HONOURING INDIGENOUS GROUPS, UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES RESPECT FOR EXISTING TREATIES

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HONOURING INDIGENOUS GROUPS, UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES RESPECT FOR
EXISTING TREATIESNew York, Aug 7 2013 12:00PMAhead of the
International Day of the World's Indigenous People, the United Nations
human rights chief today urged States to do more to honour and
strengthen their treaties with indigenous peoples, no matter how long
ago they were signed.

"Even when signed or otherwise agreed more than a century ago, many
treaties remain the cornerstone for the protection of the identity,
land and customs of indigenous peoples, determining the relationship
they have with the State," High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi
Pillay said in a
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13610&LangID=E">statement.

She added that treaties are often a decisive step in ending a period
of conflict, exploitation and expropriation.

"The honouring of treaties has in many cases been described as a
sacred undertaking requiring good faith by each party for their proper
enforcement. Yet too often indigenous communities are obliged to go to
the courts to force States to live up to their promises," she added,
highlighting the fact that exploitation and expropriation continue
today.

The High Commissioner noted the importance of the UN Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted in 2007 to protect
the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous peoples worldwide
and to promote the recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties
and other arrangements concluded with States or their successors.

"I encourage States to take concrete steps to honour and strengthen
the treaties they have concluded with indigenous peoples and to
cooperate with them in implementing new agreements or other
constructive arrangements through transparent, inclusive and
participatory negotiations," Ms. Pillay said.

The theme of this year's World Indigenous Day – which has been marked
annually on 9 August since 1995 – is "Honouring treaties, agreements
and other constructive arrangements." It aims to highlight the
importance of honouring arrangements between States, their citizens
and indigenous peoples that were designed to recognize indigenous
peoples' rights to their lands and establish a framework for living in
proximity and entering into economic relationships.

This message underlines the need for States and indigenous peoples to
build relationships based on trust, mutual respect, rule of law and
the affirmation of indigenous peoples' culture and customs, Ms. Pillay
said.

The UN will mark the Day this year with a special event in New York on
Friday, featuring senior UN officials and some 2,000 representatives
from indigenous groups from around the world.

Also that day, hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous rowers are
scheduled to arrive in Manhattan after having collectively travelled
thousands of miles on canoes and horsebacks. The event honours the Two
Row Wampum Treaty concluded in 1613 between Dutch immigrants and the
Haudenosaunee, a confederacy of six nations, with the capital in the
Onondaga nation in New York state.

In 2014, the UN will hold the first World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, a high-level plenary meeting with UN Member States. Two
hundred indigenous participants from seven regions are to be invited,
according to the event's website.Aug 7 2013 12:00PM
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