Indigenous Peoples’ International Summit on Sustainable Development,
Kimberly, South Africa, 20-23 August 2002

National Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK) and
The Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (IPCC-WSSD)

The Secretariat, c/o Barendse Griqua House, P.O. Box 547, Vryburg, 8601, SA
Tel.; 27-(0)53-927-3957 Fax: 27-(0)53-927-6925
e-mail: [email protected]

Vryburg , 20 July 2002

Dear Friends,

The National Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK), on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee for the WSSD (IPCC-WSSD), would like to formally invite you to participate in the International Indigenous Peoples’ Summit on Sustainable Development. The venue will be at Hoffe Park Conference Centre, 30 Birbeck Rd., in Kimberly, South Africa. This will be held from 20-23 August 2003, a few days before the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The WSSD will be held in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. The arrival date for the Indigenous Peoples International Summit is 19 August and the conference proper will be from 21-23 August. 20th August will be spent in visiting the villages of our hosts, the Khoi and San. Peoples. On the 24th of August, the participants who plan to participate in the WSSD will travel to Johannesburg.

The main objective of this conference is to bring together indigenous peoples from all parts of the world to share their perspectives on sustainable development and their contributions in achieving this. This will also allow indigenous peoples to identify the main obstacles to their effective participation in bringing about sustainable development. This International Summit will come out with a Kimberly Political Declaration of Indigenous Peoples and an Indigenous Peoples’ Plan of Action for Sustainable Development.

An Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee has been formed to organize this Summit and the National Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK) is the local secretariat. Enclosed with this letter is the overall concept paper of the Summit and the tentative program and the registration forms.

Funds have been raised to help defray the costs of accomodations, conference halls, translation expenses, secretariat expenses, reproduction of materials, and local travel of indigenous peoples from South Africa. However, these funds do not include the travel costs for international participants coming from other continents. So we are encouraging everyone to raise their own travel funds to be able to participate.

If you are interested to participate please fill up the enclosed registration form and send these before 5 August 2002. Send it through e-mail or fax to the following addresses and numbers.

E-mail to:
Priscilla deWet-Fox : [email protected]
Vicky Tauli Corpuz: [email protected] or [email protected]

Fax: Priscilla deWet-Fox: 27-53-9276925

For further information please don’t hesitate to contact me. Other pertinent information which you need to know regarding the Indigenous Peoples’ Summit and the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development please check the following websites:
www. Tebtebba.org
www.johannesburgsummit.org

We look forward to receiving your registration form and seeing you in Kimberly.

Yours sincerely,

Priscilla deWet-Fox
Secretariat, NKOK

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Kimberly, South Africa, 20-23 August 2002

REGISTRATION FORM

1. LAST NAME:
2. FIRST NAME:
3. PASSPORT NO.
4. BIRTHDATE
5. :NATIONALITY
6. DATE ISSUED:
7. DATE OF EXPIRY:
8. ORGANIZATION/NATIONS/PEOPLES YOU REPRESENT;
9. POSITION OR RESPONSIBILITY IN ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY
10. ADDRESS;
11. TELEPHONE:
12. FAX:
13. E-MAIL:
14. WEBSITE (if there is)
15. TRAVEL ITINERARY: (PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE WSSD IN JOHANNESBURG)

DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM YOUR COUNTRY:
WHICH AIRPORT:
FLIGHT NUMBER
DATE AND TIME OF ARRIVAL IN KIMBERLY:
DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM KIMBERLY:
FLIGHT NUMBER:
DATE AND TIME OF ARRIVAL IN JOHANNESBURG:
DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM JOHANNESBURG:
FLIGHT NUMBER:

16. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A HOTEL RESERVED FOR YOU OR YOU WILL DO THIS ON YOUR OWN?
17. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE A PAPER TO THE CONFERENCE?
18. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE?
19. OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SHARE:

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
HOFFE PARK CONFERENCE CENTRE, KIMBERLY, SOUTH AFRICA
20-23 AUGUST 2002

DRAFT AGENDA

19 AUGUST 2002 - ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS AND REGISTRATION

20 AUGUST 2002 - VISITS TO KHOI-SAN COMMUNITIES

21 AUGUST 2002

1. OPENING OF SUMMIT
2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES
· POLITICAL TEAM (FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES, LINKS WITH UN,ETC) ALREADY ELECTED
· POLITICAL TEAM (FOR PARALLEL AND CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESSES)
· DRAFTING TEAM (CONAIE-FOCAL POINT)
· COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA TEAM – IPS AND SUPPORT WRITERS MEDIA
3. INTRODUCTION TO WSSD
· DEVELOPMENTS SINCE RIO TO JOHANNESBURG
4. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – VISIONS AND TARGETS
· INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ PLACE AND ROLE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
· RIGHTS TO LAND AND RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
· RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
5. RECOMMENDATIONS TO WSSD
· SUMMARY AND CRITIQUE OF DRAFT JOHANNESBURG PLAN OF ACTION AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE POLITICAL DECLARATION

22 AUGUST 2002

6. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND GLOBALIZATION
· WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) AGREEMENTS AND IMPACTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
· LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND CORPORATIONS MINES/DAMS/PLANTATIONS,ETC.
· GENETIC RESOURCES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE – ROLE OF WIPO, WTO, CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,ETC.
· WORLD BANK AND OTHER MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS-
REPORT AND CRITIQUES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ OPERATIONAL DIRECTIVE, OTHER WB POLICIES (RESETTLEMENT, FOREST, ETC.)

7. PRESENTATION OF PRESENT INITIATIVES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM VARIOUS REGIONS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
· ARCTIC COUNCIL
· NORTH AMERICA
· CENTRAL AMERICA,CARIBBEAN, AND SOUTH AMERICA
· EAST AFRICA, WEST AFRICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA, NORTH AFRICA
· SOUTH ASIA, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, EAST ASIA
· EASTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL ASIA
· OCEANIA AND THE PACIFIC

23 AUGUST 2002

8. FOLLOW UP ON THE WSSD – BEYOND JOHANNESBURG
· PARTNERSHIPS
· RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PERMANENT FORUM
· STRATEGIES ON WTO, WB,ETC.

9. ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ KIMBERLY POLITICAL DECLARATION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’AGENDA AND PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

24 AUGUST 2002

· TRAVEL TO JOHANNESBURG
· ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH GOVERNMENTS, UN AGENCIES,MAJOR GROUPS TO PRESENT THE KIMBERLY SUMMIT RESULTS.
· PRESS CONFERENCE