Organization of American States



PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.K/XVI

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES GT/DADIN/doc.281/07 add.1

6 March 2007

COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS Original: Spanish

Working Group to Prepare the

Draft American Declaration on the Rights

of Indigenous Peoples

LIST OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED

BY HOLDING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ CAUCUS OF THE AMERICAS

AND THE EIGHTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS OF THE WORKING GROUP

(Washington, DC – December 1 - 8, 2006)

[Presented by the Summits of the Americas Secretariat for the consideration

of the Working Group at its meeting on January 17, 2007]

LIST OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED

BY HOLDING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ CAUCUS OF THE AMERICAS

AND THE EIGHTH MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS OF THE WORKING GROUP

(Washington, DC – December 1 - 8, 2006)

I. INTRODUCTION

The Summits of the Americas Secretariat presents this Report, which contains a list of the expenses incurred in holding the Eighth 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 of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus of the Americas, held in Washington, DC on December 1 - 8, 2006.

Representatives of indigenous peoples attended the Eighth Meeting and their expenses were covered by the "Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples", established by resolution CP/RES.817 (1319/02).

II. SELECTION BOARD

The Selection Board of the Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met on November 10, 2006 to consider and approve the indigenous representatives or leaders who were beneficiaries of the Fund and who participated in the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus of the aforementioned Working Group and who will participate in the Ninth Meeting of Negotiations.

The Selection Board of the Specific Fund was composed of Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Representative of Guatemala to the OAS and Chair of the Working Group; Counselor Ana Peña Doig, Alternate Representative of Peru to the OAS and Vice Chair of the Working Group; and by the following Subregional indigenous representatives: Ms. Elsa Son, Representative of Central America and the Caribbean; Ms. LuAnn Jamieson, Representative of North America, and Mr. Haroldo Salazar, Representative of South America.

The Selection Board adopted all decisions in accordance with OAS Permanent Council Resolutions CP/RES.817 (1319/02) “Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” and CP/RES. 873 (1459/04) “Amendments to the Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”

III. INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATIVES

The Summits of the Americas Secretariat received and processed 73 applications submitted by indigenous representatives. The selection process took into account the criteria set forth in the aforementioned resolutions, such as the fact that participants must be representatives of indigenous organizations and communities, must be designated as representatives by those same organizations and communities, and must have equitable geographic and gender representation, with no more than two representatives per indigenous organization or community.

The Selection Board selected the following indigenous representatives based on national-level candidacies:

1. Argentina: Natalia Sarapura

2. Barbados: Damon Gerard Corrie

3. Belice: Anita Felicia Tzec

4. Bolivia: María Eugenia Choque Quispe

5. Brazil: Azelene Inácio

6. Canada: Ronald Lameman

7. Chile: Magdalena Choque Blanco

8. Colombia: Jaime Arias Arias

9. Costa Rica: José Carlos Morales

10. Dominica: Jacob Frederick

11. Ecuador: Luis Alberto Macas Ambuludi

12. Guatemala: Carlos Chex

13. Honduras: Simón Gream Paton

14. Mexico: Margarita Gutiérrez Romero

15. Nicaragua: Hazel Law Blanco

16. Panama: Héctor Huertas González

17. Paraguay: Alberto Vázquez Ayala

18. Peru: Irinea Bardales Díaz

19. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Oswald T. Robinson  

20. Suriname: Loreen Jubitana

21. United States: June L. Lorenzo

In addition, the Specific Fund also covered the travel expenses and per diem of three indigenous members of the Selection Board and representatives of indigenous peoples to the Fund:

1. Representative of Central America and the Caribbean: Elsa Son

2. Representative of North America: LuAnn Jamieson

3. Representative of South America: Haroldo Salazar Rossi

The Summits of the Americas Secretariat produced and disseminated two electronic informative bulletins regarding the decision of the Selection Board and sent all of the indigenous representatives selected by the Selection Board a letter of invitation.

Of this group, two representatives were unable to attend the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations in the Quest for Points of Consensus:

1. Ecuador: Luis Alberto Macas Ambuludi

2. Peru: Haroldo Salazar

Additionally, the Summits of the Americas Secretariat produced an Informative Bulletin regarding the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations that was transmitted electronically on two occasions to the selected indigenous representatives as well as to those representatives who indicated an interest in participating in the Meeting, and to those contacts in the Summits of the Americas Secretariat’s Database of Indigenous Peoples.

IV. LIST OF EXPENSES

As of today’s date, the total cost of the Eighth 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 up to today’s date is US$63,778.00 which breaks down as follows:

Airfare

The cost of round-trip airfare for the indigenous representatives, from their home locations to Washington, DC, totaled US$22,230.00. The Summits of the Americas Secretariat produced an electronic correspondence for each indigenous representative and applying organization, which informed them of the selection process, the purchase of their ticket, the airline, their reservation number, and the record locator of each airline ticket.

Per diem expenses

The Fund also covered the cost of per diem expenses at a rate of US$40.00 for December 1, 2 and 3 when the Indigenous Caucus was held and US$60.00 on November 30, and December 4 - 9 per night for each one of the 21 representatives of the indigenous peoples that participated in the meeting and 3 members of the Selection Board of the Specific Fund summing up $11,120.00. Additionally, the Fund reimbursed 4 indigenous representatives $926.00 for unexpected expenses incurred in the Eighth Meeting. The total cost of per diem paid to the representatives was US$12,046.00.

Hotel

The Fund covered hotel expenses of the selected representatives for the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations. In addition, the Fund covered food and audiovisual expenses for the Indigenous Caucus held prior to the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations. The total cost for rooms, meals, and audiovisual equipment was US$21,085.84. Furthermore, the Summits of the Americas Secretariat made all the necessary arrangements in order to secure the same price for accommodation at the Washington Plaza Hotel for those representatives participating with their own resources.

Interpretation Services

The Fund covered the costs of interpretation for the Indigenous Caucus of the Americas and during the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations which totaled US$8,690.00. Interpretation services were provided by Kathy Ogle, Trevor Stevenson, Cassandra Smithies and Colleen Reeks.

Medical insurance

The Summits of the Americas Secretariat processed and purchased medical insurance for each selected indigenous representative for the duration of the Meeting, which included the days dedicated to the Indigenous Caucus. The amount designated to cover the cost of medical insurance for each indigenous representative totaled US$726.00.

V. THE SPECIFIC FUND

As of today, the Specific Fund to Support the Elaboration of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has a balance of approximately US$57,062.00.

Prior to the Eighth Meeting of Negotiations, the Specific Fund SG-SUM/004 had available the following funds. The difference between expenses and balances corresponds to the amounts designated before the closing of the year 2006 to purchase the air travel tickets of the representatives selected by the Selection Board for the Ninth 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 of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.

|Member Status and |Beginning Fund |Contributions |Expenditures |End Cash Balance |Unliquidated |End Fund Balance |

|Observers |Balance | | | |Obligations |Dec. 19, 2006 |

| |Dec. 01, 2006 | | | | | |

|Brazil | $ 3,146 | $ -| $ 3,146 | $ | $ - | $ |

|(BRAZL05/02) | | | |- | |- |

|Canada (CANAD06/11) | 11,683 | -| 11,683 | | -| |

| | | | |- | |- |

|Finland (FINLA04/03) | 40,667 | -| 32,726 | 7,941| 726 | 7,215|

|Guatemala (GUATA05/02) | 4,272 | -| 4,272 | | -| |

| | | | |- | |- |

|Italy | 51,532 | -| 1,685 | 49,847 | -| 49,847 |

|(ITALY06/02) | | | | | | |

|Mexico (MEXIC05/04) | 5,000 | -| 5,000 | | -| |

| | | | |- | |- |

|Nicaragua (NICAR04/01 y | 4,539 | -| 4,539 | | -| |

|NICAR04/04) | | | |- | |- |

|TOTAL | $ 120,840 | $ - | $ 63,052 | $ 57,788 | $ 726 | $ 57,062 |

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