Recommends the abolishment of the Working Group on Communications, especially as the Working Group no longer reports to the Sub Commission

Adoption of the report of the working group to the Sub Commission.

2. Recommends the abolishment of the Working Group on Communications, especially as the Working Group no longer reports to the Sub Commission

Invites members of the working group and of the Sub Commission to prepare working papers for submission to the Sub Commission at its fifty eighth session and to the working group at its eighth session, as follows

He requested that the working group or the Sub Commission address these issues.

Decides to reconvene the working group at the fifty eighth session of the Sub Commission.

Working Group on Minorities of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Working Group on Minorities of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

On 8 August 2005, the working group unanimously adopted the present report to the Sub Commission.

(a) Mr. Bengoa, Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on Minorities, presented the report of the Working Group on its eleventh session (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 27).

Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

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Similarly, the Sub Commission had before it a number of working papers and papers of Special Rapporteurs that were relevant to the mandate of the working group which could provide information to the working group.

Further information on the working Group and its standard setting work can be found in the report of the Working Group on the session (E CN.4 Sub.2 2004 28).

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(b) Ms. Warzazi, Chairperson Rapporteur of the sessional working group on the working methods and activities of transnational corporations, presented the report of the working group on its seventh session (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 22).

(a) Mr. Bossuyt, Chairperson Rapporteur of the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, presented the report of the Working Group on its thirtieth session (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 34).

Members of the working group, Sub Commission experts and representatives of non governmental organizations made specific proposals for working papers and for a revised agenda.

Report of the 2004 sessional working group on the administration of justice (E CN.4 Sub.2 2004 6)

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Recommends that the Sub Commission request the Commission on Human Rights to authorize the Working Group to meet annually immediately prior to the session of the Sub Commission

However, those organizations now supported terminating the working group and moving the consideration of the issue to a sub item of item 4 of the Sub Commission's agenda.

Mr. Alfonso Martínez noted that the working group could not alter the Norms as they had been approved by the Sub Commission however, the working group could consider ways of putting them into practice.

In its resolution the Council authorized the Sub Commission to establish annually a working group to meet in order to

2005 18 Working Group on Minorities of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, paragraph 1

2005 18 Working Group on Minorities of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, paragraph 1

Recommends that the Economic and Social Council authorize the Working Group to meet for five working days prior to the fifty seventh session of the Sub Commission

Recommends that the Economic and Social Council authorize the Working Group to meet for five working days prior to the fifty seventh session of the Sub Commission

Requests the working group to submit the report on its eighth session to the Sub Commission at its fifty eighth session.

(a) Report of the Working Group on Minorities on its twelfth session (Commission resolution 2005 79 Sub Commission resolution 2005 18)

Report of the Working Group on Minorities on its fifth session (E CN.4 Sub.2 1999 21), paragraphs 81 88.

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At the 14th meeting, on 8 August 2005, Ms. Motoc, Chairperson Rapporteur of the sessional working group on the administration of justice, presented the report of the working group (E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 11).

Françoise Hampson produced a working paper (E CN.4 Sub.2 AC.4 2004 CRP.1) which was discussed at the twenty second session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the fifty fifth session of the Sub Commission.

The authors consider that it would be highly desirable to create a working group of the Sub Commission to consider these issues.

The sessional Working working Group group on the Administration administration of Justice justice and the Sub Commission as a whole may wish to consider requesting an expanded working paper on the case law of human rights bodies with regard to the right to a remedy.

The Working Group on Minorities of the Sub Commission, at its ninth session in 2003 discussed the role of NIs in protecting minorities with a view to exploring possible areas of cooperation between NIs and the Working Group.

The proposal to hold sub regional seminars has been made by the Working Group on Minorities and endorsed in resolutions of the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

They supported the proposal that consideration should be given to holding the meetings of the Working Group immediately prior to the Sub Commission.

The report of the working group will be issued as document E CN.4 Sub.2 2005 43 (see also paragraph 21 above.

In its resolution 2004 16, the Sub Commission decided to extend, for a further three year period, the mandate of the working group.

Sub group on alluvial diamond production

At its present session, the Working Group, will have before it the report of the Board of Trustees to the Working Group, which contains information on the activities of the Trust Fund (E CN.4 Sub.2 AC.2 2005 5).