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6.
Expresses its expectation that the Forum will contribute to the efforts of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to improve the cooperation among
United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes on
activities related to the promotion and protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities,
including at regional level;
7.
Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all the necessary
support to facilitate, in a transparent manner, the convening of the Forum and the participation of
relevant stakeholders from every region in its meetings, giving particular attention to ensuring
broadest possible and equitable participation, including, in particular, the representation of
women;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Forum, within existing resources of
the United Nations, with all the services and facilities necessary to fulfil its mandate;
9.
Decides to review the work of the Forum after four years.
21st meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. V.]
6/16. Informal meeting to discuss the most appropriate
mechanisms to continue the work of the Working
Group on Indigenous Populations
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling that the Human Rights Council institution-building text, annexed to
resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, stated that the “Council will decide at its sixth session
(first session of its second cycle) on the most appropriate mechanisms to continue the work of
the Working Group on Indigenous Populations …”,
Decides to request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to convene an informal meeting in Geneva, for a day and a half, open to the participation of
States, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders preceding the resumed sixth session in
December of the Council to exchange views on the most appropriate mechanisms to continue the
work of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
21st meeting
28 September 2007
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. V.]
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