The general segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session rejected the official position of Bangladesh government on the non-Bangalee people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), and adopted the report of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
The Bangladesh government, represented by Abul Kalam Abdul Momen, raised its concern over the [...]

UN ECOSOC rejects Bangladesh Government’s challenge to UNPFII’s mandate to deal with CHT Accord
The General Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), whose session started on 22nd July, ended yesterday (29th) in Geneva, Switzerland. ECOSOC is the parent body of several subsidiary bodies, including the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), [...]

29 July, 2011         To download: CHTCommission_Statement_ECOSOC
To
His Excellency Lazarous Kapambwe
President of the Economic and Social Council
The United Nations
Greetings from the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.
While the Economic and Social Council’s session is going on, the CHT Commission objects to statements made recently by Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, Dr. Dipu Moni, stating that it was a ‘misperception’ and ‘misrepresentation’ [...]

Statement of Raja Devasish Roy, Chakma Chief and member of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issiue on the statement of the foreign minister of Banladesh Dr Dipu Moni on the Indigenous status of the peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts asmentioned in the report of the 10th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous [...]

To download: CHTCommission_LetterToPM_Constitution
Honourable Prime Minister,
Greetings from the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) expresses its serious concern about the contents of the 15th amendment to the National Constitution of Bangladesh, which was passed by the Parliament on 30th June 2011. The CHT Commission had been hopeful that the four founding values (democracy, [...]

PCJSS protested against terming indigenous peoples as ‘Bengali’ and non-recognition of indigenous peoples and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord of 1997 in the Constitution. PCJSS rejected the Fifteen Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2011 and asked the government for its revision.
PCJSS leaders expressed their agitation in a large public meeting held on 8 July 2011 in Rangamati [...]

(Extracted copy in relation to the recommendations on Bangladesh / CHT. For full report please click  10th Session Report 2011
102. The Permanent Forum takes note of the study by Lars-Anders Baer on the status of the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 (E/C.19/2011/6). The Permanent Forum also takes note of the concerns [...]

To download: LARS-PF11lars-anders280

To download: Wasfia-Agenda 8 FINAL.WN
Thank you, Madame Chairperson and warm and respectful greetings to all.
I feel privileged and honored that I, as a Bengali, can add voice to the plight of the indigenous peoples of my land. However, a part of me also feels ashamed that I come here, as a Bengali, whose fellow people [...]

To download: U K Zan-Statement on CHT Accord
Thank you, Madame Chair, for giving me the floor. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election as the chairperson of the 10th session of UNPFII and to all other members for their nominations to the Forum.
Madame Chair,
We are growing increasingly skeptical [...]

To download: Sami-Council-Statement_v1 on CHT Accord
I thank you Madam Chair for giving me the opportunity to address the Permanent Forum.The Indigenous Saami Council congratulates the Special Rapporteur on giving an overview of the current state of the implementation of the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord.
The Saami Council believes that the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord [...]

To download: RDR-CHT-Accrd-8-Final-Vrsn
Madame Chairperson, Indigenous, state & non-governmental delegations, ladies & gentlemen
CONGRATULATIONS TO RAPPORTEUR
I offer my congratulations to Mr. Lars Anders Baer for his report on the Implementation Status of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 (E/C.19/2011/6). It is well-researched and factual, and contains reasonable and implementable recommendations. I also commend the observer [...]

To download: MKC-PF11angal282
Thank you, Madame Chair, distinguished Govemment delegates, honorable indigenous sisters and brothers,
I, on behalf of PCJSS, political party of indigenous Jumma peoples which signed chittagong Hill Tracts (cHT) Accord in 1997, would like to take this opportunity to thank Special Rapporteur on the Study on the status of implementation ofthe cHT Accord of [...]

To download: Lina-Intervention on peace accord (Final)
Thank you, Madame Chair, distinguished Government delegates, honorable indigenous sisters and brothers,
I, on behalf of Kapaeeng Foundation, a national human rights organisation of indigenous peoples and Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum, national platform of indigenous peoples, congratulate Mr. Lars-Anders Baer, the Special Rapporteur, for his authentic and excellent report on [...]

To download: joint statement ai+iwgia, 10th Session UNPFII-1
Thank you Madam Chair for allowing us this opportunity to address the Permanent Forum.
We would like to start by complimenting the Special Rapporteur on his study on the status of implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997. The study provides a useful overview of the extent [...]

To download: IIWF-North America-PF11celeste293
Good morning. As this is the first time I take the floor, I congratulate the Chair and new Members of the Permanent Forum for their appointment.
The North America Indigenous Peoples Caucus at the 10th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expresses our firm support for the following summarized statement [...]

To download: GIPC UNPFII10 Statement CHT
The Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the status of implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 and warmly thanks Mr. Lars Anders Baer for this important work.
We also express our solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, thank [...]

To download:   Denmark-Statement on peace accord 
Madame Chair, distinguished members of the Permanent Forum, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and member states,
Let me begin with congratulating the Special Repporteur on his report on the status of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord 1997. We find the report to be thorough and we welcome the recommendations and encourage the relevant [...]