The Fourth World Documentation Project
United Nations Documents and Submissions
To help those researching United Nations involvement in Fourth World
affairs, this page has been created listing all U.N. documents and
submissions in the FWDP archives. These documents may also be found in
the geographical listings.
Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1995/31 - Report of the Working
Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1995/32 - Establishment of a
working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft
declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
E/CN.4/1996/84 UN Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft
Declaration's report to the Commission on Human Rights - 4 January
1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/33/Add.3 UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Document 89-12410/0810B -
Analytical observations on Draft Declaration by Japan, Norway, and
Ukranian SSR.
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/31 Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities Document 94-13218 - Preliminary Report of the
Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and
intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 8 July 1994
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/26 Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities Document 95-12808 - Final Report of the
Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and
intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 21 June 1995
UN Working Paper by Ms. Erica-Irene A. Daes containing a set of draft
preambular paragraphs and principles for the Universal Declaration on
Indigenous Rights
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/33 First Revised Text of the Draft Universal
Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 1989 - 15 June 1989
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/26 UN Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples - June 1993
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 UN Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples - August 1993. Also available in HTML format. Note: This is latest version of
the Draft Declaration. Also released as E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2/Add.1
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/NGO/3 The Uranium Industry and Indigenous Peoples of
North America - Statement by the Four Directions Council before the Human
Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/26/Annex.1 Principles and Guidelines for the
Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People - Annex of the Final
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the
cultural and intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 21 June
1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous
Populations on its Eleventh Session to the Commission on Human Rights
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities - August 1993
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/30 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous
Populations on its Twelfth Session to the Commission on Human Rights
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities - August 1994
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/30/Corr.1 Corrigendum to the Report of the Working
Group's 12 Session
(REPORT12.TXT)
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/24 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous
Populations on its Thirteenth Session to the Commission on Human Rights
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities - August 1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/21 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous
Populations on its Fourteenth Session to the Commission on Human Rights
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities - July-August 1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/21/Corr.1 Corrigendum to the Report of the Working
Group's 14th Session
(REPORT14.TXT)
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2 Technical Review of the United Nations Draft
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Note by the Secretariat
- 5 April 1994 - (Reviews Draft
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 (DRFT9329.TXT))
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/32 First Progress Report of the UN Study on
Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States
and Indigenous Populations - 25 August 1992
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/27 Second Progress Report of the UN Study on
Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States
and Indigenous Populations - 31 July 1995. Also available in HTML format.
E/CN.4/1996/WG.15/CRP.7 Draft Report of the Second Session of the
Intersessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration - 1 November 1996
E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration
1st Session Document 95-14322 - Statements by Argentina, Chile, China,
Finland, New Zealand, and Ukraine -- 10 October 1995
E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/3 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration
1st Session Document 95-14327 - Statements by Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, UN Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the UN, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, and International Postal Union - 10 October 1995
E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/4 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration
1st Session Document 95-14332 - Statements by the International Indian
Treaty Council, the Saami Council, Service, Peace and Justice in Latin
America, and the World Council of Indigenous Peoples
E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2/Add.1 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft
Declaration 1st Session Document 95-14402 - Statements by Japan, Mexico,
Morocco, and United States -- 13 November 1995
E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2/Add.2 "Self-Determination - The Australian
Position", position paper by the Australian delegation to the UN
Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration - 10 October
1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/2 UNWGIP 14th Session Document 96-12980 -
Working Paper by the Chairperson-Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene A. Daes, on
the Concept of "Indigenous People" - 10 June 1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/2/Add.1 Statement by the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission at the 14th Session of the UNWGIP re: A
Definition of "Indigenous Peoples" - 28 June 1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3/Add.1 Health and Indigenous Peoples -
Statments by the Four Directions Council, Coordinating Association of
Indigenous Communities in El Salvador, CHIRAPAQ, Legal Committee on
Self-Sufficient Development for the Autochthonous Peoples of the Andes,
and the Indigenous Parliament of America - UNWGIP 14th Session 12 June
1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3 UNWGIP 14th Session Document 96-16751 -
Health and Indigenous Peoples: Note by the Secretariat - 11 June
1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3/Add.2 Statement by the Indigenous Missionary
Council to the 14th Session of the UNWGIP re: Impact of diseases on Indian
Nations in Brazil - 28 June 1996
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.1 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12752 -
Statements by Ethiopia, Myanmar, Niger, Sweden, and Zambia on the
consideration of a permanent forum for Indigenous Peoples - 14 June
1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/6 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12824 -
Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Note on the
future role of the Working Group by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Ms. Erica-Irene Daes
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.2 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12894 -
Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Working papers
by Chairpreson Erica-Irene Daes, and Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/4 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12910 - "The
Current Situation of the Tremembe people of Almofala" by the Tremembe of
Almofala Indigenous Organization and "Ecology and Human Survival" by the
Tupaj Katari Indian Movement
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.3 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12914 -
Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Information
submitted by "Tupaj Katari" Indian Movement, Legal Commission of the
Tawantinsuyana Peoples, and the Indigenous Parliament of America
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/5 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-13053 -
International Decade of the World's Indigenous People - Report of the
Technical Meeting on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous
People - 24 July 1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/1 and E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/1/Add.1 UNWGIP
13th Session Provisional Agenda and Annotations to the Provisional Agenda
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/3 Note by the UNWGIP Chairperson-Rapporteur on
criteria which might be applied when considering the concept of indigenous
peoples - 21 June 1995
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/4 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-12864 -
Statements by Grand Council of Crees, Black Hills Teteon Sioux and the
Indian Council of South America on the Universal Declaration
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/7 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-12876 -
Statements by the World Uranium Hearing, Andean Information Network, Dutch
Centre for Indigenous Peoples, and Amerindia for the Rights of the
Indigenous Peoples
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/2 Statements by Ecuador and Panama re: Draft
Declaration at 12th Session of UNWGIP - June 1994
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/7/Add.1 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-13040 -
Statements by the Tremembe Mission, the Committee to Save the Kolyma River
Basin (Republic of Sakha), and the Declaration of Tlahuitoltepec on the
Fundamental Rights of Indigenous Nations
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/4/Add.1 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-13054 -
Statements by the Inuit Tapisariat, Tupaj Katari Indian Movement and
Summary of Resolutions of Workshops on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples'
Struggle for Right of Self-Determination and Self-Government in India
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/L.1 & E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/1/Add.1 UNWGIP
12th Session Provisional Agenda and Annotations to the Provisional
Agenda
State of the International Confederation of Autonomous Chapters of the
American Indian Movement at the UNWGIP 12th Session, 27 July 1994
Canada's Statement at the 12th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994
Statement by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Hill Women's Federation to the
UNWGIP 12th Session - 27 July 1994
Statement by the Jumma Delegation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the
UNWGIP 12th Session - 26 July, 1994
Statement by the Indian Law Resource Center & National Congress of
American Indians at UNWGIP 12th Session - July 1994
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/9 Note by UNWGIP Secretariat on the
International Day of Indigenous Peoples - July 1994
Statement of the Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory Meeting at the UNWGIP
12th Session, 24 July 1994
Statement by the Japan Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts Issues to
the UNWGIP 12th Session - 28 July 1994
Statement by Jennifer Klimek, Co-Chair of the Lubicon Settlement
Commission of Review at the UNWGIP 12th Session '94
Oral Intervention by Sharon Venne on Behalf of the Lubicon Cree (with
attachments) at UNWGIP 12th Session '94
US Observer Delegation's Statement to the UNWGIP - July 26, 1994,
delivered by Miriam Sapiro, U.S. State Department, Legal Affairs
Statement by the World Sindhi Congress at the 12th Session of the
UNWGIP
Statement by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People at the 12th
Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994
Statement by the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations at the 12th
Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/11/Add.1 Statements at UNWGIP 12th Session re:
Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples
Resolution Submitted to UNWGIP by Hawai'ian Nation re: The Right of
Self-Determination and Independence - July 1994
Non-verbatim Transcript of US Observer Delegation Meeting with Indian,
Alaskan Native and Hawai'ian representatives to the UNWGIP Geneva,
Switzerland 28 July, 1994
Statement by the Western Shoshone National Council at UNWGIP 12th
Session on Agenda Item #5
Statement by the Western Shoshone National Council at UNWGIP 12th
Session on Agenda Item #6
Declaration Against Genocide -- by the NGO's, Indigenous Nations, and
Minority Groups at the UNWGIP. July 29, 1993
Canada's Statement at the 11th Session of the UNWGIP
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/6 Statment by the Tupay Katari movement on the
importance of the coca plant to Andean nations at the 11th Session of the
UNWGIP - July 1993
Statement by the Venezuelan National Indian Council before the 11th
Session of the UNWGIP
Statement by the Prime Minister of Greenland on Home Rule, before the
11th Session of the UNWGIP
Statement of the Hmong Nation before the 11th Session of the UNWGIP,
July 19-31, 1993
Intervention by Hui Na'auao (Coalition of Hawai'ian sovereignty
organizations) at 11th Session of the UNWGIP
A Case for the Setting Up of a Fully Operational Indigenous Peoples
Secretariat - UNWGIP 19-30 June 1993
Statement of Maivan C. Lam to the UNWGIP 7/21/93 in response to US and
Swedish delegation's statements on the definition of "Self-Determination"
in the Universal Declaration
Presentation to the UNWGIP by The Montagnard Foundation July 20,
1993
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/CRP.3 Statement by the Netherlands at the
UNWGIP 11th Session - Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Rights and
Foreign Policy
On the Discrimination of the Rehoboth Basters - A paper to the UN by
European immigrants to Namibia trying to claim to be "Indigenous
Peoples"
Oral Intervention by Sharon Venne at UN Working Group on Indigenous
Populations. July 20, 1993
Statement of Kathryn Skipper of the US Delegation to the UN Working
Group on Indigenous Populations July 21, 1993
The Systematic Depopulation of Southern Sudan by Dr. Deng Dongrin
Akuany - speech at UN WGIP July, 1993
Statement by the Swedish Delegation to the 11th Session of the UN
Working Group on Indigenous Populations, July 20, 1993 - Geneva
Report of the Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines - Presentation to the UN
Working Group on Indigenous Populations July 16, 1993
The Situations and Problems of Taiwan Indigenous People by Iohani -
given before the UNWGIP on 28 July 1993
Statement by the Jumma Nation before the UN Working Group on
Indigenous Populations, July, 1993
Indian Nations & United States Debate Self-Determination and
Self-Government at the United Nations - 1993 by Rudolph C. Ryser
UN Secretary-General Report on the Concerning Western Sahara May 26,
1993
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/8 Future Role of the Working Group: Note by the
Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations -
11th Session July 1993
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/3 UNWGIP 10th Session Document 92-12449 -
Statements by Centro de Culturas Indias CHIRAPAQ, Indian Council of S.
America, Tupay Katari, Food First, Service, Peace & Justice in Latin
America, and Comision Juridica
Statements by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to
the UNWGIP - July 1992
Contamination of the Environment and Violation of the Human Rights -
Statement by the Legal Commission of the Integration of Peoples
Tawantinsuyana - COJPITA, UNWGIP - July 1992
Mr. Ramendu Shekhar Dewan's [Spokesperson for the Jana Samhati Samiti]
statement to the UNWGIP on Chittagong Hill Tracts - July 1992
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/1 Statement by the Finnish Government and the
Sami Parliament to the 10th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1992
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/5 Background info on the Inter-American Indian
Institute given to the 10th Session of the UNWGIP
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/3/Add.1 Report and Statement by the Tribal
Summit on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the
UNWGIP 10th Session, July 1992
On the Right Against Displacement - Statement by Sheik Salar Hassan
Hafeed, Mosul Vilayet Council (Iraq), UNWGIP - 1992
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/4 Information Received by the UNWGIP 10th
Session from Thailand
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/2 Statements by the ILO, World Bank and the UN
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to the 10th Session of
the UNWGIP - May 1992
Statement by Robert Tickner, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Affairs before the 10th Session of the UNWGIP
Statement by the Jumma Delegation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the
UNWGIP 8th Session - 31 July, 1990
Statement by Maori representative Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick to the UN
Working Group on Indigenous Populations 1989
Statement to UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Moanikeala
Akaka on Hawai'ian Nation
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/2 UNWGIP 6th Session Document 88-12368/4446G -
Statements by Byelorussia, Finland, Japan and the U.S.S.R. re: Draft
Declaration
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/5 UNWGIP 6th Session Document 88-12395/4328G -
Statements by Four Directions Council, Inuit Circumpolar Conference and
the International Commission of Jurists
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/2/Add.1 UNWGIP 6th Session Document
88-12514/4686G Statements by Canada and the People's Republic of the Congo
Statement by Mr. R Winroe on behalf of the Australian Observer
Delegation under Item 6, Outline of a Study on the Significance of
Treaties, Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements - UNWGIP 6th
Session August 1988
Canada's Statement at the 6th Session of the UNWGIP re: Draft
Declaration
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/3/Add.1 I.L.O. Statement to the UNWGIP 6th
Session - Revision of Convention No. 107: Steps to Come, 30 June 1988
Statement by the Karen National Union at the UNWGIP re:
Self-Determination
Statement by Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick, Maori Representative to the
UNWGIP 6th Session, August 1988
Statement by Prof. Glenn T. Morris to UNWGIP on topic of standard
setting -- Religious Freedom
Statement by the Nordic Sami Council at the 6th Session of the UNWGIP
- August 1988
Statement by Dr. Atle Grahl-Madsen, Prof. of Public and International
Law, University of Bergen, for the Nordic Sami Council re: The Sami
Convention and treaty relations with Nordic states - UNWGIP Aug 1988
Statement submitted by the Treaty 6 Chiefs on Treaties and the Study
of Treaties to the UNWGIP - August 1988
Statement of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs at the 6th Session of the
UNWGIP - August 1988
Statement by Rudolph C. Ryser to the UNWGIP in reference to the Study
on the Significance of Indigneous Treaties.
Statement by Chockie Cottier on Behalf of the Indigenous World
Association - UNWGIP, August 1987
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/22/Annex.5 Declaration of Principles Adopted by the
Indigenous Peoples - Prep Mtg of UNWGIP July, 1987
Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory Meeting Declaration of Principles
submitted to the UNWGIP 5th Session, July 1987
Speech by representative of the Lokono Nation, Suriname before the
UNWGIP 1987
Statement Concerning the Right of Self-Determination of the West
Papuan People by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at the UNWGIP Session #5,
August 1987
Statement by the Metis National Council to the UNWIGP 5th Session,
August 1987 - includes addendum: Background Notes on Historical Metis Land
Rights
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Question in Africa - Statement before
UNWGIP by Moringe Parkipuny, Member of Parliament, Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Statement on Self-Determination by the Participants at the Indigenous
Peoples Preparatory Meeting, prior to the '87 UNWGIP Session
Statement by Rudolph C. Ryser, Chairman of CWIS On Setting Standards
in Connection with the Right of Indigenous Nations to Self-Determination
- UNWGIP, 6 August 1987
Statement by the Venerable Bimal Tishya Bhikkhu on behalf of the
people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts - UNWGIP August 1987
Remarks of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs before the 5th
Session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations 8/3/87
Bangladesh Presentation to the UNWGIP in reply to the Submissions made
by the Anti-Slavery Society and the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Representative
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.4/Add.4 Draft Declaration of Principles
presented to UNWGIP '85 by Indian Law Resource Ctr, Four Directions Cncl,
National Aboriginal and Islander Legal Service, NIYC, Inuit Circumpolar
Conf and IITC
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.1/Add.1 Statement by Morocco at the UNWGIP
4th Session - April 1985
Survival International Statement at UNWGIP '85, Human Rights
Violations Against Ethnic Minorities in Burma
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.4/Add.3 Survival International Statement at
the UNWGIP '85, The Abuse of Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights and National
Legislation: Case Study - India
Statement on threatening developments concerning the human rights of
the West Papuan People to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations,
1985
Statement by Mr. Juwana, observer from the Indonesian delegation in
rebuttal to the West Papuan delegation's statement in UN_WPAP1.TXT
Statement of the Free Papua Movement in reply to the statement by Mr.
Juwana in UN_WPAP2.TXT
Trusteeship and Self-Determination - Submitted to the UN by The
Coalition of First Nations & IITC
Report by the Anti-Slavery Society on the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the
UNWGIP 3rd Session - 1984
International Standards for Indigenous Rights: Statement by CWIS
Before 3rd Session of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations
8/1/84
Report by a Member of the Ibaloi People of the Philippines to the
Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 1984
Report on the Present Situation of the Mapuche in Chile - Presented to
the UNWGIP, 27 July 1984
Statement of the Nuxalk Nation to the UN on the Definition of
"Indigenous Populations"
Statement on behalf of the Free Papua Movement (West Papuan People's
Movement for Freedom and Independence) to the UN Commission on Human
Rights
E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1982/R.1 UNWGIP 1st Session Document 82-11964 -
Statements by the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, Indian Law Resource
Center and Draft Resolution by the International Indian Treaty
Council
A Statement of Opinion Regarding the Partial Revision of ILO
Convention No. 107 by The Ainu Association of Hokkaido
I.L.O. Convention 107 -- Convention Concerning the Protection and
Integration of Indigenous and Other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in
Independent Countries
I.L.O. Convention 169 -- Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples in Independent Countries - 1989
Speech by Chief Leon Shenandoah, Haudenosaunee to the UN General
Assembly supporting a Worldwide Day of Peace - 24 October 1985
Indigenous Overview of Decolonization: Remarks before the UN Special
Committee on Decolonization by the World Council of Indigenous
Peoples
Human Rights Violations - The People of the Dega Republic by the
Montagnard/Dega International Human Rights Committee, presented to the UN
Workshop on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1993
The Statement of the Sto:Lo Nation's Elders to the UN General Assembly
8/29/82
The Stl'atl'imx Nation's submission for membership into the United
Nations
United Nations Resolution 34/40 on East Timor - 21 November 1979
U.N. Resolution 1514(XV) - Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples
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