And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:08:00 +0100 >From: Elsbeth Vocat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) >X-Accept-Language: de,de-CH >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: about Permanent Forum for indigenous people >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists.speakeasy.org id BAB04785 > >UN Website: >http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/10/c/ind/ind_main.htm#forum > > Permanent forum for indigenous people > > > The World Conference on Human Rights, which met in Vienna in June 1993, >recommended that > the General Assembly consider the establishment of a permanent forum >for indigenous people in the > United Nations system. In its resolution 48/163 of 21 December 1993, in >which the General > Assembly proclaimed the International Decade of the World's Indigenous >People, the Commission > on Human Rights was requested to give priority consideration to the >establishment of a permanent > forum. The Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1995/30 of 3 >March 1995 > recommended that the Centre for Human Rights organize a workshop on the >proposed forum. > > At the invitation of the Governments of Denmark and Greenland, the >Centre for Human Rights > convened a workshop on the permanent forum for indigenous people in >Copenhagen on 26 - 28 > June 1995. The report of the workshop is contained in document >E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7. > Among the suggestions made by the workshop was the proposal that the >Secretary-General review > existing mechanisms, procedures and programmes within the United >Nations system for indigenous > people. In its resolution 50/157 of 21 December 1995, the General >Assembly recommended that > the Secretary-General carry out such a review. The review, contained in >the report of the > Secretary-General (A/51/493), was submitted to the General Assembly at >its 1996 session. The > General Assembly, in its resolution 51/78 of 19 December 1996 welcomed >the review and > recommended that the Commission on Human Rights consider the convening >of a second > workshop on the permanent forum. The second workshop on the permanent >forum was held in > Santiago de Chile from 30 June to 2 July 1997. The report of the >workshop is contained in > document E/CN.4/1998/11. > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
