[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17903]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2414]


State Department Consultation With American Indian Tribal 
Leaders; Public Notice

    The Department of State will hold consultations between U.S. 
Government officials and American Indian tribal leaders with regard to 
the ongoing negotiations in the United Nations of a Draft Declaration 
on Indigenous Rights. These initial consultations are scheduled for 
Tuesday, July 23, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Department 
of State in Washington, D.C.
    The U.N. Draft Declaration on Indigenous Rights in being elaborated 
by a Working Group of the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. The 
goal of the Working Group (which allows direct participation by tribal 
governments and other indigenous organizations) is to elaborate a 
Declaration on Indigenous Rights for consideration and adoption by the 
United Nations General Assembly during the International Decade of the 
World's Indigenous People (1994-2004). The ``Draft United Nations 
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples'' is serving as the 
basis for negotiations at the Working Group.
    The consultation with tribal leaders on July 23 is in preparation 
for the next session of the Working Group which is scheduled to take 
place in Geneva later this year. The consultations will be held in the 
Loy Henderson Auditorium, Department of State, 2201 C Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the main entrance 
(C Street) of the State Department. The public is invited to attend the 
meetings.
    Those interested in attending or seeking additional information 
should contact Tom Hushek (202-647-1042) or Alex Arriaga (202-647-1696) 
in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, at the State 
Department.

    Dated: July 10, 1996.
John Shattuck,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 96-17903 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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