Dear representatives of the
indigenous peoples of the Americas,
The Department of International Law of the
Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the General
Secretariat of the Organization of American
States presents its compliments on behalf of the
Chair of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft
American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples and takes this opportunity to invite you
to participate in the Sixteenth Meeting of
Negotiations in the Quest for Points of
Consensus, pursuant to operative paragraph 3 of
General Assembly resolution AG/RES. 2867
(XLIV-O/14).
The Meeting of Negotiations
will take place at the OAS headquarters, in
Washington, D.C., March 9 to 11.
Any organization interested
in participate in the meeting with their own
funds, please contact the Department of
International Law, Mr. Roberto Rojas
[email protected].
We invite you to consult relevant background
information and documents that appear at the
appropriated links:
• The main working document, Record of the
Current Status, published as document [GT/DADIN/doc.334/08
rev. 8], can be accessed from the following
link:
http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dil/docs/GT-DADIN_doc_334-08_rev_8.pdf
• The document containing the
compendium of the negotiation may be accessed
from the following link:
http://www.oas.org/consejo/CAJP/Indigenous%20documents.asp
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