Saturday, March 1, 2014

Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth




The
TIME
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Recommendation to the 13th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples
12-23 May 2014   UN Headquarters   New York


Fundamental to the right of nationality, as members of the Nations of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala, the Great Turtle Island which is referenced in article 6 of the UNDRIP, and evidenced unequivocally by the Treaty Status, namely international personality which was subject of the UN Treaty Study conducted by Miguel Alfonso Martinez; 

That in discussion on the special theme of this year’s session, that the UNPFIP address the violations of the Right of Self Determination and Full and Equal Participation as Peoples, equal to all other peoples in the conceptualization, the design, the implementation and evaluation of regional trade agreements among the UN member states such as are evidenced in North American by the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA, and the impending menace of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).

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Link:
United Nations Economic and Social Council
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Sub-Commission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities

HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous populations
Final report by Miguel Alfonso Martínez, Special Rapporteur
22 June 1999