<p> 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</p><p>Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</p><p>SEVENTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS</p><p>Brasilia, Brazil, March 21 to 25, 2006</p><p>SCHEDULE </p><p>Tuesday, March 21 </p><p>8:00 a.m. Registration of participants</p><p>10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. OPENING SESSION – Ambassador Wladimir Murtinho Room, underground of the Itamaraty building</p><p>- Indigenous prayer</p><p>- Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Representative of Guatemala to the OAS</p><p>- Remarks by the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin</p><p>- Remarks by the Minister of Justice of Brazil, doctor Márcio Thomaz Bastos </p><p>- Remarks by the Assistant Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Ambassador Antônio Patriota </p><p>- Remarks by Ms. Azelene Inácio Kaingáng, Representative of the Caucus of indigenous peoples</p><p>12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. COCKTAIL and BREAK - 2 - - 3 -</p><p>Tuesday, March 21</p><p>3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. FIRST WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room)1/ General Provisions</p><p>Wednesday, March 22 </p><p>10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SECOND WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions</p><p>2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. THIRD WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions</p><p>Thursday, March 23 </p><p>10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FOURTH WORKING SESSION: Section Six: (San Tiago Dantas Room) General Provisions</p><p>2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. FIFTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application 2/</p><p>Friday, March 24 </p><p>10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SIXTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application</p><p>2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SEVENTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application </p><p>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 -</p><p>Saturday, March 25 </p><p>10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EIGTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application </p><p>2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. NINTH WORKING SESSION: Section One: (San Tiago Dantas Room) Indigenous peoples – Scope of application </p><p>5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CLOSING SESSION</p><p>- Indigenous prayer</p><p>- Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples</p><p>- Remarks by the President of FUNAI, Mercio Pereira Gomes, Head of Delegation of Brazil </p><p>- Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Representative of Guatemala to the OAS</p><p>0674e0a4e6117edb7c 0a336a7c0bc4af.doc</p>