CP/RES. 898 (1528/06)

PLACE AND DATE OF THE SEVENTH 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 February 10, 2006)

THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES,

BEARING IN MIND the offer of the Government of Brazil, forwarded by its Permanent Mission to the OAS and distributed as document CP/INF.5288/06, to host the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus in Brasilia; and

CONSIDERING that, in resolution AG/RES. 2073 (XXXV-O/05), “American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” the OAS General Assembly asked 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 Brazil to host the Seventh 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 the city of Brasilia.

2. To convene the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus, to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, from March 21 to 25, 2006.

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