At its 55th meeting, on 4 March 1994, the Commission, noting resolution 1993/44 of 26 August 1993 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, decided, without a vote, to endorse the request to the Special Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene A. Daes, to expand her study on the protection of the cultural and intellectual property of indigenous people with a view to elaborating draft principles and guidelines for the protection of the heritage of the indigenous people and to submit a preliminary report to the Sub-Commission at its forty-sixth session; requested the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance necessary for the accomplishment of her task; decided that the title of the study should be "Protection of the heritage of the indigenous people"; and recommended the following draft decision to the Economic and Social Council for adoption:

[For the text, see chap. I, sect. B, draft decision 33]
[See chap. XVII.]