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Central America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the Andean region, the Southern Cone
and North America and the English-speaking Caribbean. These mini-plenary meetings would
comprise State and civil society representatives.
9.
It was further agreed at the first plenary meeting that the final documents of the Regional
Conference would comprise the reports of the mini-plenaries and the conclusions of the Regional
Conference, presented by the Chairperson.
E. Plenary meeting
10.
At the second plenary meeting, a report was submitted on the review and appraisal of
the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, prepared by
Mr. Alvaro Bello, consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights.
11.
At the third plenary meeting, held on 27 July 2006, the following State representatives
took the floor: Mr. Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador of Canada; Mr. Gilberto Rincón
Gallardo, President of the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (CONAPRED)
of Mexico; Mr. Pedro Vaz Ramela, Ambassador of Uruguay to Brazil; Mr. Marín Nazareno
Chávez, National Executive Secretary of the Council for Afro-Ecuadorian Development
(CODAE) of Ecuador; Ms. Ana Elizabeth Cubias Medina, Assistant Director of Foreign Policy
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Ms. Clara Inés Vargas, Director of Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia;
Mr. Juan Martabit, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations Office
at Geneva; Mr. Roger Echeverría, Legal Adviser to the Office of the Deputy Minister for Foreign
Affairs for Africa of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; Ms. Matilde Ribeiro, Minister of the
Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) of Brazil; Ms. Ana González,
Director of the Office of Human Rights of Argentina; Mr. Rafael Bernal, Deputy Minister for
Culture of Cuba; Mr. Jorge Ramírez, representative of the National Institute for the Development
of Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Peoples (INDEPA) of Peru; Mr. Juan Bosco Bernal,
Ambassador of Panama to Brazil; Mr. Pedro Gumucio Dagron, Chargé d’Affaìres of the
Embassy of the Republic of Bolivia in Brazil; Ms. Liza Tuckler, Counsellor of the Ambassador
of Nicaragua to Brasilia; and Mr. Manuel Estuardo Roldán Barillas, Ambassador of Guatemala
to Brazil.
12.
At the same meeting, the following speakers took the floor: Mr. Manuel María Páez
Monges, Ombudsman of Paraguay, and Ms. Annick Thebia-Melsan of the International
Organization of la Francophonie (OIF).
13.
At the fourth plenary meeting, held on 27 July 2006, the following representatives of
civil society organizations addressed the Regional Conference: Ms. María das Graças Tapajós
Mota, representative of indigenous peoples; Mr. Alejandro Rojas, representative of migrants;
Ms. Sergia Galván, representative of peoples of African descent; Ms. Thatiane Silva and
Mr. Martín Negrete, youth representatives; Ms. Sonia María Nacimiento and
Mr. Jacimar Almeida Gouvea, representatives of women; Ms. Márcia Cabral, representative of
gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals; and Mr. Cláudio Giovanovitch, representative of the
Roma and gypsy peoples.
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