CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS

Appointments of the sixteen members to

the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues made by ECOSOC December 20^th 2001 

The Economic and Social Council resumed their substantive session of 2001, 46th meeting yesterday, 20 December 2001after 3:00pm EST at UN headquarters in New York City.   The following is excerpted from the ECOCOC decision:

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Elections

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

In accordance with its resolution 2000/22 and decision 2001/316, the Council elected the following members by acclamation to the newly established Forum for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2002; Njuma Ekudanayo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Yuji Iwasawa (Japan) and Yuri Alexandrovitch Boitchenko (Russian Federation).

The Council proceeded to elect by secret ballot two members from Latin American and Caribbean States and two members from Western European and other States for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2002.

Bettina Cadenbach (Germany) and Hans Plut (Austria) served as tellers.

The results of the secret ballot were as follows:

Latin American and Caribbean States:

Otilia Lux Garcia de Coti (Guatemala)          39 votes

Marcos Matias Alonso (Mexico)                      30 votes                   

Ronald Karwofodi (Suriname)                        19 votes

Maria Fernanda Espinosa (Ecuador)            16 votes

Having obtained the required majority, Otilia Lux Garcia de Coti (Guatemala) and Marcos Matias Alonso (Mexico) were declared elected.

Western European and other States:

 Wayne Lord (Canada)                    49 votes

Ida Nicolaisen (Denmark)             36 votes

Maria Noguerol (Spain)                  20 votes

Having obtained the required majority,  Wayne Lord (Canada) and Ida Nicolaisen (Denmark) were declared elected.

Following a statement by the representative of the Russian Federation, the President of the Council read out the names of the eight members appointed by him to the Forum for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2002: Antonio Jacanamijoy (Columbia), Ayitegau Kouevi (Togo), Willie Littlechild (Canada), Ole Henrik Magga (Norway), Zinaida Strogalschikova (Russian Federation), Parshuram Tamang (Nepal), Mililani Trask (United States of America) and Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca (Peru).         

The Council postponed to a future session the election of one member from Asian States for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2002.  END