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Document Type: Final Report

Date: 2008 Feb

Session: 7th Regular Session (2008 Mar)

Agenda Item: Item2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

UNITED NATIONS

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General Assembly Distr. GENERAL

A/HRC/7/65 22 February 2008

Original: ENGLISH

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 2

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE

HIGH COMMISSIONER AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on indigenous issues

Note by the Secretariat*

The Human Rights Council, in its decision 2/102, requested the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfilment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies”. Accordingly, the report of the High Commissioner on indigenous issues was submitted to the fourth session of the Human Rights Council. The Office of the High Commissioner will submit an updated report on indigenous peoples’ issues to the ninth session of the Human Rights Council.

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* This report is delivered late to Member States because it was submitted late to

Conference Services for processing.

GE.08-11086 (E)