[PEN-L:9656] FW: WORKING GROUP ON INDIGNEOUS PEOPLES 1999 - GENEVA IN SESSION

["Craven, Jim" <jcraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Boyle, Francis [mailto:FBOYLE@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:13 AM
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Subject: RE: WORKING GROUP ON INDIGNEOUS PEOPLES 1999 - GENEVA IN
SESSION
Importance: High


Concerning Indigenous Peoples and Their Lands, the starting point for any
analysis must be common  article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights:
Article 1.
1.  All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that
right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their
economic, social and cultural development.
2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural
wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of
international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual
benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its
own means of subsistence.
3. The States Parties to the present Covenant... shall promote the
realization of the right of self-determination, and shall respect that
right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United
Nations.
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For what it is worth, in my opinion,Indigenous Peoples should accept nothing
less from the States in Geneva, most of which are contracting parties to
these two UN Covenants. Even the United States is a party to the Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights. To accept anything less would fatally compromise
the rights that Indigenous Peoples already have under these two Covenants as
already recognized by most States of the world community.

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
From: kekula@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:kekula@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:12 PM
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Subject: WORKING GROUP ON INDIGNEOUS PEOPLES 1999 - GENEVA IN SESSION


NETWARRIORS FRONTLINE REPORT
17th WGIP 7/27/99
____________________________

Indigenous Relatives and Supporters:

NetWarriors are frontline in Geneva once again for the Working Group on
Indigenous Peoples.  This is the 17th Session of Indigenous Peoples
Struggling in Geneva with Governments for the basic the MINIMAL Human
Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be acknowledged, respected, upheld and
considered.  This year there are over 1,000 delegates present at the
session.  We send our prayers and solidarity to them as they struggle to
eat, pay the bus fares and deal with the language barriers under oppressive
states conditions.

The session began Monday July 26, 1999 and will go on this week.  The 24-
25 there was a prepatory caucus meeting at the WCC as usual.  No reports
were sent out from this meeting. We do know the Indigenous Peoples in
Relationship to the Land is one of the key focus areas being discussed for
purpose of strategy and session progress.

The was a memorial for Ingrid Washinawatok and Andrew Grey held at the
beginning of the session.

(Andrew Grey suffered an untimely death enroute from Vanuatu this year and
was a solid support for Indigenous Peoples at the UN and in their
internatinal struggle for Human Rights as a member of IWGIA)

The morning of the 27th which will take place in approximately 15 hours
from now Geneva time will address the principle issue on the agenda this
week titled "Indigenous Peoples and their Relationship to Land"

Any Indigenous Peoples who would like to send over their own statements in
regards to this issue this week please forward to us and we will have them
printed and posted for all delegates and governments to read at the session.

I want to point out that indigenous delegates at the session do in fact
read the statements they can understand before and during breaks of
sessions.  They are able to gain understanding of how other indigenous
peoples are looking at the issues they are dealing with.  They are also
inspired.  And, you should also know that state diplomats also read the
reports and are affected by them.  Last WGDD I did get a picture of one of
the US representatives actually taking down one of your comments from the
board.  When I approached him (okay it was SW that's all I'm saying) he
said he had an international attorney at the State Department he wanted to
get to give his opinion on the statement he had pulled down.  It was the
end of the session and so I felt it was good he wanted to look into it.
The statement he took with him was from, Francis A Boyle, PhD.

Interventions and UNPO Monitor to come soon...

k






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