CP/RES. 888 (1501/05)

PLACE AND DATE OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS
OF THE WORKING GROUP TO PREPARE THE DRAFT AMERICAN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS
 OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

 (Adopted at its session held on August 10, 2005)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

HAVING SEEN the note of the Permanent Mission of Guatemala requesting that the proposed place and date of the Sixth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (CP/doc.4051/05 corr.1) be placed on the order of business; and

CONSIDERING that the General Assembly, in resolution AG/RES. 2073 (XXXV-O/05), requested the Permanent Council to give increased emphasis to the holding of negotiation meetings with a view to the prompt adoption of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

RESOLVES:

1. To accept with gratitude the offer by the Government of Guatemala to host the Sixth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala City, from October 10 to 14, 2005.

2. To request the General Secretariat to continue lending its support in the preparations for the Meeting of Negotiations.