UN Passes Treaty on Native Rights

BBC News ^ | September 13, 2007

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The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples after 22 years of debate.

The treaty sets down protections for the human rights of native peoples, and for their land and resources.

It passed despite opposition from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. They said it was incompatible with their own laws.

There are estimated to be up to 370 million indigenous people in the world.

They include the Innu tribe in Canada, the Bushmen of Botswana and Australia's Aborigines.

Campaigners say they are under greater pressure than ever, as developers, loggers, farmers and mineral extractors move in on their land.

'Important symbol'

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples calls on countries to give more control to tribal peoples over the land and resources they traditionally possessed, and to return confiscated territory, or pay compensation.

The General Assembly passed it, with 143 countries voting in favour and 11 abstaining.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Got it.

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There are Native American (Indian) sights about this issue.

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Increments, so we won’t notice the water is getting hotter.

[LexBaird]

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples calls on countries to give more control to tribal peoples over the land and resources they traditionally possessed, and to return confiscated territory, or pay compensation.

But I thought the U.N. was against a Jewish homeland in Israel.

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Not that I’ve seen.

[DoughtyOne]

Sure is...

[DoughtyOne]

Agreed. Thanks.

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Now lets see them enforce it.

It will be interesting.

[metesky]

raze

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Here's the State Departments meaning of "native."

"Indigenous people generally are defined as the sector of the population descended from the original inhabitants of the region. Among the indigenous populations identified by the United Nations are the Indians of the Americas, the Inuit and Aleutians of the northernmost regions of the world, the Saami of northern Europe, the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand."

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Does this apply to the indigenous peoples of Europe, who are being overrun by murderous Mahometans,

The un is their enabler and go between? Nope, anything they want, the un is in their corner.

[TChris]

Indigenous people generally are defined as the sector of the population descended from the original inhabitants of the region.

LOL!

A circular definition. How quaint.

OK, since the word "native" means "Indigenous", and "Indigenous" relies on the term "original inhabitants", the next logical question is this: What is the definition of the term "original inhabitants"?

How far back do you go to declare a group of inhabitants "original"?

The whole thing is a malicious, thinly-veiled power grab. (As if most of the UN's day-to-day work isn't...)

[DesScorp]

The UN is the enemy of western civilization. We’d be better off leaving.

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According to the SD, only the “Original Inhabitants” are native. If you’re not an American Indian, you’re not indigenous or native.

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But I thought the U.N. was against a Jewish homeland in Israel.

Wouldn't that be poetic justice if Israel petitioned them. lol

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I ‘spose this means that the afrocentrists will now be advocating pushing “norteafricanos” into the Med?

This can turn into one ugly can of worms.

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Ratification of unclos (L.O.S.T) will come up on the 27. I shudder to think what will happen to our country if that is ratified.

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The whole thing is a malicious, thinly-veiled power grab. (As if most of the UN's day-to-day work isn't...)

BINGO!

[DoughtyOne]

Yep, we played around too long and now the U.N. is going to become a major pain in the a—.

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The UN is the enemy of western civilization. We’d be better off leaving.

Too many of our politicians support it.