Report of the Seventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues available online
From the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Report of the Seventh Session
June 19, 2008
Report on the seventh session
(21 April-2 May 2008)
Economic and Social Council
Official Records
Supplement No. 23
Draft decisions recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 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 implementation of article 42 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 implementation of article 42 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 eighth session.
Draft decision II - Venue and dates of the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Economic and Social Council decides that the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues shall be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 18 to 29 May 2009.
Draft decision III - Provisional agenda and documentation for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Economic and Social Council approves the following provisional agenda and documentation for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on:
(a) Economic and social development;
(b) Indigenous women;
(c) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.
4. Human rights:
(a) Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
(b) Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples and other special rapporteurs.