PERMANENT COUNCIL of the OEA/Ser.K/XVI

PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.K/XVI ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES GT/DADIN/doc.241/05 rev. 3 20 March 2006 COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS Original: Spanish

Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

SEVENTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS

Brasilia, Brazil, March 21 to 25, 2006

SCHEDULE

Tuesday, March 21

8:00 a.m. Registration of participants

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. OPENING SESSION – Ambassador Wladimir Murtinho Room, underground of the Itamaraty building

- Indigenous prayer

- Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Representative of Guatemala to the OAS

- Remarks by the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin

- Remarks by the Minister of Justice of Brazil, doctor Márcio Thomaz Bastos

- Remarks by the Assistant Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Ambassador Antônio Patriota

- Remarks by Ms. Azelene Inácio Kaingáng, Representative of the Caucus of indigenous peoples

12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. COCKTAIL and BREAK - 2 - - 3 -

Tuesday, March 21

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. FIRST WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room)1/ General Provisions

Wednesday, March 22

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SECOND WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. THIRD WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions

Thursday, March 23

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FOURTH WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. FIFTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application 2/

Friday, March 24

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SIXTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application

2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SEVENTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application

1 . Underground of the Itamaraty building. 2. The Working Group will begin the process of cleaning up the text and final approval of paragraphs pending from the various meetings of negotiations: “Outcomes of the Six Meetings of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus Held by the Working Group” (GT/DADIN/doc.236/05 rev. 1). - 4 -

Saturday, March 25

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EIGTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application

2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. NINTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CLOSING SESSION

- Indigenous prayer

- Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples

- Remarks by the President of FUNAI, Mercio Pereira Gomes, Head of Delegation of Brazil

- Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Representative of Guatemala to the OAS

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