FW: Indigenous Declaration Approved at Last

[Aidan Wilson]

I think many Australians are equally embarrassed, but to be brutally 
honest, from Howard we wouldn't expect anything less. However, I'm very 
surprised at New Zealand's behaviour. Any explanation for that?

-AW


Derksen Jacob wrote:
>
> With regard to the Universal Declaration, I have to say that, as a 
> Canadian, I'm embarassed and ashamed of my gov't. Again! (For what 
> it's worth, I never voted for the clown we have in office at present.)
> J. Derksen
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>     Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:22:33 -0400
>     From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET
>     Subject: [ILAT] FW: Indigenous Declaration Approved at Last
>     To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>
>     FYI…
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>     *From:* owner-lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>     [mailto:owner-lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu] *On Behalf Of
>     *Teresa McCarty
>     *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2007 10:44 AM
>     *To:* lgpolicy-list at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>     *Subject:* Indigenous Declaration Approved at Last
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>     Dear Friends,
>
>     You may have seen this in the papers today.  Finally, after 22
>     years, the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
>     Peoples has been approved by the U.N. General Assembly, with 143
>     of 192 delegates voting in favor (voting against were the US,
>     Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).  The attached UN newsletter
>     was forwarded by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas; see the first article.
>
>     This is definitely cause for celebration and appreciation of all
>     those who fought long and hard for this over more than 2 decades.
>
>     Teresa L. McCarty, Ph.D.
>     Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education Policy Studies
>     Arizona State University
>     Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
>     Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
>     Farmer Building 120 - PO Box 872411
>     Tempe, AZ 85287-2411
>     PH: 480.965.6357  FAX: 480.965-1880
>     Teresa.McCarty at asu.edu
>
>
>     The stories in today's IPS UN Journal include the following:
>
>     NATIVE PEOPLES SCORE HISTORIC POLITICAL VICTORY
>     Haider Rizvi
>     UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - After 22 years of long and
>     cumbersome negotiations, leaders of the world's 270 million
>     indigenous people have won a powerful symbolic victory in their
>     fight for recognition of the right to self-determination and
>     control over their land and resources.
>
>     CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA TILT GLOBAL POWER BALANCE
>     Linus Atarah
>     HELSINKI, Sep 13 (IPS) - Four developing countries -- China,
>     India, Brazil and South Africa (CIBS) -- are poised to become new
>     southern engines of global economic growth with increasing
>     potential to provide prosperity to other developing countries,
>     said prominent economics researchers here.
>
>     U.S., U.N. STAGE DUELING CLIMATE MEETS
>     Thalif Deen
>     UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - Are the United Nations and the
>     United States trying to outdo each other by hosting two parallel
>     summit meetings on the same subject -- climate change -- during
>     the same week at the end of September?
>
>     'CHINA UNFAZED BY DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP'
>     Stephen de Tarczynki
>     MELBOURNE, Sep 13 (IPS) - Analysts here say that while China does
>     not welcome the Democracy Partnership' announced by President
>     George W. Bush at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
>     summit in Sydney last week, it is not overly alarmed either.
>
>     WINTER OLYMPICS IN RUSSIA-- PUTIN WARNS AGAINST CORRUPTION
>     MOSCOW, Sep 13 (IPS) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt
>     warning to heads of organisations and regional administrations
>     involved with the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in
>     Sochi, Russia's southern sea resort, to eschew corruption.
>
>     NEWSBRIEFS...
>     'EU Not Aiding Women Enough'
>     Parliaments Said to be Weak in Fighting Desertification
>     ________________________________________________
>
>     IPS, United Nations, Room S-485, New York, N.Y. 10017
>     Tel.(212)963-6156/963-1175, Fax (212)754-2791/888-6099
>
>     -- 
>     Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
>     Roskilde University, Dept of Languages and Culture, Denmark
>     Åbo Akademi University Vasa, Dept of Education, Finland
>     Use only home address - get it from me.
>     email:SkutnabbKangas followed by @gmail.com <http://gmail.com>
>     <http://gmail.com/>
>     home page: http://akira.ruc.dk/~tovesk/
>     <http://akira.ruc.dk/%7Etovesk/>
>
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