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G. Consideration of the report of the Open-ended intersessional
Working Group on a draft United Nations declaration on the
rights of indigenous peoples
52.
At the 17th meeting, on 27 June 2006, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-ended
intersessional Working Group on a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous
peoples, Mr. Luis-Enrique Chávez, presented the report of the Working Group prepared for the
sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2006/79).
53.
In the ensuing discussion, statements were made by the following:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Council: Algeria (on behalf of the
Group of African States); Austria9 (on behalf of the European Union, acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania, candidate countries - Turkey, Croatia and The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, as well as countries in the process of stabilization and association and potential
candidates - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Serbia, and Liechtenstein - as a
country of the European Free Trade Association, and the Republic of Moldova); Bangladesh;
Brazil (also on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States); Cameroon;
Canada; China; Cuba; Ecuador; Finland (on behalf of the Nordic States and Estonia); France;
Guatemala; India; Japan; Mexico; Peru; Philippines; Russian Federation; South Africa; and
Uruguay;
(b)
Representatives of observer States of the Council: Australia (also on behalf of
New Zealand and the United States of America); Bolivia; Chile; Congo; Iran (Islamic Republic
of); Panama; and Spain;
(c)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty
International (also on behalf of Action Canada for Population and Development, Agir Ensemble
pour les Droits de l’Homme, Cultural Survival, DoCip, Friends World Committee for
Consultation, Initiative Locale pour le Développement Integré, International Commission of
Jurists, International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, International Service for Human
Rights, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous
9
See footnote 2 above.
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