Economic and Social Council

1995/317. Applications from organizations of indigenous people not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council for participation in the open-ended inter-sessional Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

A

At its 58th plenary meeting, on 25 October 1995, the Economic and Social Council decided:

(a) To approve the participation of the following organizations of indigenous people not in consultative status with the Council in the open-ended inter-sessional Working Group whose establishment was authorized by the Council in resolution 1995/32 of 25 July 1995:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (Australia) Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc.) (Australia) American Indian Law Alliance (United States of America) Aotearoa Community Workers Association Inc. (New Zealand) Asociacio'n Civil Tea-Amaro Runa (Peru) Asociacio'n Gremial Mapuche Rewe de Lautaro (Chile) Aukin~ Wallmapu Ngulam-Consejo de Todas las Tierras (Chile) Black Hills Teton Sioux Nation (United States of America) Central Land Council (Australia) Comisio'n Juridica de los Pueblos de Integracio'n Tawantinsuyana (COJPITA) (Peru) Comisio'n Juri'dica para el Autodesarrollo de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos (CAPAJ) (Peru) Comunidad Mapuche Maicolpi de San Juan de la Costa (Chile) Confederacio'n Regional de Comunidades Mapuche (Chile) Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations (Canada) Consejo Inter-Regional Mapuche (Chile) Coordinadora Nacional Indianista (Chile) Educational and Cultural Organization to Advance Restoration and Transition (United States of America) Ermineskin Cree Nation (Canada) Federacio'n de Centros de Servicios Comunitarios de Maquehue (Chile) IINA Torres Strait Islanders Corporation (Australia) Ikce Wicasa Ta Omniciye (United States of America) Independent Nation State of Hawai'i (United States of America) Indigenous Women Aboriginal Corporation (Australia) International Confederation of Autonomous Chapters of the American Indian Movement (United States of America) Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (Canada) Kimberley Land Council (Australia) Louis Bull Cree Nation (Canada) Lummi Indian Business Council (United States of America) Metis National Council (Canada) Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs (United States of America) Montana Cree Nation (Canada) National Committee to Defend Black Rights (Australia) Ngaati Te Ata (New Zealand) Ngai Tahu Maori Law Centre (New Zealand) Ngaiterangi Iwi Incorporated Society (New Zealand) Northern Land Council (Australia) Oneida Indian Nation (United States of America) Samenes Landsforbund/Sami National Association (Norway) Te Amorangi Maori Women's Support Group (New Zealand) Te Kawau Maro (New Zealand) Te Ropu Wahini Maori Toko i Te Ora Inc. (New Zealand) The Catawba Indian Nation (United States of America) The Hopi Tribe (United States of America) Wellington Maori Legal Services Inc. (New Zealand)

(b) To request the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations to meet urgently to continue its consideration of the remaining applications from organizations of indigenous people that were interested in participating in the Working Group, with a view to the Council's receiving the Committee's recommendations in time to allow the participation of the approved organizations, including participation at the first session of the Working Group;

(c) To invite Governments wishing to submit their views on the applications, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution 1995/32, to do so at an early date.

B

At its 59th plenary meeting, on 2 November 1995, the Economic and Social Council decided to approve the participation of the following organizations of indigenous people not in consultative status with the Council in the open-ended inter-sessional Working Group whose establishment was authorized by the Council in resolution 1995/32 of 25 July 1995:

Ahupua'a Action Alliance (United States of America) Ainu Association of Hokkaido (Japan) Ainu Association of Sapporo (Japan) Ainu National Congress (Japan) Asociacio'n Nacional Indi'gena Salvadoren~a (ANIS) (El Salvador) Asociacio'n Napguana (Panama) Association Nouvelle de la Culture et des Arts Populaires (Berbe`res) (Morocco) Association des Juristes Berbe`res de France (France) Association for the Promotion of Batwa (Rwanda) Association of the Shorski Peoples (Russian Federation) Association pour le De'veloppement des Batwa du Rwanda (ADBR) (Rwanda) Associazione Latinoamericana de Cremona (Italy) Christian Spiritual Youth Ministry (CSYM) (United Republic of Tanzania) Comisio'n Coordinadora de Organizaciones y Naciones Indi'genas del Continente (Panama) Comisio'n Internacional de Derechos de Pueblos Indi'genas de Sud America (Bolivia) Comite Intertribal - Memo'ria e Cie^ncia Indi'gena (ITC) (Brazil) Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela (Venezuela) Coordinacio'n de Organizaciones Mapuche "Tain~ Kin~egetuam" (Argentina) Cordillera Peoples Alliance (Philippines) Escuela Maya de Derechos Humanos IXIM-CHE (Guatemala) Federacio'n de Indi'genas del Estado Boli'var (Venezuela) Finno-Ugric Peoples' Consultation Committee (Finland) Ilkerin Loita Project (Kenya) Jeunesse Nationale Populaire (JNP) (Morocco) Legal Assistance Center for Indigenous Filipinos (PANLIPI) (Philippines) MAA Development Association (Kenya) Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People (Ukraine) Movimento das Mulheres Indi'genas do Estado do Sþo Paolo (Brazil) Nepal Federation of Nationalities (Nepal) Nepal Indigenous Peoples Development and Information Service Centre (NIPDISC) (Nepal) South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (United States of America) Survival for the Lepers, Poor and Needy People Society of Tanzania (SLENOT) (United Republic of Tanzania) Tuvinien Branch of the Public Association "Russia's Regions" (Russian Federation) Unidad de Capacitacio'n e Investigacio'n Educativa para la Participacio'n, A.C. (Mexico)

Date last posted: 2 December 1999 16:25:55
Comments and suggestions: esa@un.org