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Distr.GENERALE/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/210 June 1996Original: ENGLISHCOMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTSSub-Commission on Preventionof Discrimination andProtection of MinoritiesWorking Group on Indigenous PopulationsFourteenth Session29 July-2 August 1996Item 4 of the provisional agendaSTANDARD-SETTING ACTIVITIES: EVOLUTION OF STANDARDSCONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLEWorking Paper by the Chairperson-Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene A. Daes,on the concept of "indigenous people"CONTENTSParagraphs PageIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 9 3I. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE . . . . . 10 - 41 5A. League of Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 14 6B. Pan-American Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 - 16 6C. Charter of the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . 17 - 20 7D. International Labour OrganizationConvention No. 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 - 23 8GE.96-12980 (E)
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