OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1780 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish
AMERICAN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on
June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING its resolutions AG/RES. 1022 (XIX-O/89), AG/RES.
1479 (XXVII-O/97), AG/RES. 1549 (XXVIII-O/98), and AG/RES. 1708
(XXX-O/00);
CONSIDERING the priority attached to the indigenous issue at
the hemispheric level and the importance of the discussions on
the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples conducted in the course of the Organization's work;
CONVINCED of the need to continue supporting efforts to reach
a prompt and successful conclusion to negotiations on the
aforementioned Draft Declaration;
RECOGNIZING the legal progress made on the indigenous
question in the Hemisphere as various states have incorporated
the multiethnic, pluricultural, and multilingual nature of the
respective societies into their constitutional and legislative
systems;
BEARING IN MIND the commitments undertaken by the Heads of
State and Government in the political declaration and Plan of
Action of the Quebec Summit on this subject;
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION that, pursuant to resolution AG/RES.
1708 (XXX-O/00), the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met in
Washington D.C., from April 2 to 6, 2001, with ample
participation by indigenous representatives from the Hemisphere,
and made considerable progress;
FURTHER NOTING the conclusions and recommendations of the
Hemispheric Conclave of Representatives of Indigenous Peoples of
the Americas, held in Guatemala, and the Indigenous Peoples
Summit of the Americas, held in Ottawa, Canada, both in 2001;
and
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION the report of the Chair of the
Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (GT/DADIN/doc.23/01),
RESOLVES:
1. To request the Permanent Council to continue considering
the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
2. To request the Permanent Council to study the possibility
of establishing a specific body under the aegis of the Permanent
Council to serve as the appropriate setting for a high-level
discussion of the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples as it relates to the mandate contained in the
political declaration and the Plan of Action of Quebec. The
mandate of that body will be to continue consideration of the
above-mentioned Draft Declaration until it is adopted and for
that purpose to hold at least one special working meeting no
later than the second week of March 2002 and before the
thirty-second regular session of the General Assembly, in
accordance with the resources allocated in the approved
program-budget and other resources.
3. To recommend to the Permanent Council that it continue
pursuing mechanisms for the accreditation and the appropriate
means of participation in its deliberations of representatives
of indigenous peoples so that their observations and suggestions
may be taken into account.
4. To recommend to the Permanent Council the establishment of
a specific fund consisting of voluntary contributions to support
the participation of representatives of indigenous peoples in
meetings related to the Draft Declaration. Mechanisms should
also be sought to ensure indigenous participation in the
utilization of the fund.
5. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
the Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Inter-American
Indian Institute, and other international agencies and entities
to provide the support and advice required for the work of the
Permanent Council.
6. To request the Permanent Council to present a report to
the General Assembly at its thirty-second regular session on the
implementation of this resolution.
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