ECOSOC decision on Report of 7th. Session of UNPFII

Suara Indonesia News - On Thursday 24 July the Economic and Social Council adopted all three draft decisions contained in the Report on the Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum, authorizing a three day international expert group meeting, deciding that the eighth session of the Forum shall be held at UN Headquarters from 18 to 29 May 2009, and approving the provisional agenda.

All three draft decisions are contained in the Report on the Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum in document E/2008/43. Please note that final ECOSOC decision numbers will be provided at a later date.


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.
5. Half-day discussion on the Arctic.
6. Comprehensive dialogue with six United Nations agencies and funds.
7. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic
and Social Council and emerging issues.
8. Draft agenda for the ninth session of the Permanent Forum.
9. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its eighth session