THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT POLICY SUCCESSES ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES (fwd link)

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THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT POLICY SUCCESSES ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES, BUT
SAY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONTINUE TO FACE EXCLUSION, EXPLOITATION, POVERTY

Published on: 2008-10-21
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As the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today took up
indigenous issues and matters relating to the Second International Decade of
the World’s Indigenous People, speakers pointed to the continued
marginalization of indigenous peoples and stressed the importance of
integrating the indigenous community into national development processes, with
the aid of carefully developed intergovernmental mechanisms.

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