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Box 2574 :: :: Olympia, Wa Fido Net 1:352/333 :: :: 98507-2574 206-786-9629 :: :: USA The Quarto Mundista BBS :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: WORLD INDIGENOUS CONFERENCE IN KARI-OCA, RIO DE JANEIRO Around 400 indigenous delegates from all parts of the world came to meet in a community in Karioca, situated some 30km from Rio. The conference was held from 25-30 May, 1992, a week prior to the UN organised governmental summit in Brazil on Environment and Development. Despite language barriers this meeting evoked an atmosphere of fraternity in which one voice of condemnation and defiance was heard. This common expression was directed towards the States that today show concern over the destruction of the environment, but at the same time exclude the indigenous peoples from the UNCED proceedings. The indigenous nations, peoples and organisations present there, take the opportunity to remind international public opinion that they have for centuries maintained a close bond and respect for Mother Nature. In this relationship, interdependence and ecological balance have remained in complete harmony. Indigenous peoples around the World are in the front line in defending their rainforests and are currently struggling against logging companies. The construction of hydroelectric dams poses another threat, by contaminating the water and directly affecting the lives of entire indigenous peoples, as well as undermining their spiritual life. The following is the Declaration brought forward by the Indigenous Delegates participating in the Kari-oca Conference: D E C L A R A T I O N O F K A R I - O C A Kari-oca, Brazil 30 May, 1992 PREAMBLE The World Conference of Indigenous Peoples on Territory, Environment and Development. (25-30 May 1992). The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and Pacific. United in one voice at Kari-oca village express our collective gratitude to the Indigenos Peoples of Brazil. Inspired by this historical meeting, we celebrate the spiritual unity of the Indigenous Peoples with the land and ourselves. We continue building and formulating our united commitment to save our Mother the earth. We, the Indigenous Peoples, endorse the following declaration as our collective responsibility to carry our indigenous minds and voices into the future. DECLARATION We, the Indigenous Peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors. From the smallest to the largest living being, from the four directions, from the air, the land and the mountains. The creator has placed us. The Indigenous peoples upon our Mother the earth. The footprints of our ancestors are permanently etched upon the lands of our peoples. We, the Indigenous peoples, maintain our inherent rights to self- determination. We have always had the right to decide our own forms of government, to use our own laws, to raise and educate our children, to our own cultural identity without interference. We continue to maintain our rights as peoples despite centuries of deprivation, assimilation and genocide. We maintain our inalienable rights to our lands and territories, to all our resources -- above and below -- and to our waters. We assert our ongoing responsibility to pass these onto the future generations. We cannot be removed from our lands. We, the Indigenous peoples are connected by the circle of life to our lands and environments. We, the Indigenous peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors. 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