And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NETWARRIORS FRONTLINE REPORTS 17th WGIP 7/28/99 ____________________________ ******************************************************** Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Monitor Working Group on Indigenous Populations 17th Session 26 July 30 July 31: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Gave the floor to Ka Lhui Hawai'I Keali'I 'olu' olu Gora, Hawaii. 32: Ka Lhui Hawai'i/Keali'I 'olu' olu Gora, Hawaii: The foremost human and civil rights denied to Hawaiians by the United States is that of self-determination. The American government, through the State of Hawaii, violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ka Lahui Hawai'i in its work to date has chosen to develop a culturally appropriate "separate system of self-government" which incorporates Hawaiian values and traditions and which sets forth the "cultural jurisdiction" of the Hawaiian Nation. The policies of the state of Hawai'i are designed to curtail rights as designed in US Apology law. 33: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Gave the floor to Mr. Michael Eckford/ Sovereign Union (First Nations Peoples), Australia 34. Mr Michael Eckford, Sovereign Union (First Nations Peoples), Australia: He said he wanted to change tactics and reminded the forum of the right to be free from oppression. Where a state is oppressive, people can determine their independence. The UN is there to maintain world peace. President Woodrow Wilson presented a 14 point strategy to the UN with the purpose of maintaining peace. Included in this strategy was a clause ensuring a fair and equal treatment of indigenous peoples and minorities. The strategy was not passed due to the opposition of the UK resulting from pressure by Australia and New Zealand. On Nov 30 1995 ECOSOC ruled that the right to self determination is adequately dealt with in article one of the UN charter. Why then is the CHR vehemently opposing all work on the Draft Declaration? I need not remind the WG of the verdicts of the ICJ and the European Court of HR in the cases of Western Sahara and Ceyland vs. Turkey. In both cases the Sovereign Rights of IP were upheld to be a mtter of fact and law. The UN should grant indigenous peoples their rights. Why do we permit racially-discriminatory language and rights between us and others, that is the term 'populations' and not 'peoples'. 35: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Said that the next to speakers on the list Ms. Talkallie Mohamed/ Tin Hinan and were absent. She gave the floor to John MacNab/ Rohoboth Community of Namibia 36: John MacNab/ Rohoboth Community of Namibia: Informed the participants that one of his fellow delegates passed away on the way to this meeting. In his speech he pointed out the suffering and despair of the Rehoborth people in Namibia at present. He expressed his pride at the achievment of free and fair municipal elections in 1998. However, he underligned that the new authorities were being penalised as the previous council had not passed on to the water providers (Namwater) the service dues that they had collected. For this reason 50% of the water supply had been cut off, including that of schools, hospitals etc. This was creating an unbearable situation which was discrediting the present authorities. This behaviour is in line with a decade of harrassment of the Rehoboth community. He stated that the Namibian government policy in respect to its indigenous populations infringed UN Declaration on the rights of IP and most of the provisions of the ILO-Convention on IP. He urged the UN to take the necessary steps to see that this unacceptable situation is halted and that its concerns are made known to the Namibian government and the relevant bodies of the UN system. 37: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Offered condolences to the friends and family Mr. MacNab's colleague. She then gave the floor to Kaori Tahara / Ainu association of Sapporo, Japan 38: Kaori Tahara/ Ainu association of Sapporo, Japan: Stated that it was the 100th anniversary of the enforcement of the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act, which aimed to assimilate Ainu people into Japanese society. She maintained that by aboloshing the Protection act and enforcing the Act for the Promotion of the Ainu culture in 1997, that it had solved all the problems of the Ainu people. This is not the reality she saw. She mentioned that the Hokkaido government had not attempted to solve problems which the Ainu Association had long been pointing out. Although it had organised for surveys of the living conditions of the Ainu people, it had assigned the task of interviewing to the Ainu Association without providing sufficient resources for the Association to carry this task out in a significant manner. She demanded that the survey be improved to show the true living conditions of the Ainu, including by looking at the living conditions of the Ainu living in urban areas. She hoped that this would motivate the next Hokkaido Ainu Welfare measures. 39: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Gave the floor to Mr Joseph Ole Karia/ Maa Development Association. Mr Joseph Ole Karia didn't speak. She then gave the floor to Mr. Amer Arouri/ Law Society Palestine. 40: Mr. Amer Arouri/ Law Society Palestine: Stated that lots of ethnic tribes had been displaced by Israeli activity, notably the B. tribe. The main displacements tok place in 1950 and 1987. The Bedouin tribe were moved somewhere near Jerusalem. The Law Society, Palestine offers assistance to displaced families 300metres from an Israeli rubbish bin.. He stated that Palestinian Bedouins suffer from Israeli ethnic cleansing and confiscation of land. There are lots of them in the C Zone, which is subject to Israeli military activity and according to the Oslo agreements between the PLO and the Israelis. He highlighted that the Israelis are spreading settlements. 20,000 people living off animal husbandry and cannot benefit from basic services - health, vet and there is no framework in which to organise themselves. His organisation offers assistance to the Bedouins to help them improve their situation. The Bed were to help the organisation to determine measures to improve the situation, especially in Zone C. The Law Society, Palestine wishes to defend the Bedouin cause and stand up to Israel which seeks to expel them. A Conference on the issue will be held in June 2000. Mr. Arouri invited the participants to attend. 41: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Gave the floor to the secretariat, represented by Mr. Julian Burger 42: The Secretary, Mr. J. Burger: Informed the participants that a meeting would be held between 6:00 -7:30 on Monday evening in Room 22 where representatives from the Caucaus could meet with the WG to discuss ideas. There is a meeting also with the Chairperson/Rapporteur to be held on Wednesday afternoon between 3-6. The room would be announced later. He further explained that there was an exhibition on 3rd Level supported by the Australian governement and (Rio Tinto?) on the subject of mining. He finally, reminded participants to hand in the pink registration form to the secretariat. 43: Chair Mrs. E. Daes: Adjourned the meeting. 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