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PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.K/XVI

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATESGT/DADIN/doc.252/06

7 March 2006COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS Original: Spanish

Working Group to Prepare

the Draft American Declaration

on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SPECIFIC FUND TO SUPPORTTHE ELABORATION OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION ONTHE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

March 25, 2004 – March 6, 2006

(To be presented by the Summits of the Americas Departmentat

the meeting of the Working Group held on March 7, 2006)

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SPECIFIC FUND TO SUPPORTTHE ELABORATION OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION ONTHE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

March 25, 2004 - March 6, 2006

(To be presented by the Summits of the Americas Department at

the meeting of the Working Group held on March 7, 2006)

  1. INTRODUCTION

The Summits of the Americas Department of the Organization of American States (OAS) is pleased to present this report, which itemizesthe contributions from Member States and the expenses incurredusing those contributions for the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group. The purpose of the contributions of the Member States is to support the negotiations of the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

  1. CONTRIBUTIONS

The financial contributions reflected in this report correlate to the period betweenMarch 25, 2005 and March 6, 2006 made to the Specific Fund SG-SUM/004 by the Governments of Brazil, Canada, Finland, Guatemala, Nicaragua and United States for a total of US$220,221.31.

Member States / Contribution US$ / Contribution Date
Brazil (BRAZL04/02) / 5,000.00 / March 25, 2004
Brazil (BRAZL05/02) / 5,000.00 / January 10, 2005
United States (USDEP04/23) / 70,000.00 / October 18, 2004
Finland (FINLA04/03) / 103,938.61 / November 22, 2004
(overhead) / 13,760.00
Nicaragua (NICAR04/01) / 3,000.00 / May 31, 2005
Guatemala (GUATA05/02) / 6,284.00 / December 8, 2005
Canada (approx.) / 13,238.70 / March 2, 2006
TOTAL / 220,221.31
  1. CURRENT BALANCE OF THE FUND

The Specific Fund has approximately US$67,685.52.

  1. SEVENTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS

The Specific Fund will cover the partial costs of the representatives' participation and indigenous leaders to the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to be held on March 21-25, 2006 in Brasilia, Brazil, as well as the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus of the Americas, to be held March 19-20, 2006 in the same city.

The Specific Fund will cover the costs ofper diem and international health insurance for the indigenous representatives who arebeneficiaries of those resources. The cost of per diem corresponds to US$15per night for each of the 22indigenous representativeswho will participate in the Meeting (excludingBrazil) and the 3 members of the Selection Board of the Specific Fund.

The approximate cost of per diem for 10 nights for the 6 indigenous representatives participating in the technical meeting of the Caucus (March 17 and 18), and 8 nights for the 19 indigenous leaders who will participate only in the Caucus and the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus is US$3,180.00

The Fund will also cover the expenditures of international health insurance for the participants, which will cost approximately US$636.00.

The Government of Brazil will defray the additional expenses of organizing the Seventh Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus of the Americas.