Forum for Global Exchange
2006
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Indigenous Groups Tell WIPO,
December 06, 2006This week, a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee is debating policies related to the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources with an eye to helping… more >>More -
Chin: Turning Refugees into 'Terrorists': A U.S. Legislative Trap
December 05, 2006The Karen refugees from on the Thai-Burmese border do not know it yet, but perhaps their miserable existence in legal limbo will end soon, thanks to the results of the midterm elections in the United States.More -
A New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century
December 05, 2006Within the framework of the title,More -
A New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century
December 05, 2006The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has held its VIII General Assembly (GA), and deliberated on organizational reform to strengthen UNPO and its upcoming activities around the world.More -
Q&A With Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Les Mazeler, by Elisa Burchett
December 01, 2006Elisa Burchett talks with Les Mazeler to answer a few basic questions regarding the November 28 vote to delay the passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesMore -
Banned Papua flag flies in Papua New Guinea
November 30, 2006A flag banned from being raised in Indonesia flew in Port Moresby today as activists called on Australia and other nations to support the province of Papua's independence from JakartaMore -
U.N. Delays Vote on Indigenous Self-Determination
November 29, 2006Leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples and their supporters expressed sadness and anger Tuesday as a subsidiary body of the U.N. General Assembly rejected a draft declaration calling for the international… more >>More