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Statement Submitted to the Eleventh Session the Working Group on Indigenous Popluations
Speech presented by the Ainu people of Japan. The speech covers many topics but three main issues are: Ainu territory was divided as a result of historical progress and due…
learn more downloadSubmission to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at its Fifth Session, by the National Indian Youth Council, Inc. and the Indian Law Resource Center
Paper discussing debates over indigenous self-determinaiton concerning the autonomy demands of the Miskito, Sumo and Rama Indians of the Atlantic Coast region of Nicaragua. The indigenous people of this area…
learn more downloadStatement Concerning the Right of Self-Determination of the West Papuan People
Paper addressing the issues of the indigenous people of West Papua. The main issues this paper points out are the people of West Papua are engaged in a struggle for…
learn more downloadDiscussion Paper for National Tribal Leaders’ Meetings: 1993 Administration Transition Pland and 1992-97 Congressional Initiatives
Discussion paper addressing the new Federal Administration on the issues of Indian Affairs in America. Issues include Inian Policy, principlesof government-to-government relations, commitment to protect trust assets, NCAI 12 point…
learn more downloadReview of Developments Pertaining to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Populations
Paper addressed to the Madame Chairperson of the WGIP regarding issues such as land claims in Canada, the British Columbia Treaty Commission, Council of Yukon Indians and self-government. Also written…
learn more downloadThe Existing Working Group as a Subsidiary Body of the Commission on Human Rights and a Case for the Setting Up of a Fully Operational Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Objectives of this paper are to set in place at the UNO an Indigenous Peoples secretariat, working within criteria to be determined and the work of the secretariat to be…
learn more downloadAn Analysis of the Bangladesh Government Report on the Logang Massacre of 10 April, 1992
Paper discussing the horrific massacres happening in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region by the Bangladesh Military and the elaborate cover-ups of the massacres. This paper discusses a specific Logang Massacre…
learn more downloadThe World Bank Tribal Policy: Criticisms and Recommendations
Paper regarding the official policy statement of the World Bank toward tribes. Issues include the inevitability of development, the benefits of development, development choices, ethnic identity or tribal culture and…
learn more downloadDeclaration on State Sovereignty of the Yakut-Sakha Soviet Socialist Republic
Considerations and concerns over the autonomous republic limits of sovereign rights. Included are the eleven articles of the declaration.
learn more downloadTransnational Corporations and Their Effect on the Resources and Lands of Indigenous Peoples
Paper prepared based on the policies of the WCIP and the documentation that was made available after the WCIP Third General Assembly. Focus on the activities of the transnational corporations…
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