World's Indigenous People

Should Missionaries get out of Tribal lands?

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:08
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Charity or not to Charity ?

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:06
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what more would you like to see here?

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:03
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Should fPcN look for ECOSOC consultative status with the UN?

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 10:56
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yes, this is a good idea
42% (10 votes)
no, they are not in our line
13% (3 votes)
well, maybe, if it really helps tribals
46% (11 votes)
Total votes: 24

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ VOICE SUPPRESSED AT UNITED NATIONS

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:47
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Rome, Feb. 14, 2008 - This morning Indigenous Peoples’ representatives formally withdrew from meeting of the Working Group on Protected Areas of the International Convention on Biological Diversity to protest their suppression of their effective participation at the meeting, being held at FAO headquarters in the Italian capital.

Native Peoples Score Historic Political Victory

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:28
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - After 22 years of long and cumbersome negotiations, leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous people have won a powerful symbolic victory in their fight for recognition of the right to self-determination and control over their land and resources.

On Thursday, an overwhelming majority of the 192-member U.N. General Assembly said "yes" to a resolution calling for the adoption of the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

UNPO Address to the UNPFII

Submitted by rains on Sun, 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.

UN Meets to Debate Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 20:07
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A report on Sixth Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

A U. N. body committed to defending the rights of the world's over 370 million indigenous peoples meets later this month (May 14-25) in New York. Among the topics of discussion will be ways to increase international recognition of indigenous rights and to improve the participation of native peoples in their own development. From Washington, VOA reporter William Eagle looks at the upcoming Sixth UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

UN & NGOs call for an early adoption of the UNs Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly.

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:32
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Chairperson of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Special Rapporteur appeal to Members States

Organizations from eight countries demand the FSC to withdraw its “green label” to several plantation companies

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:30
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Organizations from eight different countries are requesting the Forest Stewardship Council –a labelling scheme that certifies good forest management practices- to withdraw the FSC certificate awarded to a number of companies in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Ireland, South Africa, Spain and Uruguay. The challenged certifications in all cases involve large-scale tree plantations which the organizations point out violate the FSC’s mandate of promoting “environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.”