This mail would also be marked to parliamentarians from Goa with a request to raise the matter in the next session
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:51 PM Subject: Goans support the first people of Canada in their struggle for indigenous people's human rights To: [email protected] To the chairman, First people human rights coalition, Heartiest greetings from Goa, India-the land of Abbe De Faria, T.B.Cunha, Francisco Luis Gomes..... We in Goa, India are aghast that Canada which is liberally funding NGOs and individuals in India, through crown corporations like IDRC is meddling in the tribal belt of India's western ghats and advising them to influence the policies of our republic to further its' own long term political, geostrategic, geoeconomic, bioeconomic and business interests is absolutely unfair to the real owners and custodians of the great nation-the first people of Canada. The hypocrisy is that Canada is applying double standards-charity for tribals in western ghats of India and denial of fundamental rights of its' own tribals-i.e. the first people We are shocked to know that , Canada is the only member of the UN Human Rights Council to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It is a shame to accept funding in any form from such a nation through direct or indirect means and hide the dubious record of Canada which claims to be a global champion of human rights. We would like to have further information about injustice done to the first people of Canada so that armed with these details we can educate and alert our civil society in Goa and rest of India and also generate debate in our media, intellectual and literary circles, legislature and parliament We express full solidarity with the first people of Canada on behalf of the people of Goa in general and the tribes of Goa , the first people of Goa in particular...we specifically acknowledge and appreciate the excellent work of native women's association of Canada and assure them that their counterparts in Goa would fully support them in their struggle using all democratic means Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat Convenor Goan peoples' forum for solidarity with first people of Canada Goan women's forum for solidarity with native womens' association of Canada member, committee for ethnological studies of agropastoral Gouly/Dhangar tribals of Goa, Govt. of Goa Former president, All Goa Students Union (AGSU) Goa-Tibet solidarity forum And Campaigner for establishing Goa Human Rights Commission and Minorities Commission -- Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, GOA -- Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, GOA
