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Thursday, 01 March 2012 12:42 |
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Submission of Indigenous Peoples for the Zero Draft of the Ountcome Document of the UNCSD/RIO +20. Co-organizing Partners for the Indigenous Peoples Major Group: Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Indigenous Information Network (IIN)
1. Representatives of Indigenous Peoples’ communities, organizations and networks from Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and North America, gathered together in a Global Preparatory Meeting of Indigenous Peoples on Rio+20 and Kari-Oca 2 last August 22-24, 2011 in Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The key objective of this process was to discuss and agree on how Indigenous Peoples will engage and contribute effectively in the preparatory processes and the conference proper of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development/Rio+20. The participants united on the "Manaus Declaration: Indigenous Peoples In Route To The Rio + 20 Conference” and most of the conclusions and recommendations from this are integrated in this submission.
2. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, we, the global Indigenous Peoples’ caucus, agreed on the "Karioca Declaration of Indigenous Peoples". The official outcomes of Rio 92 include the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 which recognized the vital role of Indigenous Peoples in sustainable development and identified Indigenous Peoples as one of the 9 Major Groups. During the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) in Johannesburg, South Africa, we gathered again and came up with the Kimberley Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples’ Plan of Implementation for Sustainable Development. We used this Plan as the framework in our work around sustainable development up to the present. In Johannesburg, more that 100 Heads of States recognized the “vital role of Indigenous peoples in sustainable development.” It was the first time that a High Level UN Summit used the phrase “indigenous peoples” in its Outcome Document. This helped us get the phrase “indigenous peoples” to be used by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) which was adopted by the UNGA in 2007.
3. Twenty years after Rio 92, the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus would like to present these 5 key messages which hopefully will be included in the Zero Draft and the Final Outcome Document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
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Friday, 16 December 2011 21:10 |
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Implement safeguards on REDD Plus, indigenous caucus demands
(15 December 2011) - Indigenous peoples called on the immediate implementation of the safeguards on REDD Plus.
In a press conference a day before the end of the Durban Climate Change Conference, indigenous peoples belonging to the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) called on state-parties for human rights to be central in any agreement on climate change.
The recognition of rights, including rights to land, territories and resources, and Free, Prior Informed Consent is crucial for indigenous peoples as this will rectify violation of their rights in the implementation of climate change solutions.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011 16:25 |
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URGENT APPEAL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO STATE PARTIES
STATEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IIPFCC), Durban December 7, 2011
As state-parties negotiate solutions to climate change, current climate change measures and actions are resulting in serious and massive human rights violations of indigenous peoples in addition to the worsening impacts of climate change.
Indigenous representatives underscore again their appeal to all parties to commit to a second period of agreement for the Kyoto Protocol (KP). Any additional initiatives for a legally binding agreement to be called “Durban Agreement” or “Durban Roadmap” must not deviate from the principles of historical obligation and common but differentiated responsibilities of Annex 1 states. Likewise, any new initiative should not serve as an excuse for states to avoid taking immediate measures to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions at the source. We are concerned that Annex I countries are working towards replacing the Kyoto Protocol with a weak domestic “pledge and review” system that will not deliver the emission reductions required. The urgency and gravity of our global climate crises demand united and concerted actions to address this situation NOW. Further delay perpetuates injustice to the peoples of the world.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 16:09 |
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POLITICAL WILL NEEDED NOW!
Indigenous networks call on states-parties to act decisively in Durban
Webcast now available!! Click here to view the webcast.
5 DECEMBER (Durban, South Africa) - Governments present in Durban continue to display lack of political will to move the Durban Climate Talks forward.
“This lack of political will is sure to further accelerate climate change and will lead to disastrous consequences for all us. This will continue to worsen the situation not only of indigenous peoples who already face the brunt of climate change, but also of the whole world,” said Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director of Tebtebba, the Philippine-based global indigenous peoples’ policy and research center.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:55 |
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Thank you Chair, for giving us this opportunity to read this statement of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC).
On the SBSTA REDD-Plus mandate to develop guidelines for system of information on how safeguards are addressed and respected, we urge the SBSTA to ensure that there is a monitoring and reporting at national and global levels that is not limited by claims of states for national sovereignty and national circumstances. There are international standards for human rights, environment and governance which should not be undermined and diminished.
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