Esta
intervención conjunta recibe la aprobación por las Naciones Organizaciones siguientes:
Presentado por: La Nación Onondaga y American Indian Law Alliance; afirmado por
las Naciones: Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores Haudenosaunee; Banda Costera de
la Nación Chumash; Pueblo Moenkopi, Hopi Nación [Arizona]; Ngā Ariki Kaipūtahi,
Aotearoa; Nación Ochapowace; afirmado por las Organizaciones: Comisión Aborigen
por los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia; Consejo de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre
Biocolonialismo; Iniciativa de Valores Indígenas; Los Vecinos de la Nación
Onondaga; Instituto de Lugares Sagrados; Fondo Séptima Generación de los
Pueblos Indígenas; Diáspora Sur Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo; y
TONATIERRA.
Presentado
en las Consultas sobre la Participación de los Pueblos indígenas en las
Naciones Unidas.
Presentado
verbalmente el 30 de junio de 2016; Sede de las Naciones Unidas, Nueva York.
Cuerpo para Supervisar Acreditación: Violación de la Libre Determinación
2. Seguimos afirmando que este órgano propuesto para supervisar la acreditación es una violación directa de nuestro derecho a la libre determinación según lo previsto en el artículo 3 de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas (DNUDPI).
3. La sugerencia de que los estados miembros de la ONU de alguna manera tienen el derecho de determinar quién se le permitirá una participación aumentada por acreditación es discriminatoria en su cara.
4. Hacer los pueblos indígenas sentarse junto a los estados miembros para determinar quién es merecedor de participación aumentada es un ejemplo de la misma mentalidad de divide y vencerás derivada de la Doctrina del Descubrimiento el que hemos estado luchando desde el primer contacto con los estados colonizadores y sus antecedentes de las colonias reales. Estos mismos procesos utilizados por la colonización se sugieren ahora para ser implementados como una herramienta burocrática para la "acreditación."
5. Muchos estados miembros de la ONU ni siquiera reconocen la existencia de los Pueblos Indígenas que viven dentro de sus fronteras. Incluso los estados miembros que reconocen algunos de los pueblos indígenas que viven dentro de sus fronteras, continúan negando a los demás.
6. La propuesta para la participación aumentada prevista para los pueblos indígenas es discriminatoria cuando muchos estados miembros manipulan el proceso para imponer mayores restricciones sobre quién puede intervenir, bajo el pretexto de una esquema burocrática de aumentar la participación de os Pueblos Indígenas en la ONU.
7. Aunque la Confederación Haudenosaunee encaja en los criterios propuestos para aumentar la participación de los Pueblos Indígenas en la ONU, es nuestra responsabilidad y obligación de solidarizarnos con nuestros hermanos y hermanas que siguen siendo marginados por los mismos procesos de la ONU que se supone fueron instituidos para promover los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.
Negamos Consentimiento
8. También sometemos que la consulta electrónica no es lo mismo como una consulta plena, y la consulta no es consentimiento. Para muchos de nuestros hermanos y hermanas, el Internet no es accesible en sus territorios.
9. Nos preocupamos que los individuos que tienen una afiliación directa con los estados miembros de la ONU se les dará prioridad a intervenir y participar por encima de Naciones y Pueblos Indígenas que son independientes de los estados miembros de la ONU.
10. Como se observó con el pequeño número de personas que asistieron hoy esta consulta, podemos ver claramente que sólo unas pocas voces son escuchadas con respecto a estas importantes discusiones.
Nada sobre nosotros, sin nosotros
11. Estamos de
acuerdo en que los mecanismos actuales de las Naciones Unidas impiden la
participación plena, igualitaria, y efectivo de los Pueblos y Naciones Indígenas
en el sistema de la ONU. Somos Pueblos, iguales a todos los demás pueblos y
merecemos la plena participación no nomas una participación aumentada.
12.
Recomendamos y afirmamos que debemos ser reconocidos como nuestros propios
expertos en cualquier foro que nos concierne y debemos tener una participación
plena, igualitaria y efectiva en todos
los foros de la ONU.
13.
Recomendamos que los Pueblos Indígenas seleccionamos asesores propios a través
de nuestros propios procesos tradicionales, como hacemos La Confederación
Haudenosaunee, para asistir a los asesores al Presidente de la Asamblea General
en un mismo nivel de para llegar a un plan más comprehensivo e inclusivo para
la participación con el sistema de la ONU.
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TONATIERRA
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3. The suggestion that UN member states somehow have the right to determine who will be allowed enhanced participation accreditation is discriminatory on its face.
4. Asking Indigenous Peoples to sit alongside member states to determine who is deserving of enhanced participation is the same divide and conquer mentality derived from the Doctrine of Discovery which we have been fighting since contact. The same processes used to colonize us are being suggested to be implemented as a tool for ‘accreditation.’
5. Many UN member states do not even recognize that they have Indigenous Peoples living within their borders. Even member states which recognize some of the Indigenous Peoples living within their borders, continue to deny others.
6. The proposed enhanced participation for Indigenous Peoples is discriminatory when many member states look to impose greater restrictions of who can speak under the guise of enhanced participation.
7. Although the Haudenosaunee fit into the proposed criteria for enhanced participation, it is our responsibility and obligation to stand by our Indigenous brothers and sisters that continue to be marginalized by the very UN processes that were supposed to be implemented to further the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
We Deny Consent
8. We also submit that electronic consultation is not consultation and consultation is not consent. For many of our sisters and brothers, internet is not accessible in their territories.
9. We fear that individuals which have a direct affiliation with UN member states will be given priority to speak and participate above Indigenous Nations and Peoples who are independent of UN member states.
10. As observed by the small number of people in attendance today, we can clearly see that only a few voices are heard regarding these important discussions.
Nothing About Us, Without Us
11. We agree that the current mechanisms for Indigenous Peoples and Nations prevent our full, equal and effective participation. We are peoples equal to all other peoples and deserve full participation and not enhanced participation.
12. We recommend and affirm that we must be recognized as our own experts in any forum concerning us and we must have full, equal and effective participation in all UN fora.
13. We recommend that Indigenous Peoples selected through our traditional processes; like the Haudenosaunee, assist advisers on an equal level to come up with a more comprehensive and inclusive plan for participation.
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AILA: Intervention at the UN Consultation on Indigenous Participation
This joint intervention is endorsed by the following Nations
and Indigenous organizations: Presented by: The Onondaga Nation and American
Indian Law Alliance; with Nations: Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee;
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation; Hopi, Moenkopi village, Arizona; Ngā Ariki
Kaipūtahi, Aotearoa ; Ochapowace Nation; with Organizations: Aboriginal
Commission for Human Rights and
Justice; Indigenous Peoples
Council on Biocolonialism; Indigenous
Values Initiative; Neighbors of the Onondaga
Nation; Sacred Places Institute; Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous
Peoples; Southern Diaspora Research & Development Center; and TONATIERRA.
Presented at the Consultation Regarding Enhanced
Participation for Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations.
Presented verbally on 30 June 2016; UN Headquarters, New
York City.
1. My original
name is Gaen hia uh, my colonized name
is Betty Lyons and I am a proud citizen
of the Onondaga Nation and President of the American Indian Law Alliance.
Body to Oversee Accreditation: Violation of
Self-Determination
2. We continue
to assert that this proposed body to oversee accreditation is in direct
violation of our right to
self-determination as provided for
under Article 3 of the
United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
3. The suggestion that UN member states somehow have the right to determine who will be allowed enhanced participation accreditation is discriminatory on its face.
4. Asking Indigenous Peoples to sit alongside member states to determine who is deserving of enhanced participation is the same divide and conquer mentality derived from the Doctrine of Discovery which we have been fighting since contact. The same processes used to colonize us are being suggested to be implemented as a tool for ‘accreditation.’
5. Many UN member states do not even recognize that they have Indigenous Peoples living within their borders. Even member states which recognize some of the Indigenous Peoples living within their borders, continue to deny others.
6. The proposed enhanced participation for Indigenous Peoples is discriminatory when many member states look to impose greater restrictions of who can speak under the guise of enhanced participation.
7. Although the Haudenosaunee fit into the proposed criteria for enhanced participation, it is our responsibility and obligation to stand by our Indigenous brothers and sisters that continue to be marginalized by the very UN processes that were supposed to be implemented to further the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
We Deny Consent
8. We also submit that electronic consultation is not consultation and consultation is not consent. For many of our sisters and brothers, internet is not accessible in their territories.
9. We fear that individuals which have a direct affiliation with UN member states will be given priority to speak and participate above Indigenous Nations and Peoples who are independent of UN member states.
10. As observed by the small number of people in attendance today, we can clearly see that only a few voices are heard regarding these important discussions.
Nothing About Us, Without Us
11. We agree that the current mechanisms for Indigenous Peoples and Nations prevent our full, equal and effective participation. We are peoples equal to all other peoples and deserve full participation and not enhanced participation.
12. We recommend and affirm that we must be recognized as our own experts in any forum concerning us and we must have full, equal and effective participation in all UN fora.
13. We recommend that Indigenous Peoples selected through our traditional processes; like the Haudenosaunee, assist advisers on an equal level to come up with a more comprehensive and inclusive plan for participation.
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