working days prior to the
fifty-sixth session of the Subcommission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights.
2004/267
Human rights and indigenous issues
At its 48th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council took note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/62 of
21 April 2004289 and approved the decision of the Commission to extend
the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people for a further period of
three years, and the request to the Special
Rapporteur to submit a report on his activities to the General
Assembly at its fiftyninth session and to the Commission at its
sixty-first session.
The Council also endorsed the Commission's request to the
Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to provide all the necessary human, technical and financial
assistance to the Special Rapporteur for the effective fulfilment of
his mandate.
2004/286
Pre-sessional meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council decided to authorize, on an exceptional basis, a three-day
pre-sessional meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in
2005 to prepare for the fourth annual session of the Forum with the
support of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues.
2004/287
Workshop on free, prior and informed consent
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council decided to authorize a technical three-day workshop on free,
prior and informed consent, with the participation of representatives
of the United Nations system and other interested intergovernmental
organizations, experts from indigenous organizations, interested
States and three members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
and requested the workshop to report to the Forum at its fourth
session, under the special theme of the session.
2004/288
Venue and dates for the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council decided that the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues would be held at United Nations Headquarters in New
York, from 16 to 27 May 2005.
2004/289
Provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council approved the following provisional agenda and documentation
for the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues:Provisional agenda
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Special theme: Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples:
(a) Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals: "Eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger", to be addressed under the following thematic
approach of combating poverty: good practices and barriers to
implementation;
(b) Goal 2 of the Millennium Development Goals: "Achieve universal
primary education", to be addressed under the thematic approaches of
language, cultural perspectives and traditional knowledge.
Documentation: Note by the Secretariat and other documentation to be
submitted by the United Nations system
4. Ongoing priorities and themes:
(a) Human rights, with special emphasis on an interactive dialogue
with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the
situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous
people;
(b) Data collection and the desegregation of data on indigenous peoples;
(c) Follow-up to previous special themes: "Indigenous children and
youth" (2003) and "Indigenous women" (2004).
Documentation: Note by the Secretariat and other documentation to be
submitted by the United Nations system
5. Future work of the Forum.
6. Draft agenda for the fifth session of the Forum.
7. Adoption of the report of the Forum on its fourth session.
2004/290
Proposal for a second international decade of the world's indigenous
people
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council decided to transmit to the General Assembly for its
consideration the recommendation contained in draft decision V (note
299) of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the proclamation
of a second international decade of the world's indigenous peoples, to
begin in January 2005, and further recommended that, in its
consideration, the General Assembly, inter alia:
(a) Identify goals for a second decade, taking into account the
achievements of the first decade;
(b) Identify a coordinator that would coordinate the programme of
activities of a second decade; and
(c) Address the question of human and financial resources to be made
available in support of the activities undertaken in the framework of
the decade, including the possible continuation of the Voluntary Fund
established by General Assembly resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994.
Note 199: Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004,
Supplement No. 23 (E/2004/43), chap. I, sect. A
2004/291
Report of the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
At its 49th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social
Council took note of the report of the third session of the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues (note 300) and took note of the serious
concerns and reservations on paragraph 52 contained in document
E/2004/SR.48. The Economic and Social Council decided to transmit
those concerns and reservations to the Permanent Forum and requested
the Permanent Forum to take them into account in its work, in
accordance with its mandate as contained in Council resolution 2000/22.
Note 300: Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004,
Supplement No. 23 (E/2004/43)
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