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From: CNW Portfolio System
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Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:03 PM
Subject: Media Advisory - Indigenous peoples' representatives from around the
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GRAND COUNCIL OF THE CREES (EEYOU ISTCHEE)
Transmitted by CNW Group on : August 11, 2005 16:40
Media Advisory - Indigenous peoples' representatives from around the world seek
Canadian support for protection of their rights
OTTAWA, Aug. 11 /CNW Telbec/ - Twenty-five Indigenous experts from
five
continents are urging the Government of Canada to champion a strong and
uplifting United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The
Indigenous experts were invited to Montreal by the Grand Council of the Crees
and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to prepare for what could be the final
year of meetings of the UN Working Group which is considering the draft
Declaration.
The Declaration is considered a crucial step for explicit
international
recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples throughout the world.
In this week when the world marks the International Day of the
World's
Indigenous Peoples, August 9, we are reminded of the fact that 350 million
Indigenous women, men and children continue to be among the most impoverished
and marginalized. Their rights are violated in every country and their lands
and territories are targeted for forms of exploitation that jeopardize their
very futures.
Indigenous peoples represent a vital, but threatened part of human
diversity whose survival and well being can only be ensured by vigorous action
by the world community. A central context for such action is respect for their
right to self-determination.
The meeting of Indigenous experts is considering creative ways to
advance
the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that can help break the
deadlock that has long prevailed on this issue in the United Nations.
Participants in the meeting come from Indigenous territories around
the
world, including from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso,
Canada, Costa Rica, Greenland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Rwanda, South
Africa, and the United States.
Canada has recently developed a more supportive position concerning
the
international recognition of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples. It is
hoped that Canada will actively contribute to the development of a Declaration
that can be embraced by states and Indigenous peoples.
The four-day meeting of Indigenous experts is being held in the
office of
Rights and Democracy, a Canadian based human rights organization.
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/For further information: To arrange interviews with participants, please
contact Louis Moubarak or Steve Smith: (514) 268-6073/
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