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UNPO Address to the UNPFII

Submitted by rains on So, 04/06/2008 - 20:23
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Fri, 05/25/2007 - 09:50 — In a joint statement to the Sixth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held from 14 to 25 May 2007 at the UN headquarters in New York, UNPO, its Members, and its partners, focuses on the environment and suggests 'Climate Change' as the thematic context of the Seventh Session.

We, the OPM never surrender.

Submitted by Alezev on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:42
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Mon, 01/29/2007 - 09:11 — Dewa Adat Biak, West Papua
This is the politic statement said of one OPM Commander area in Biak,Papua when he taken consolidation Mambruk troops of OPM January 20, 2007

Edyson Wenda on Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution

Submitted by FdN on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:24
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United Nations - Economic and Social Council

Working Group on Indigenous Populations
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 31st July - 4th August 2006
Item (c) of the Agenda: Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution
Dear Chair, Tribal & Indigenous Peoples, Secretariat, Government representatives, ladies & Gentleman,

WGIP 2006 - Benny Wenda on Utilization of indigenous peoples’ lands by non-indigenous for military purposes

Submitted by rains on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:24
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United Nations - Economic and Social Council

Working Group on Indigenous Populations
Twenty-fourth session
Geneva, 31st July - 4 th August 2006
Item (b) of the Agenda: Principal theme: “Utilization of indigenous peoples’ lands by non-indigenous authorities, groups or individuals for military purposes”
Dear Chairperson, Tribal & Indigenous Peoples, Secretariat, Government representatives, ladies & Gentleman,

STATEMENT ON BEHALF FOR THE PAPUA CUSTOMARY COUNCIL AND LAND IS LIFE

Submitted by rains on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:19
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Dear Madam Chair,

Papua indigenous people have been worse condition for years due to our objection of being Indonesian people. Years passing by and we remain to claim our position as Melanesian which lead to anger by Indonesia government and its military.

The issue of the Act of Free Choice in 1969 had become the basic theme of protests of Papua indigenous people,leading in number of cases such as Laskar Jihad and militia forces.

Intervention by Benny Wenda - Koteka Tribal Assembly, West Papua

Submitted by rains on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:18
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Dear Chair, Ancestral owners of the land we stand on, elders, leaders, Government representatives and ladies and gentlemen.

Today I must present the statement of Benny Wenda the leader of the Koteka Tribal Assembly, in West Papua. Benny has asked me to say to you how sorry he is that he cannot be here today but his visa application is still being processed. Benny has also asked me to formally acknowledge with heartfelt thanks the support offered to him by the United Nations Voluntary Fund.

We very much hope that Benny will be able to be at future meetings.

STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC CAUCUS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:

Submitted by FdN on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:17
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Human rights: with special emphasis on an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people

Protect Akha Human Rights - Akha voices

Submitted by Akha on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:16
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My name is Michu Wurh Zurh. I am an Akha woman and I live in northern Thailand.

My husband helped the Akha people, that is all he did and the Thai government kicked him out of Thailand in April of 2004. They did not like that he helped my people. We are 70,000 in Thailand. He gave the Akha free medicine, milk for mother’s, vitamins, took people to the hospital. He did it all for free. He did not kill anyone, he did not sell drugs, so why has the Thai government kicked him out of Thailand?

AKHA VOICES - Akha Human Rights - UPDATED WITH FILM

Submitted by Akha on So, 04/06/2008 - 19:14
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The Akha struggle for their human rights in SE Asia. One of the most severe human rights situation for the Akha People is in Thailand.
The Thai government continues to seize Akha land as confirmed in the US Human Rights Report on Thailand for 2005. The Thai government continues to harass Akha Human Rights workers. The Thai government continues to carry out extra-judicial killings of the Akha people.

Roy Sesana, the Alternative Nobel Prize winner, speaks

Submitted by FdN on So, 04/06/2008 - 18:50
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My name is Roy Sesana; I am a Gana Bushman from the Kalahari in what is now called Botswana. In my language, my name is ‘Tobee' and our land is ‘T//amm'. We have been there longer than any people has been anywhere.

When I was young, I went to work in a mine. I put off my skins and wore clothes. But I went home after a while. Does that make me less Bushman? I don't think so.