21. Indigenous Peoples' International Summit On Sustainable Development, Kimberly, S indigenous peoples from South africa. However, these funds do not include the travel costs for international participants coming from other continents. So we http://www.tribalink.org/pressrelease/Indigenous.htm

Tribal Ink News Network We serve as a media bridge for the future children, the tribal people of our ancient past and the present modern world. Indigenous Peoples' International Summit on Sustainable Development, Kimberly, South Africa, 20 - 23 August 2002 Indigenous peoples all over the world gather in Kimberley, South Africa to hold the Indigenous Peoples' International Summit on Sustainable Development. Set for August 20 - 23, 2002, the conference aims to "bring together indigenous peoples from all parts of the world to share their perspectives on sustainable development and their contributions in achieving this." National Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK) for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (IPCC-WSSD) The Secretariat, c/o Barendse Griqua House, P.O. Box 547, Vryburg, 8601, SA Tel.; 27-(0)53-927-3957 Fax: 27-(0)53-927-6925

22. Harare And Indigenous Peoples The above agenda also fails to treat africa, where indigenous peoples, at least to a point, may control the modern state. In africa, we must remember that the http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/jpc/echoes-16-04.html

The Earth as Mother Harare and Indigenous Peoples by Tink Tinker The traditional cultures of Indigenous Peoples are most often rooted in some deep spiritual connection to the lands that form their traditional territories, making for a theology rooted in spatiality much more than in the colonial concern for temporality. Why Are We Still Waiting ," asked an Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus in an " appeal " to the World Council of Churches’ Eighth Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe, in December 1998. In a compelling document, the more than three dozen Indigenous delegates, advisors and "Padare" participants making up the pre-assembly Caucus named the character of their common struggles, concerns, needs and hopes. "We are still waiting," they said, "for true partnership, for full recognition of our rights." Indigenous Peoples, especially those aboriginal nations of lands currently ruled by colonial settler states or states that have unilaterally expanded their territories to include other peoples and their lands, have much in common, both culturally and politically.(1) Most often, Indigenous Peoples are politically in tension with the states that claim hegemony over them and their lands. Their cultures and languages are continually threatened by the imposition of an artificial sense of unity and uniformity. Their access to economic well-being is usually related to their willingness to comply with the cultural and economic norms of the state in control. While state hegemony can be either overt or much more subtly veiled, it is always decisive and firm.

23. CENTRAL AFRICA-EAST AFRICA Indigenous People Pledge To Push For indigenous peoples of east and central africa resolved on Meeting in Rwanda s capital, Kigali, the indigenous peoples, commonly known we have been marginalized http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=36381&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&Selec

24. - Global Policy Forum - Globalization Kimberley, South africa, 2023 August 2002. we, the indigenous peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors (Kari-Oca Declaration, Brazil, 30 http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2002/0919kim.htm

about GPF What's New Newsletter Sitemap ... *Opinion Forum The Kimberley Declaration First Peoples Worldwide International Indigenous Peoples Summit on Sustainable Development Khoi-San Territory Kimberley, South Africa, 20-23 August 2002 We, the Indigenous Peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors (Kari-Oca Declaration, Brazil, 30 May 1992) We the Indigenous Peoples of the World assembled here reaffirm the Kari-Oca Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples’ Earth Charter. We again reaffirm our previous declarations on human and environmental sustainability.* Since 1992 the ecosystems of the earth have been compounding in change. We are in crisis. We are in an accelerating spiral of climate change that will not abide unsustainable greed. Today we reaffirm our relationship to Mother Earth and our responsibility to coming generations to uphold peace, equity and justice. We continue to pursue the commitments made at Earth Summit as reflected in this political declaration and the accompanying plan of action. The commitments which were made to Indigenous Peoples in Agenda 21, including our full and effective participation, have not been implemented due to the lack of political will. As peoples, we reaffirm our rights to self-determination and to own, control and manage our ancestral lands and territories, waters and other resources. Our lands and territories are at the core of our existence – we are the land and the land is us; we have a distinct spiritual and material relationship with our lands and territories and they are inextricably linked to our survival and to the preservation and further development of our knowledge systems and cultures, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem management.

25. Intervention From IWGIA By Director Jens Dahl However, the critical situation of indigenous peoples in africa demands the special attention of the Permanent Forum, and we believe that the PF can play a http://www.iwgia.org/sw306.asp

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The UN Special Rapporteur The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ... The Organisation of American States Intervention by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) By IWGIA Director Jens Dahl 1st session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Agenda item 6: Review of the activities of the United Nations system. Theme: Human Rights Mr chairman, We take the floor in order to call to the attention of the Permanent Forum of a process that might have far-reaching impact upon your efforts and also other UN agencies efforts dealing with indigenous issues in Africa. In short, I refer to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights that two years ago, and for the first time ever, decided to take up indigenous issues for discussion. Last year this resulted in the establishment of a working group under the Commission. Mr. Chair, I will not talk about the work as such by the African Commission and its working group as this is being dealt with by another speaker today, but since my organisation, The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, was involved when the first African indigenous representatives about 10 years ago systematically started to turn up at UN meetings dealing with the rights of indigenous peoples, we feel it appropriate to take a quick look at this process. Who could imagine 12 years ago when the first African indigenous representative came to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva that in 2001

26. Organisations request of the San in South africa, Botswana, Namibia and directed by Native Americans, we are dedicated to protecting the right of indigenous peoples to live http://www.iwgia.org/sw325.asp

Organisations UN and Subcommittees Other Links The links below are grouped by the following regions in the world: AFRICA Indigenous Peoples of Africa and the San People www.san.org.za Website with information about indigenous peoples of Africa, especially about the San. The website has links to different indigenous organisations (IPACC, WIMSA, KURU, SASI) - see below for URLs. IPACC - The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee www.ipacc.org.za/ The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC) is an advocacy network of indigenous peoples organisation in Africa. IPACC has over 70 members around the continent. It's Annual General meeting is held during the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP) in Geneva, Switzerland each year. Every second year the membership elects a representative body which functions as the IPACC Executive. The Kuru Development Trust www.san.org.za/kuru/home.htm The Kuru Development Trust was officially registered in 1989. Based in D'Kar, it was the first NGO in Botswana that was devoted to a strategy of affirmative action towards the San people. The organisation is fully owned and lead by the San through a Board of Trustees. OGIEK www.ogiek.org

27. 1998 IWG - Indigenous Peoples Gather At The United Nations just and equal relations among peoples, we can prevent place in Central and South America, africa, Asia, the parts of the world where indigenous peoples live. http://www.netwarriors.info/udhr-wish.html

WGIP `98 Mexico Journal of Solidarity DRAFT DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES English Spanish THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, HOW I WISH IT WERE TRUE December 10, 1998 The noble and humane words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which we celebrate today, shine brightly and with great hope for those who are suffering a long night of injustice. For so many people, including many Indigenous Peoples, the words of the Declaration are filled with promises, and we wish they were actually true. ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW AND ARE ENTITLED WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION TO EQUAL PROTECTION BEFORE THE LAW. I wish it were true that all countries would surrender their laws that treat Indigenous Peoples unequally and deprive us of our rights. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE ... I wish it were true for those Indigenous Peoples in Africa and elsewhere who are driven from their lands and who can no longer adequately sustain themselves. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY ... I wish it were true that the Australian Aboriginal Peoples and all Indigenous Peoples could enjoy the right to claim, unhindered, native title to our lands. NO ONE SHALL BE ARBITRARILY DEPRIVED OF HIS PROPERTY. I wish it were true for the Maasai, the Miskitos, the Innu Indian Peoples and others whose lands are not yet recognized or respected.

28. Saami Council indigenous peoples Summit on Sustainable Development KhoiSan Territory Kimberley, South africa, 20-23 August 2002. we, the indigenous peoples, walk to the http://www.saamicouncil.net/?deptid=1436

29. IAIP Charter Resolutions v we THEREFORE RESOLVE of our brothers from Sarawak (Asia), Batwa (africa) and Amazonia and participation at the Conference of indigenous peoples on Territory http://iaip.gn.apc.org/chart/char2.html

home IAIP Charter Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests WE THEREFORE RESOLVE: 1.To constitute the 'International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests , composed of the representatives of the people present here, but open to other sister organisations of the tropical forests of the world. 2. To call our Charter 'Charter of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Peoples' and to name this meeting the 'First Conference of the international Alliance of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests'. 3.To structure this alliance, so as to deepen our mutual understanding and solidarity, by means of joint action; and to organise ourselves in the following way: a) The fact of establishing the Alliance reinforces the solidarity in the common objectives but does not reduce or affect the autonomy of action of each organisation; b)Responsibility for each working committee (established in 4, below) will be taken on by a representative indigenous organisation, which will appoint the person responsible, who will then organise a working committee based in her/his region; c) The working committees will correspond to the activities approved in the action plan. Each one will be the responsibility of an indigenous organisation. The meeting of those responsible for these working committees will compose the 'Coordinating Committee of the Alliance';

30. Bank Information Center USA: Indigenous Leaders In Durban Demand Further Consult we, the undersigned leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples from all at the World Parks Congress in Durban, South africa, are writing http://www.bicusa.org/bicusa/issues/misc_resources/1293.php

BIC is not responsible for any 'sponsored links' that appear on this Google search. This Entry relates to : Misc Resources Indigenous leaders in Durban demand further consultation on policy Español James Wolfensohn President World Bank Group 1818H St. NW Washington, DC 20010 USA Fax: +1 202 522 1677 /3433 17 September 2003 Dear Mr. Wolfensohn, Request for effective public consultation on the next draft of the World Bank's Revised Indigenous Peoples Policy (OP/BP4.10) We, the undersigned leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples from all continents of the world present here at the World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa, are writing to ask you for clarification on the Bank's plans for the final stages of the revision of its Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP4.10). Above all, we write to urge you to ensure that adequate time is allocated to foster an inclusive and wide-ranging public discussion on the next revised draft of this important policy. Having received numerous communications from the indigenous movement over the last few years on the matter of the revision of World Bank Operational Directive 4.20 (OD4.20), you will be fully aware of the importance we attach to this policy revision process, and of our serious outstanding concerns regarding the March 2001 draft revised policy, which failed to uphold our fundamental human rights as indigenous peoples. In October 2002, while attending a Roundtable discussion with Bank staff about the policy revision, indigenous representatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America received a public assurance from Vice-President Ian Johnson that the policy would be re-written and that the next draft of the policy would be placed in the public domain for further external scrutiny and comment.

31. Turning Point - Panel Discussion: Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples And And Nat we need to put a new memory in the minds our minds. The plenary session on indigenous peoples and Nation of Traditional Leaders of South africa, and Advocate http://www.turning-point.ca/index.php/article/view/103/1/28

Turning Point Front page Vision About Us Our Logo ... Guestbook Discussion Forums Talking Circle Indigenous Literatures Book Club Environmental Forum ... CAAS Forum Information Central Latest Articles Submit Article Resources Noticeboard ... Site map Panel Discussion: Reconciliation: Indigenous Peoples and and Nation States Home Resources Reconciliation/Working Together Author: Victoria Freeman Publishing date: 06.06.2002 12:46 Report on A Just and Lasting Reconciliation: First Nations Government March 19-22, 2002, Vancouver by Victoria Freeman The following report is based on notes hastily written down at the sessions and is not a full recording of all that was said. I invite others who were present at the conference to correct anything I've reported incorrectly and to add their own comments and perspectives on the conference in the Talking Circle under "A Just and Lasting Reconciliation." Satsan described how their efforts to reconcile through a negotiation process either failed or that process was not available, and so they were forced to turn to the courts to get affirmation of their legal interest in the land. He said the treaty process in BC was in a stall, partly because of the narrow mandate of the Crown, "requiring us to give up 95% of who we are and the land for a 5% solution." Reconciliation doesn't mean we have to give up anything, he said; neither group has to give up land. Reconciliation means a shift in mind, and means that Aboriginal people have as much responsibility as anyone. We need to put a new memory in the minds of the children, he said, not just our pain, despair, helplessness or hopelessness, but a memory of a people who are successful, proud, healthy, our own heroes. He quoted Bob Marley's "Redemption" song: "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery" and concluded with the statement that "no one but us can free our minds."

32. South African Museum - Archaeology In Southern Africa In southern africa, we can trace our history from the to build up the best picture we can. 1488 onwards and the effects of colonization on indigenous peoples. http://www.museums.org.za/sam/resources/arch/archaeol.htm

home : resources online archaeology/anthropology : Search archaeology in southern africa In southern Africa, we can trace our history from the very beginnings of people, who lived over two million years ago , through Stone Age hunters and gatherers, culminating in the San hunter-gatherers (`Bushmen'), Khoikhoi hunter-gatherer-herders (`Hottentots') and Iron Age Bantu-speaking farmers and herders (`black' people) who have inhabited this the subcontinent for millennia. Finally, we can also trace the first visits of European explorers, their colonization of the country and its effects on the people who were already there. How do we find out what we think we know about past people? Luckily, like us, past people left the remains of their food and other discarded items in rubbish dumps near where they lived. These include waste from making tools and equipment, food and fires for cooking and warmth. They were probably also forgetful, lost tools, equipment and ornaments or simply discarded them if they were worn out or not required at the next place they chose to move to. These provide the pieces of the puzzle that archaeologists use to fit together a picture of how they think past people lived. Archaeological puzzles always have missing pieces, however, because many of the materials used disintegrate and disappear over time or, like some social and cultural activities, leave little or no tangible or physical evidence. This means that we cannot reconstruct a complete picture of peoples' activities and social systems. What we have to do is to use all the clues we can find to help us to understand the meaning of what is preserved in order to build up the best picture we can. Sometimes snippets of information from a number of old living areas (sites) can be combined to give a more-detailed picture.

33. South African Museum - Archaeology In Southern Africa In southern africa, we can trace our history from the to build up the best picture we can. 1488 onwards and the effects of colonization on indigenous peoples. http://www.museums.org.za/sam/resource/arch/archaeol.htm

Iziko Museums of Cape Town South African Museum home : resources online archaeology/anthropology : Search archaeology in southern africa In southern Africa, we can trace our history from the very beginnings of people, who lived over two million years ago , through Stone Age hunters and gatherers, culminating in the San hunter-gatherers (`Bushmen'), Khoikhoi hunter-gatherer-herders (`Hottentots') and Iron Age Bantu-speaking farmers and herders (`black' people) who have inhabited this the subcontinent for millennia. Finally, we can also trace the first visits of European explorers, their colonization of the country and its effects on the people who were already there. How do we find out what we think we know about past people? Luckily, like us, past people left the remains of their food and other discarded items in rubbish dumps near where they lived. These include waste from making tools and equipment, food and fires for cooking and warmth. They were probably also forgetful, lost tools, equipment and ornaments or simply discarded them if they were worn out or not required at the next place they chose to move to. These provide the pieces of the puzzle that archaeologists use to fit together a picture of how they think past people lived. Archaeological puzzles always have missing pieces, however, because many of the materials used disintegrate and disappear over time or, like some social and cultural activities, leave little or no tangible or physical evidence. This means that we cannot reconstruct a complete picture of peoples' activities and social systems. What we have to do is to use all the clues we can find to help us to understand the meaning of what is preserved in order to build up the best picture we can. Sometimes snippets of information from a number of old living areas (sites) can be combined to give a more-detailed picture.

34. Indigenous Peoples & 3W women in indigenous societies has been noted with admiration in the west. we have seen already with the Tuareg of Northwest africa a Muslim people that http://www.thirdway.org/files/world/all3wnow.html

INDIGENOUS By Aidan Rankin If now I sit once more for a brief quarter hour on the parapet of the bridge from which as a child I dangled my fishing line a thousand times, I am powerfully gripped by an awareness of how beautiful and remarkable was the experience of possessing a place to call my own. Just once to have known in one small corner of the globe each house and every window in them, and every person behind each window! Just once to have felt inseparable from a particular corner of the world, much as a tree is bound by its roots to its own particular spot. Herman Hesse The ahatai [settlers] have always coveted Llakha Honhat [Our Land], and they have used deceit and violence in order to take it from us. ... They did not plant the trees; they do not keep the bees; the wild animals and fish do not belong to them. ... We have always lived here, since the time of creation we are as much a part of Llakha Honhat as the trees that grow on it. Our land belongs to us because we belong to the land. Oral History of the Wichi Indians (Northern Argentina) Our roots are deep in the lands where we live. We have a great love for our country, for our birthplace is here. The soil is rich from the bones of thousands of our generations. Each of us was created in these lands and it is our duty to take care of them, because from these lands will spring the future generations of our peoples. We will walk about with great respect for the Earth, for it is a very Sacred Place.

35. SOUTH AFRICA: Feature - Marginalised San Win Royalties From Diet Drug pleaded and demanded and cajoled and we got a rampant conditions that are not uncommon among many indigenous peoples. of the case for South africa, with its http://www.kalaharipeoples.org/documents/diet drug.html

SOUTH AFRICA: Feature - Marginalised San win royalties from diet drug [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 26 March (IRIN) - It was a simple ceremony in a remote corner of the Kalahari desert, but a landmark event for the rights of indigenous people worldwide. Some singing and dancing by children, four brief speeches, and an intense sense of pride as San elders watched their leaders sign an agreement between the South African San Council and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of South Africa. In an historic moment, they agreed to share the profits from developing an anti-obesity drug from a cactus the San have used for centuries to stave off hunger and thirst. The CSIR will pay the San eight percent of milestone payments made by its licensee, Phytopharm, during the drug's clinical development over the next three to four years. The San could earn six percent of all royalties if and when the drug is marketed, possibly in 2008. Already R259,066 (US $32,000) has been paid. Milestone payments for the San could reach between R8 to R12 million (US $1 million to US $ 1.4 million) while royalties could top R60 million (US $7.4 million) annually during the 15 to 20 years before a patent expires.

36. Kimberley Declaration during the official afternoon UN session of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South africa. we, the indigenous peoples, walk to the http://www.yachaywasi-ngo.org/kimberley.htm

YACHAY WASI From the International Indigenous Peoples Summit on Sustainable Development Khoi-San Territory Kimberley, South Africa, 20-23 August 2002 The Kimberley Declaration The Kimberley Declaration was read by Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environment Network and representative of the WSSD Indigenous Major Group, on 29 August 2002 during the official afternoon UN session of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa " We, the Indigenous Peoples, walk to the future in the footprints of our ancestors. " Kari-Oca Declaration, Brazil, 30 May 1992 We the Indigenous Peoples of the World assembled here reaffirm the Kari-Oca Declaration and the Indigenous Peoples’ Earth Charter. We again reaffirm our our previous declarations on human and environmental sustainability.* Today we reaffirm our relationship to Mother Earth and our responsibility to coming generations to uphold peace, equity and justice. We continue to pursue the committments made at Earth Summit as reflected in this political declaration and the accompanying plan of action. The commitments which were made to Indigenous Peoples in Agenda 21, including our full and effective participation, have not been implemented due to the lack of political will. As peoples, we reaffirm our rights to self-determination , and to own, control and manage our ancestral lands and territories, waters and other resources. Our lands and territories are at the corebase of our existence – we are the land and the land is us; we have a distinct spiritual and material relationship with our lands and territories and they are inextricably linked to our survival and to the preservation and further development of our knowledge systems and cultures, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem management.

37. Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues She only went back to africa when there was a big hope that this can improve the way of life for indigenous peoples. we all know that it is high time to speed http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/members/nicolaisen.htm

Ida Nicolaisen Name: Ida Nicolaisen Denmark Expert Profile Profile by: Lucy Mulenkei Ida Nicolaisen was nominated by Denmark to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She became interested in indigenous peoples when she was a child. When she grew up, she decided to study anthropology and get more acquainted with indigenous peoples. She was the only student at that time and was lucky that her husband was working with the Tamasheg people of Western Sahara. This brought her to Africa very early. She immediately became interested on the issue of slavery and wrote her thesis on slavery among pastoral people in that region. She worked for many years with the Tamasheg people and a small hunter-gatherer group called the Hardad in Chad. She is currently publishing a monograph about these people. Ida has been involved in work that has brought her closer to achieving her dreams to help in the positive development of indigenous peoples worldwide. She hopes the Permanent Forum will make a big difference, but she feels that will take a while before we see it. "It is a political process that may take awhile. Indigenous peoples are becoming more and more strong in advocacy working with the Governments, international organizations and the United Nations. There is a hope that this can improve the way of life for indigenous peoples. We all know that it is high time to speed up efforts to improve the living conditions of hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples. We must fight for their right to live where their forefathers did, in accordance with their own values."

38. Indigenous Peoples Lament Exclusion: Pygmies In Central Africa Massacred By Warr we would appreciate a copy of the reproduction. From africa Recovery, New Releases, June 2003. indigenous peoples lament exclusion. Pygmies in Central africa http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/newrels/indigen.htm

[ Back to New Releases ] [Back to Africa Recovery Home Material from this article may be freely reproduced, with attribution to "Africa Recovery, United Nations". We would appreciate a copy of the reproduction. From Africa Recovery, New Releases, June 2003 Indigenous peoples lament exclusion Pygmies in Central Africa massacred by warring factions By John Nyamu Reports of government neglect, discrimination, intimidation, violence and other violations of human, political and civil rights were rife as representatives of the the world's marginalized indigenous populations met at UN headquarters in May. "The state does not care about us," said Ms. Adolphine Muley, of the Batwa pygmies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Because of the war there, she told the 12-23 May Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, "the situation is even worse." The plight of the Batwa and other pygmies in Africa was but one example of the problems confronting indigenous peoples in the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. In Africa, they comprise mainly nomadic pastoralists, hunter-gatherers and other marginalized groups. Generally, the human, land, property and other rights of the world's indigenous populations are much more precarious than those of more settled populations An African participant at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at UN headquarters: the world's indigenous peoples often suffer from discrimination, marginalization and human rights abuses.

39. Scoop: Jane Kelsey: Peasants Farmers Mobilise In Cancun Nicaragua, US, Portugal, Venezuela, Japan, africa, Belgium, Argentina, Greece Some time ago we became convinced that indigenous peoples movement in http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00080.htm

NewsAgent Features Subscribe About Us ... Health Jane Kelsey: Peasants Farmers Mobilise In Cancun Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 4:58 pm Article: Professor Jane Kelsey INDIGENOUS AND PEASANT FARMERS MOBILISE IN CANCUN 8 September 2003 By Jane Kelsey In Cancun - WTO Bulletin # 2 More than a thousand campesina crammed into a steaming hot gymnasium today for the first day of the indigenous and farmers forum. There was no mistaking their message to the trade ministers of the US, EU and Cairns Group as they began arriving for the fifth ministerial meeting of the WTO. Standard-issue green scarves proclaimed “taking agriculture out of the WTO”. T-Shirts, identifying where people were from, added their own messages of resistance to the pool. Everywhere, banners proclaimed an end to the WTO, NAFTA and the proposed Free Trade Agreement for the Americas and pledged solidarity to secure victory for the indigenous and farmers’ movement. Outside, truckloads of rice, vegetables and watermelons were unloaded in preparation for the many thousands who are expected tomorrow. The two day forum is being held in the centre of Cancun, provided free by the local Cancun Council. It culminates in a march of indigenous peoples and farmers on 10 September, to coincide with the opening of the formal WTO meeting. Despite a determination to remain peaceful, an equally strong determination to have their message heard seems bound to confront both philosophical and physical barriers. The mood of the forum was genial, but there was no mistaking the determination of indigenous, peasant and small farmers’ movements from around the world to have control over food removed from the WTO. The proceedings were opened by the local Mayan people in a dignified traditional ceremony, made more poignant by the backdrop of heroes Che Guevara and General Emiliano Zapata.

40. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)¨È¬w­ì¦í¥Á²Õ´ NATIONAL KHOISAN CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE OF SOUTH africa (NKCC 23 June 2003 To the indigenous peoples INVITATION TO THE NKOK we apologise for the late invitation http://aipp.womenweb.org.tw/Activity_Show.asp?Activity_ID=1114

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