PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS
OEA/Ser.K/XVI
GT/DADIN/doc.184/04
13 September 2004
Original: Spanish
Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
FOURTH NEGOTIATION MEETING IN PURSUIT OF POINTS OF CONSENSUS
(Hall of the Americas – November 8 to 12, 2004)
NOTICE
The Chair of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples is pleased to invite the representatives of the member states of the Organization
of American States (OAS) and the representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Americas to the
Working Group’s fourth negotiation meeting in pursuit of points of consensus, to be held from
November 8 to 12, 2004, at OAS headquarters, in Washington, D.C.
This meeting is convened in fulfillment of the mandate in resolution AG/RES. 2029
(XXXIV-O/04), adopted by the OAS General Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, in June 2004, and on the
basis of the decision taken by the Working Group at its meeting of September 9, 2004. This meeting
will be conducted according to the same procedure followed at the prior negotiation meetings.
This meeting will consider texts of articles pending from the Third Section (Cultural
Identity), the Fourth Section (Organizational and Political Rights), and the Fifth Section (Social,
Economic, and Property Rights), and some pending articles from the Draft American Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The mechanism for participation by representatives of indigenous peoples in this fourth
meeting will be similar to that established for the three prior meetings. This mechanism, already
agreed upon by the Working Group, is described in document GT/DADIN/doc.140 rev. 1.
For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the indigenous peoples are requested to reconfirm
those who attended the third meeting, or, failing that, to designate a new indigenous expert or leader,
no later than Friday, October 1, 2004. Kindly confirm your decision to Mr. Jorge Sanín of the OAS
Secretariat for the Summit Process (jsanin@oas.org and summitcso@oas.org) (fax: 202-4586365).
The draft agenda for the meeting is attached.
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APPENDIX
PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
OEA/Ser.K/XVI
GT/DADIN/doc.183/04
13 September 2004
Original: Spanish
COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Working Group to Prepare the
Draft American Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
FOURTH NEGOTIATION MEETING IN PURSUIT OF POINTS OF CONSENSUS
(Hall of the Americas – November 8 to 12, 2004)
DRAFT AGENDA
Monday, November 8
8:00 a.m.
Registration of participants
10:00 a.m.
INAUGURAL SESSION
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Remarks by the OAS Secretary General, Dr. Miguel Angel
Rodríguez (to be confirmed)
Remarks by the Chair of the Permanent Council
Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples
Indigenous prayer
Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group,
Ambassador Juan León Alvarado
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
FIRST WORKING SESSION:
Section Four:
Organizational and
Political Rights
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
SECOND WORKING SESSION:
Section Four:
Organizational and
Political Rights
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Tuesday, November 9
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
THIRD WORKING SESSION:
Section Three:
Cultural Identity (Article
VIII – Right to
environmental protection)
Section Five:
Social, Economic, and
Property Rights
2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
FOURTH WORKING SESSION:
Section Five:
Social, Economic, and
Property Rights
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
FIFTH WORKING SESSION:
Section Five:
Social, Economic, and
Property Rights
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
SIXTH WORKING SESSION:
Section Five:
Social, Economic, and
Property Rights
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
SEVENTH WORKING SESSION:
Section Six:
General Provisions
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
EIGHTH WORKING SESSION:
Consideration of
pending articles
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NINTH WORKING SESSION:
Consideration of a
possible date for
conclusion of the final
phase of negotiations for
adoption of the Draft
Declaration
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
CLOSING SESSION
Wednesday, November 10
Thursday, November 11
Friday, November 12
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CP13299E04
Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples
Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group,
Ambassador Juan León Alvarado