(c) Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution.

Meghalaya Peoples Human Rights Council (MPHRC), North East India

Ottawa Canada Communication Group. quoted in http www.docip.org francais fichiersWGCD ENG ASSESSING THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE.doc .

Work with NGOs to have a panel at the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization weekend event on International Law to focus on potential avenues for indigenous peoples at the international legal bodies

Coordinate regional conference via PEACESAT to link indigenous peoples through telecommunication

Thornberry, Patrick (2002). Indigenous peoples and human rights. Manchester Manchester University Press.

Burger, Julian (1990). The Gaia Atlas of First Peoples. New York Anchor Books.

(b) Principal theme Indigenous peoples and the international and domestic protection of traditional knowledge

(b) Review of the draft principles and guidelines on the protection of the heritage of indigenous peoples

(c) The human rights situation of indigenous peoples in States and territories threatened with extinction for environmental reasons.

Coordinate Parallel Session during United Nations WGIP with indigenous peoples, United Nations members and HCHR legal officers during one afternoon parallel session

Review of developments pertaining to the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, including their human rights and fundamental freedoms

Continuous promotion and strengthening of the cooperation between the United Nations bodies and regional human rights mechanisms dealing with the rights of indigenous peoples.

Coordinate Parallel Session during United Nations Sub Commission with NGOs, indigenous peoples, and HCHR legal officers during one afternoon parallel session. Possibly bring Tuvalu leadership

HIHR also met with PEACESAT to examine the potential to communicate in the region via the university telecommunication system to schedule a virtual conference to connect the peoples of the Pacific.

Also at the same meeting, the Forum heard statements by the following observers Canada, Fundo Indigeno, Parlamento Indígena de América, The Koani Foundation, Waikiki Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawaii, Seventh Generation Fund, International Institute for the Study and Preservation of Aboriginal Peoples, Threatened (TIPs), India Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, Tugara Nation, Pacific Caucus, Asia Caucus, and Tlahtlokan Nahuacalli.

On a Special Meeting Prior to the United Nations WGIP, half day discussion on possibilities to protect and promote the human rights of indigenous peoples with United Nations Specialized Agencies based in Geneva

The African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights in the face of the Pluralist Democracy , La voix des Sans Voix. Le Trimestriel des droits de l'Homme, avril juin 1991, N 1, pp. 101 112, Paris.

In Summer 2004, at the request of United Nations Sub Commission Expert, HIHR became a nexus for human rights advocacy in area of disappearing states specifically the human rights of indigenous peoples in relation to extreme environmental conditions such as disappearance of states.

HIHR participated in the International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability at the East West Center. HIHR presented a research paper examining the issue of human rights of indigenous peoples in the Pacific in relation to extreme environmental conditions focusing on the right of self determination.

See the final report of the First African Regional Consultation on violence against women with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and the Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on Women's Rights, Khartoum, Sudan, 25 26 September 2004, prepared by the Geneva Institute for Human Rights.

All For Reparation and Emancipation (AFRE), Association of World Citizens, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Baha'i International Community, International Service for Human Rights, Ligue Internationale pour les Droits et la Libération des Peuples LIDLIP (International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples), Minority Rights Group International (MRG), South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), United Nations Watch.

HIHR co sponsored a speaking tour of Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific with Gwich'in and Maori to speak on imminent issues of drilling for oil and biocolonialism through genetic modification of indigenous organisms. HIHR met with Gwich'in to verify global warming in the Arctic and to pledge continued communication on environmental concerns. Also, met with Maori to explore possible strategies with New Zealand government on Tuvalu.