CP/RES. 743 (1181/99)

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF GOVERNMENT EXPERTS TO
ANALYZE THE "PROPOSED AMERICAN DECLARATION ON
THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS"

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

HAVING HEARD the report of the Chair of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs on the Meeting of Government Experts to Analyze the "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations";

CONSIDERING:

That, at its twenty-eighth regular session, the General Assembly adopted resolution AG/RES. 1549 (XXVIII-O/98), "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations," which instructed the Permanent Council to continue to consider the "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations," and, taking into account the observations of the member states and the opinions of the Inter-American Indian Institute and the Inter-American Juridical Committee, to convene a meeting of government experts on this subject; and

That, in compliance with the resolution of the General Assembly referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Permanent Council adopted resolution CP/RES. 738 (1178/98), convening a Meeting of Government Experts to Analyze the "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations," to be held on February 10-12, 1999,

RESOLVES:

To approve the following draft agenda for the Meeting of Government Experts to Analyze the "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations:"

AGENDA

1. Analysis of the "Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations", in compliance with the General Assembly mandate contained in resolution AG/RES. 1549 (XXVIII-O/98).
   

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