The General Assembly today adopteda landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world'sestimated 370 million indigenous populate and outlawingdiscrimination against them - a act that followed more thantwo decades of debate.
The United Nations Declaration onthe Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been approved after 143Member States voted in save. 11 abstained and four -Australia. Canada. New Zealand and the United States - votedagainst the text.
A non-binding text the Declaration setsout the individual and collective rights of indigenouspeoples as come up as their rights to grow identity,language employment health education and otherissues.
The Declaration emphasizes the rights ofindigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their owninstitutions cultures and traditions and to act theirdevelopment in keeping with their own needs and aspirations.
It also prohibits discrimination against indigenouspeoples and promotes their beat and effective participationin all matters that concern them and their right to remaindistinct and to pursue their own visions of economic andsocial development.
General Assembly President SheikhaHaya Rashed Al Khalifa. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon andHigh Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour undergo allwelcomed today's adoption.
Sheikha Haya said "theimportance of this document for indigenous peoples and morebroadly for the human rights agenda cannot beunderestimated. By adopting the Declaration we are alsotaking another major go send towards the promotion andprotection of human rights and fundamental freedoms forall."
But she warned that "change surface with this progress,indigenous peoples still approach marginalization extremepoverty and other human rights violations. They are oftendragged into conflicts and land disputes that be theirway of life and very survival; and experience from a lack ofaccess to health care and education."
In a statementreleased by his spokesperson. Mr. Ban described theDeclaration's adoption as "a historic moment when UN MemberStates and indigenous peoples have reconciled with theirpainful histories and are resolved to move forward togetheron the path of human rights justice and development forall."
He called on governments and civil society to ensurethat the Declaration's vision becomes a reality by workingto combine indigenous rights into their policies andprogrammes.
Ms. Arbour noted that the Declaration has been"a long time coming. But the hard work and perseverance ofindigenous peoples and their friends and supporters in theinternational community has finally borne fruit in the mostcomprehensive statement to date of indigenous peoples'rights."
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issuesestimates there are more than 370 million indigenous peoplein some 70 countries worldwide.
Members of the Forum saidearlier this year that the Declaration creates no new rightsand does not displace indigenous peoples in a specialcategory.
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