>http://www.quechuanetwork.org/news_template.cfm?news_id=672&lang=s > >Indigenous Peoples Declaration Against United States Invasion of Iraq > >Ottawa - Canada - (Posted on Apr-01-2003) The representatives of the >Indigenous Peoples of the Americas gathered during the second Annual Forum >of Connectivity in Ottawa, Canada on March 24-26, 2003 and expressed the >following: > >To join our voices to the millions of peoples around the world, including >the voices of the peoples in United States, the voice of our sister >Rigoberta Mench� Tum, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner and other indigenous >organizations to condemn the genocidal American invasion against the Iraqi >people. > >This genocide is a crime against humanity and violates international law as >well as human and legal rights. This is a criminal invasion and it is >killing innocent children, women and the elderly. > >It lacks any kind of legitimacy and cannot be justified as it violates all >declarations to live in peace. It violates the self determination and >sovereignty of peoples and the consensus reached by most states represented >in the United Nations. > >The representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas strongly >request that all those responsible for these criminal acts be brought to the >International War Crimes Court and be condemned internationally. > >We urge the United Nations to call for an emergency meeting of the Security >Council to condemn the United States government, and its allies decision to >go to war and we call for an immediate cease fire, while re-establishing >diplomacy to end this conflict. Furthermore, we reject any new government >imposed by the United States as it will only justify its presence in Iraq to >protect its own geo- political and geo-economic interests. > >We encourage all the peoples of the world to maintain their unity and to >strengthen their mobilization against this injustice, to show their love for >peace, fraternity and intercultural dialogue. > >We all shall reject the unilateral use of weapons to impose colonialist >agendas and try to eliminate the cultural diversity of the world. > >As indigenous peoples, we do not condone war, violence, or any other >conflict that destroys our Mother Earth. On the contrary, we promote >dialogue as our principle and we do not reject peace. > >As indigenous peoples, we have suffered genocide throughout our history and >for that reason we want to congratulate all those states that chose the >option of peace and respect for human life. Therefore, we request all those >states to make their best efforts to re-establish the multilateral order as >a legal instrument against this neo-imperialist disorder. > >Ottawa, March 25th 2003 > >Signatures: > >Asociaci�n de Radios Comunitarias. ARCG. Guatemala Abya Yala Nexus USA >Bachillerato Integral Comunitario Ayujk Polivalente. BICAP. Bolivia Consejo >Ind�gena de Centro Am�rica . CICA. Guatemala Central Independiente de >Obreros Agr�colas y Campesinos.CIOAC. M�xico Coalici�n Obrero Campesina y >Estudiantil del Istmo, COCEI. Comisi�n de Juristas Ind�genas de Argentina. >Argentina Coordinadora Mapuche de Neuquen. Argentina Conferencia Permanente >de Pueblos Ind�genas COPPIP. Peru Comision Juridica para el Autodesarrollo >de los Pueblos Originarios Andinos. CAPAJ.Peru CONAIE, Departamento de >Comunicacion. Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indigenas . Panam� Brazil >Fundaci�n Rigoberta Menchu. Guatemala Foro Permanente sobre Pueblos >Ind�genas. ONU Instituto Indigena de Propiedad Intelectual, INBRAPI. Brazil >InforCauca . Colombia Information Network of the Indigenous Peoples of the >Americas. INIPA. Canada Liga Maya Internacional . Guatemala Universidade >Federal de Mato Groso. Brasil Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Ind�genas de >M�xico, CNMI. M�xico Movimiento Chirapaq. Peru Mujeres Mayas de Jovel. >M�xico Maya-Ixil, Proyecto Enlace Quich� . Guatemala Oficina para el >Desarrollo de los Pueblos Ind�genas. Guatemala Promama de Derechos >Ind�genas, Instituto de Estudios Ind�genas. Chile Prensa Ind�gena >Internacional. Canada Resurgimiento Ancestral Ind�gena Salvadore�o. El >Salvador Red Nacional de Trabajadoras de la Informaci�n y >Comunicaci�n-REDADA.Bolivia RED Kechwa. USA SAPINCHIKMANTA Radio Programa en >Quecha y Castellano. Ayacucho Servicios para el Desarrollo, Pueblo Nah�u - >Mexico Uni�n Nacional de Mujeres Kunas. Panama
