[NYTr] Indigenous Demand Support in Chile
 
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:06:43 -0600 (CST)

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Indigenous Demand Support in Chile

Santiago de Chile, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) Political leaders, academics and
religious people are awaiting a government response to their demand that
Chile to vote in favor of the UN International Declaration of the Indigenous
Peoples Rights.

There are more than 600,000 Indigenous people in Chile, and most of them
belong to the Mapuches.

In a letter to the Government Thursday the signatories recalled "Indigenous
people's rights are still violated in different ways so it is necessary to
have guidelines to finish with this situation."

The UN Declaration on the Indigenous people's Rights was adopted in July
2006 in Geneva by the UN Human Rights Council (CDH).

One of the promoters of the Declaration, Nancy Yaqez, Director of the
Observatory of the Indigenous People's Rights, said that Chile has been
ambiguous regarding the Declaration, which can no longer be tolerated.

Chile systematically violates indigenous people's rights, with actions like
the seizure of the ancient territories and natural resources, she added.

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