Updates

United Nations

E/C.19/2011/L.8 

Economic and Social Council 

Distr.: Limited  25 May 2011

Original: English 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Tenth session 

New York, 16-27 May 2011

Draft report 

Rapporteur: Ms. Paimaneh Hasteh

Chapter I

Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention

A.

Draft decisions recommended by the Permanent Forum for adoption by the Council

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions:

Draft decision I

International expert group meeting on the theme “Combating violence against indigenous women and girls: article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”

The Economic and Social Council decides to authorize a three-day international expert group meeting on the theme “Combating violence against indigenous women and girls: article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, and requests that the results of the meeting be reported to the Permanent Forum at its eleventh session, to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-sixth session in 2012.

Draft decision II

Venue and dates of the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum

The Economic and Social Council decides that the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues shall be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 7 to 18 May 2012.

Draft decision III

Provisional agenda for the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum

The Economic and Social Council approves the following provisional agenda for the eleventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

1. Election of officers.

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

3. Discussion on the special theme for the year: “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)”. 

4. Human rights:

(a) Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

(b) Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

5. Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds.

6. Half-day discussion on the right to food and food sovereignty.

7. Half-day discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.

8. Half-day discussion on Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia.

9. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues. 

10. Draft agenda for the twelfth session of the Permanent Forum. 

11. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its eleventh session.