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Commission on Human Rights,
58th session
15 April 2002
Statement by Mr. Mick Dodson,
Chairman of the Advisory Group of
the United Nations Voluntary Fund
for the International Decade of
the World’s Indigenous People
agenda item No. 15
I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for giving me this opportunity to address the Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Advisory Group of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Detailed information on the Fund’s financial situation as at December 2001 is available in the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the Decade to the present session of the Commission, document E/CN.4/2002/96. A more detailed Report, mentioning all beneficiaries and the amounts allocated, will be submitted by the Secretariat to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at its annual session in 2002.
At its 7th session in April 2002, the Advisory Group reviewed the situation of reporting on 116 project grants paid from 1998 to 2001. The Advisory Group analysed more than 100 admissible applications for grants received in 2002 from indigenous communities and organizations. Taking into consideration the remarkable increase in the number of applications received this year, the Advisory Group recommended allocating most of the money available in the Fund to project grants.
The Advisory Group also recommended the funding of a few programmes under the Decade to be implemented by the Office of the High Commissioner, including a workshop of indigenous peoples and Governments to be organized in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 6 September 2002, which was already recommended at the sixth session and approved by the High Commissioner.
The Advisory Group expressed its appreciation to the Governments of Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Tunisia, for having paid new contributions in time for the 7th session, as well as the Government of Cyprus for having made a pledge.
As all money available in the Fund has been recommended for allocation, new voluntary contributions are necessary in order to enable the Fund to continue funding projects and programmes within the Decade in 2003. In order to be able to cover all expenditures envisaged for 2003, and to face the growing demand for assistance coming from indigenous communities and organizations, the Fund will need that new voluntary contributions, amounting to about US$1 million, be paid before 1 March 2003.
On behalf of the Advisory Group and the indigenous communities and organizations beneficiaries of the Fund, I would like to express once again our warmest thanks to the donors above mentioned for their voluntary contributions to this Fund and for their support to the situation of indigenous peoples all over the world. I appeal to them and to new donors to contribute before 1 March 2003. Your contributions do make a difference to the lives and circumstances of so many indigenous peoples for the better.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman
58th session
15 April 2002
Statement by Mr. Mick Dodson,
Chairman of the Advisory Group of
the United Nations Voluntary Fund
for the International Decade of
the World’s Indigenous People
agenda item No. 15
I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for giving me this opportunity to address the Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Advisory Group of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
Detailed information on the Fund’s financial situation as at December 2001 is available in the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the Decade to the present session of the Commission, document E/CN.4/2002/96. A more detailed Report, mentioning all beneficiaries and the amounts allocated, will be submitted by the Secretariat to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at its annual session in 2002.
At its 7th session in April 2002, the Advisory Group reviewed the situation of reporting on 116 project grants paid from 1998 to 2001. The Advisory Group analysed more than 100 admissible applications for grants received in 2002 from indigenous communities and organizations. Taking into consideration the remarkable increase in the number of applications received this year, the Advisory Group recommended allocating most of the money available in the Fund to project grants.
The Advisory Group also recommended the funding of a few programmes under the Decade to be implemented by the Office of the High Commissioner, including a workshop of indigenous peoples and Governments to be organized in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable development, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 6 September 2002, which was already recommended at the sixth session and approved by the High Commissioner.
The Advisory Group expressed its appreciation to the Governments of Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Tunisia, for having paid new contributions in time for the 7th session, as well as the Government of Cyprus for having made a pledge.
As all money available in the Fund has been recommended for allocation, new voluntary contributions are necessary in order to enable the Fund to continue funding projects and programmes within the Decade in 2003. In order to be able to cover all expenditures envisaged for 2003, and to face the growing demand for assistance coming from indigenous communities and organizations, the Fund will need that new voluntary contributions, amounting to about US$1 million, be paid before 1 March 2003.
On behalf of the Advisory Group and the indigenous communities and organizations beneficiaries of the Fund, I would like to express once again our warmest thanks to the donors above mentioned for their voluntary contributions to this Fund and for their support to the situation of indigenous peoples all over the world. I appeal to them and to new donors to contribute before 1 March 2003. Your contributions do make a difference to the lives and circumstances of so many indigenous peoples for the better.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman