P A R T   1

Chair of the Meeting
Ole Henrik Magga, Saami
Nominated and appointed expert from Norway
Chairman of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues


PANELISTS


Dr. Nina Pacari Vega
Foreign Minister of Ecuador

Jaap Doek
Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child


Ida Nicolaisen
State nominated expert from Denmark
 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

P A R T   2

PANELISTS



Elisabeth Garrett, Cherokee
Indigenous Youth Representative
International Indian Treaty Council



Nils Kasberg, Director
Office of Emergency Programmes at UNICEF



Lee Swepton, Chief
Equality and Employment Branch
International Labour Organization

P A R T   3

PANELISTS



Dr. Jones Kyazee, United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)



Jackie Sims
World Health Organization (WHO)
speaking on behalf of David Nabarro, Executive Director of WHO



SPEAKERS FROM THE FLOOR



Marcos Matias Alonso, Nahuatl
State nominated expert from Mexico
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

P A R T   4

SPEAKERS FROM THE FLOOR



Otilia Lux de Coti
State nominated expert from Guatemala
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



Wilton Littlechild, Ermineskin Cree Nation
Nominated and appointed expert from Canada, Rapporteur
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



Mililani Trask, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian)
Nominated and appointed expert, Pacific Basin Region
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



Qin Xiaomei
State nominated Expert from China
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



Njuma Ekundanayo
Nominated and appointed expert
from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues



Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz, Otomi
Head of the Representative Office for the Indigenous Peoples
Office of the Presidency, Mexican Republic

Anna Pinto
Representative of the
Centre for Organization Research and Education (CORE)

Jolene
Indigenous Youth Delegate

Representative
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Canada


PANEL RESPONSES

Nina Pacari Vega
Ida Nicolaisen
Elizabeth Garrett
Nils Kasberg (UNICEF)
Lee Swepston (ILO)
Jones Kyazee (UNESCO)
Jackie Sims (WHO)

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
re-convened on May 13, 2003
to conclude its High-Level Panel and Dialogue
on Indigenous Children and Youth.

May 13, 2003 - AM Session


SPEAKERS FROM THE FLOOR



Ginger Gosnell - Nisga'a Nation
on behalf of
Indigenous Youth Assembly of First Nations of Canada

Elder's Caucus First Nations, Canada

Marie Frawley Henry
Women's Caucus
Assembly of First Nations of Canada



Peter Smith
World Council of Churches
Representative of Australia



Indigenous Peoples of Africa
Coordinating Committee
IPACC



La Comisión Jurídica para el Autodesarrollo
de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos CAPAJ



Government of Canada



Government of Brazil



Government of Finland



Government of Japan



El Coordinador de las organizaciones indígenas
de la Cuenca Amazónica COICA