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For Jason and Peni, here is another topic to talk about. New Zealand/Aotearoa has now signed up to the "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" and you can read about it here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/04/20/1247fe65ea88
http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/sharples-un-declaration-restores-mana-3474793
Here is an older post from this forum:
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Updated 14 September 2007 UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration in September 2007 With an overwhelming majority of 143 votes in favour, only 4 negative votes cast (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States) and 11 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on September 13, 2007. The Declaration has been negotiated through more than 20 years between nation-states and Indigenous Peoples. Les Malezer, Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples' Caucus, welcomed the adoption of the Declaration in a statement to the General Assembly: "The Declaration does not represent solely the viewpoint of the United Nations, nor does it represent solely the viewpoint of the Indigenous Peoples. It is a Declaration which combines our views and interests and which sets the framework for the future. It is a tool for peace and justice, based upon mutual recognition and mutual respect."  Read the GA resolution, including the full text of the Declaration (pdf) Read the International Indigenous Caucus' statement (pdf) Read the statement of the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (pdf) Read the statement of Special Rapporteur Stavenhagen (web link) Read the statement of the UN Secretary General (pdf) Read the Press release of the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum (pdf) |  Voting on the Declaration in the UN General Assembly, 13 September 2007. Photo: Stefan Disko  Les Malezer and Vicky Tauli-Corpuz in the General Assembly Hall after the vote. Photo: Stefan Disko | |
| Final adoption deferred by African states in 2006 - agreement on amended text in September 2007 It was expected that the Declaration would be finally adopted by the General Assembly in November 2006. However, at this late stage it emerged that some African States had serious difficulties with the text of the Declaration and were not prepared to accept the recommendation made by the Human Rights Council to adopt the Declaration. Namibia presented an amending resolution, which called for the vote on the Declaration to be deferred to allow more consideration. To the great surprise of all this resolution was adopted, and the final vote on the adoption of the Declaration thus postponed. Between Novermber 2006 and September 2007, when the Declaration was finally adopted by the UN General Assemby, indigenous peoples and states supporting the Declaration have engaged in intense dialogue with African states in an attempt to clarify the doubts, and promote the adoption of the Declaration. In early September 2007, an agreement was reached between the co-sponsors of the Declaration and the African Group of States on nine amendments to the text as adopted by the Human Rights Council in June 2006. This agreement, and the amended text, formed the basis for the draft resolution on adoption of the Declaration. Read the Indigenous Caucus' statement of support to the amended Declaration (pdf) Read IWGIA's update from June 2007 on the African states' stance on the Declaration Read the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' Advisory Opinion on the Declaration | ||
More background information
Get an introduction to the Declaration on this web site Read about the discussion on the Declaration at the UN General Assembly in November 2006 Read about discussions and developments during 2006-2007 in IWGIA's News Archive--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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