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 Fifteenth 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., February 9 to 11. At the
event, the Caucus will be represented by its
regional authorities elected during the last
Meeting of Negotiations. Their presence will be
financed by “the Specific Fund to Support the
Elaboration of the American Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples."
1. Natalia Sarapura;
2. Héctor Huertas;
3. Rex Lee Jim, and
4. Tony James.
The negotiations will be
transmitted live through the OAS webcast site,
allowing indigenous peoples to follow the
broadcast from their communities. In this case,
registration is not required:
http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/webcast.asp.
Registration. Please reserve
your spot by registering online:
http://www.oas.org/forms/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=ll0Mmo6.
Any organization interested
in financing the participation of a
representative to the OAS headquarters, 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. 7], can be accessed from the following
link:
http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dil/docs/GT-DADIN-doc_334-08_rev7.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.
• The draft agenda can be
accessed from the following link:
http://www.oas.org/en/sla/dil/docs/GT-DADIN-doc_433-15.pdf.
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