Monday, 11 April 2005
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Item 15:
Plenary meetings
42nd meeting
43rd meeting
10.00 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
Indigenous issues.
E/CN.4/2005/63 , E/CN.4/2005/87 , E/CN.4/2005/88 & Add.1
, 2 , 3 & Corr.1
, & Add.4
,
E/CN.4/2005/89 & Add.1
2 , E/CN.4/2005/133 , E/CN.4/2005/G/24 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/14 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/23 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/103 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/104 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/123 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/137 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/144 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/145 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/177 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/202 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/209 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/212 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/214 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/235 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/246 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/252 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/271 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/313 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/341 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/351 , E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/28 , E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/30 & Add.1
Notes

The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows:
Items 9 & 10 Monday, 11 April 2005, 3.00 p.m. Items 14, 15 & 16 Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 6.00 p.m.
Items 11, 12 & 13 Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. Items 17 - 21 & 3 Thursday, 14 April 2005, 6.00 p.m.

All delegations scheduled to take the floor must provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their statements. For general distribution, 250 copies are needed.

Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations, if needed, from the
UNOG Security and Safety Section at the villa “Les Feuillantines”(13, avenue de la Paix) from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. upon presentation of a copy of their letter of accreditation and an identity document .
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Item 13: Rights of the child.
E/CN.4/2005/63 , E/CN.4/2005/73 , E/CN.4/2005/74 , E/CN.4/2005/75 , E/CN.4/2005/76 ,
E/CN.4/2005/77 , E/CN.4/2005/78 & Corr.1
2 & Add.1
& Corr.1
& Add.2
3 ,
E/CN.4/2005/129 , E/CN.4/2005/G/7 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/18 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/29 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/51 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/73 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/98 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/124 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/126 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/194 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/206 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/222 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/229 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/251 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/269 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/319 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/326 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/337 , E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/34
Item 14: Specific groups and individuals:
(a) Migrant workers;
(b) Minorities;
(c) Mass exoduses and displaced persons;
(d) Other vulnerable groups and individuals
E/CN.4/2005/8 , E/CN.4/2005/63 , E/CN.4/2005/79 , E/CN.4/2005/80 & Add.1
,
E/CN.4/2005/81 , E/CN.4/2005/82 , E/CN.4/2005/83 , E/CN.4/2005/84 & Add.1
,
E/CN.4/2005/85 & Corr.1
& Add.1
, 2 , 3 , 4 , E/CN.4/2005/86 & Corr.1
& Add.1
,
E/CN.4/2005/124 , E/CN.4/2005/128 , E/CN.4/2005/133 , E/CN.4/2005/G/7 ,
E/CN.4/2005/G/19 , E/CN.4/2005/G/31 , E/CN.4/2005/G/33 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/13 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/25 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/52 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/65 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/74 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/82 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/106 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/120 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/129 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/130 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/143 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/180 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/186 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/195 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/199 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/232 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/234 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/270 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/289 ,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/302 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/320 , E/CN.4/2005/NGO/321 ,
E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/29 , E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/36 & Corr.1
, E/CN.5/2005/5 , A/59/360
Persons invited
Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen , Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (item 15)
Mr. Luis-Enrique Chávez , Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on a draft
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (item 15)
Ms. Erica-Irene Daes , Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on indigenous peoples’ sovereignty over natural resources (item 15)
Mr. José Carlos Morales Morales , Member of the Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations (item 15)
Mr. Walter Kälin , Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons (item 14)
Ms.
Sheikha Hessa Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani , Special Rapporteur on disabilities of the
Commission for Social Development (item 14)
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List of speakers
Item 15 - Members
1.
Australia
2.
Norway (on behalf of the Nordic countries)
3.
Ecuador
4.
Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC)
5.
Peru
6.
Canada
7.
Cuba
8.
Russian Federation
9.
Germany
10.
China
Item 15 - Observers
1.
Chile
2.
World Health Organization
3.
New Zealand
4.
International Labour Organization
5.
Switzerland
6.
UNESCO
Item 15 - Non-governmental organizations
1.
Joint statement: Indigenous World Association, Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom and Rural Development Foundation of
Pakistan
2.
Joint statement: Amnesty International, Friends World Committee for
Consultation (Quakers) and Rights & Democracy
3.
Joint statement: World Peace Council, Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la
Soberanía de los Pueblos, Union des Juristes Arabes, Federación de Mujeres
Cubanas and Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and
Latin America
4.
Joint statement: International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Commission africaine de promotion de la santé et des droits de l’homme
5.
Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists and Andean
Commission of Jurists
6.
Transnational Radical Party
7.
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement
8.
International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements
9.
Colombian Commission of Jurists
10.
American Association of Jurists
11.
Liberation
12.
Jubilee Campaign
13.
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious,
Linguistic and other Minorities
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Item 15 (cont’d)
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14.
Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy
Research & Education)
15.
Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared
Detainees
16.
International Association against Torture
17.
Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network
18.
International Indian Treaty Council
19.
Anti-Racism Information Service
20.
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
21.
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of
Churches
22.
Consejo Indio de Sud America
23.
Association of World Citizens
24.
World Federation of Democratic Youth
25.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
26.
Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples
27.
International Volunteerism Organization for Women Education and
Development
28.
Women’s Sport Foundation
29.
Joint statement: Consejo Indio de Sud America and International Educational
Development
30.
Indian Law Resource Center
31.
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action
32.
Innu Council of Nitassinan
33.
International Organization of Indigenous Resources Development
Item 13 - Non-governmental organizations
1.
International Educational Development
2.
Society for Threatened Peoples
3.
International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies
4.
Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan
5.
All-China Women’s Federation
6.
Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations
7.
International Islamic Federation of Student Organization
8.
Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights
9.
International Young Catholic Students
10.
MADRE
11.
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
12.
Human Rights Council of Australia
13.
Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation
14.
Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights
15.
International Human Rights Association of American Minorities
16.
Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Centre
17.
United Nations Association of San Diego
18.
World Muslim Congress
19.
Joint statement :
World Young Women’s Christian Association and Women’s
International League for Peace and Freedom
20.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
21.
Liberal International
22.
United Nations Watch
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Item 14 - Members
1.
Egypt
2.
Cuba
3.
Pakistan
4.
Ecuador
5.
Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC)
6.
Burkina Faso
7.
Ukraine
8.
Finland
9.
Romania
10.
India
11.
Sri Lanka
12.
Ethiopia
13.
Armenia
14.
Honduras
15.
Kenya
16.
Sudan
17.
Indonesia
18.
Hungary
19.
Russian Federation
20.
Ireland
Item 14 - Observers
1.
International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies
2.
Iraq
3.
International Committee of the Red Cross
4.
New Zealand
5.
Chile
6.
Cyprus
7.
African Union
8.
International Labour Organization
9.
UNAIDS
10.
Poland
11.
Austria
12.
Singapore
13.
Switzerland
14.
Croatia
15.
Morocco
16.
Israel
17.
Azerbaijan
18.
El Salvador
19.
Philippines
20.
Spain
21.
Serbia and Montenegro
22.
International Organization of Migration
23.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Item 14 - Non-governmental organizations
1.
Joint statement: Franciscans International, Dominicans for Justice and Peace and Dominican Leadership Conference
2.
Joint statement: International Commission of Jurists and Landmine Survivors
Network
3.
Joint statement: Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) and
Amnesty International
4.
Joint statement: Minority Rights Group International and International
Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
5.
Joint statement: Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations and B’nai
B’rith International
6.
Joint statement: International Association of Gerontology, Society for
Psychological Study of Social Issues, Pan Pacific and South East Asia
Women’s Association International, Worldwide Organization for Women,
World Movement of Mothers, International Association for Counselling,
International Council of Jewish Women, Brahma Kumaris Work Spiritual
University, Women’s World Summit Federation, Institute for Planetary
Synthesis and International Federation of University Women
7.
Joint statement: Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and World Evangelical
Alliance
8.
Joint statement: Human Rights Advocates and National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers
9.
International Service for Human Rights
10.
Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement
11.
World Federation of Trade Unions
12.
Colombian Commission of Jurists
13.
All For Reparation and Emancipation
14.
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples
15.
Centre Europe-Tiers Monde
16.
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
17.
Federación de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos
Humanos
18.
International Religious Liberty Association
19.
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
20.
Liberation
21.
Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
22.
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious,
Linguistic and other Minorities
23.
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
24.
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
25.
Médecins du Monde
26.
International Humanist and Ethical Union
27.
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
28.
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
29.
Association of World Education
30.
World Union for Progressive Judaism
31.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
32.
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
33.
International Educational Development
34.
Society for Threatened Peoples
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Item 14 (cont’d)
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35.
Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared
Detainees
36.
European Union for Public Relations
37.
African Society of International and Comparative Law
38.
International Institute for Peace
39.
International Federation of Free Journalists
40.
Peace Boat
41.
Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation
42.
Lutheran World Federation
43.
United Nations Association of San Diego
44.
North-South XXI
45.
MADRE
46.
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
47.
Human Rights Council of Australia
48.
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
49.
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
50.
Anti-Slavery International
51.
Interfaith International
52.
Jubilee Campaign
53.
Transnational Radical Party
54.
World Federation of Democratic Youth
55.
Center for International Rehabilitation
Persons invited on Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro
, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
(item 14)
Mr.
Soli Sorabjee , Chairperson of the fifty-sixth session of the Sub-Commission on the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (item 16)
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