Tinoire
05-22-2009, 08:14 AM
INDIGENOUS GROUPS CALL FOR HALT BY FOREIGN COMPANIES OF LAND USE FOR OIL, MINING, WITHOUT THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, CONSENT, AS PERMANENT FORUM CONTINUES
As Stewards of Environment, ‘Indigenous People Cannot Be Sacrificed
On the Altar of Climate Change’, Forum Hears as It Turns to Arctic Region
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continued its discussion of human rights today amid calls for Governments to strictly carry out their obligations under international human rights accords, notably in the Amazon where protests by native inhabitants recently erupted after moves to open the region to oil and mining by foreign companies without their consultation.
In spirited morning debate, indigenous delegates from various parts of Latin and Central America pressed Governments -- including the United States and Canada -- to adopt provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, named by one speaker as the first real challenge to the “colonial doctrines of discovery”. Others urged them to heed their obligations under the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169, which safeguards indigenous rights in natural resource use and explicitly outlines State behaviour for relocating native peoples when considered necessary as an exceptional measure.
The delegate from the Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia said no such consultations had been held before military bases had been set up on their territories. Some 70,000 indigenous peoples had been displaced and 75 per cent of children were suffering from malnutrition. Forced displacement and murder statistics surpassed those of last year.
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http://7thspace.com/headlines/310006/indigenous_groups_call_for_halt_by_foreign_companies_of_land_use_for_oil_mining_without_their_prior_knowledge_consent_as_permanent_forum_continues.html
As Stewards of Environment, ‘Indigenous People Cannot Be Sacrificed
On the Altar of Climate Change’, Forum Hears as It Turns to Arctic Region
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continued its discussion of human rights today amid calls for Governments to strictly carry out their obligations under international human rights accords, notably in the Amazon where protests by native inhabitants recently erupted after moves to open the region to oil and mining by foreign companies without their consultation.
In spirited morning debate, indigenous delegates from various parts of Latin and Central America pressed Governments -- including the United States and Canada -- to adopt provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, named by one speaker as the first real challenge to the “colonial doctrines of discovery”. Others urged them to heed their obligations under the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169, which safeguards indigenous rights in natural resource use and explicitly outlines State behaviour for relocating native peoples when considered necessary as an exceptional measure.
The delegate from the Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia said no such consultations had been held before military bases had been set up on their territories. Some 70,000 indigenous peoples had been displaced and 75 per cent of children were suffering from malnutrition. Forced displacement and murder statistics surpassed those of last year.
(huge snip)
http://7thspace.com/headlines/310006/indigenous_groups_call_for_halt_by_foreign_companies_of_land_use_for_oil_mining_without_their_prior_knowledge_consent_as_permanent_forum_continues.html