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SARD INITIATIVE: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
(LA TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL SIGUE, ABAJO)
Greetings. This message is being sent to all of you through a number
of Indigenous Peoples’ listservs and mailing lists, to urge your
participation in the work of the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural
Development (SARD) Initiative.
Facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the SARD
Initiative is a multi-stakeholder mechanism that aims to help
implement Agenda 21, Chapter 14 on SARD. It will seek government and
other support so that Major Groups of the CSD process can strengthen
their cooperative working relationships and design SARD-related
activities at local, national, regional and international levels to
meet the following objectives:
 | To improve the access of rural communities to
productive resources (land, water, seeds, etc.) |
| To promote good practices for SARD |
| To promote fair conditions of employment in
agriculture |
FAO has committed to work with Major Groups to clarify the roles of
the stakeholders in the Initiative, and to design and implement
activities for the next five years to serve local level needs. A
multi-stakeholder workshop on program design and implementation is
planned for sometime in 2004 so that all stakeholders can meet to
discuss a five-year framework plan.
For Indigenous Peoples, the SARD Initiative is an opportunity to share
information with one another about viable, community-based practices.
It is also an opportunity to host and/or participate in international,
regional and national gatherings, workshops and other activities for
awareness raising and sharing experiences to advance Indigenous
Peoples own visions for achieving SARD. The SARD Initiative might
also serve as a tool for advancing a rights-based framework for SARD
and SARD-related policy.
The IITC has been serving on an interim basis as an Indigenous focal
point to urge FAO and other stakeholders to respect the following
basic principles in the development of the SARD Initiative:
| Broad participation of Indigenous Peoples is
needed, including traditional communities |
| To facilitate broad participation, funding
must be specifically devoted to the timely translation of SARD
Initiative information and updates so that they do not remain in
English-only, and so that they can reach Indigenous Peoples early
enough for discussion and decision making according to Indigenous
protocols |
| Past positions of Indigenous Peoples working
together at the international level must be observed; in particular,
a rights-based approach to all forms of sustainable development
(including SARD) is a priority for Indigenous Peoples |
| Herding, fishing, hunting and other food
production practices must also be addressed alongside agriculture |
| Indigenous Peoples that participate in the
SARD Initiative will decide for themselves what is a “good practice”
for SARD, and whether or not to transfer practices to their
communities |
| The SARD Initiative should not be considered a
“partnership,” but instead a collaboration in which Indigenous
Peoples reserve the right to disagree with other stakeholders (e.g.,
on the issue of GMOs) |
We encourage those of you who have a strong interest in actively
supporting SARD issues, to please contact us so that together we can
discuss the best communication and outreach methods, and the types of
SARD Initiative activities that could be useful and possible. The
IITC has only begun to draft preliminary ideas for international,
regional and sub-regional conferences and studies, and would like to
share them with you and receive your input, ideas and guidance. We
also would like to work in collaboration with other Indigenous Peoples
organizations/networks to serve in focal point capacity for the SARD
Initiative so that communication, outreach and other responsibilities
can be shared throughout the different regions.
For more information, please see
www.fao.org/wssd/SARD
Good wishes,
Carol Kalafatic
International Indian Treaty Council
Program Coordinator, Right to Food
PO Box 3727
New York, NY 10163
tel (212) 682-3633 ext 3123
fax (212) 682-5354
iitcny@mindspring.com
www.treatycouncil.org
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CONVOCATORIA: INICIATIVA SDAR
Saludos. Enviamos este mensaje a todos ustedes a traves de varios
servicios electronicos y otras listas de los Pueblos Indigenas, para
solicitar su participacion en el trabajo de la Iniciativa de
Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural Sostenible (ADRS), o la “Iniciativa
ADRS.”
Facilitado por la Organizacion de Alimentacion y Agricultura (FAO), la
Iniciativa ADRs es un mecanismo de partes interesadas multiples con
objectivo de apoyar a la implementacion del Capitulo 14 sobre ADRS de
la Agenda 21. La Iniciativa buscara el apoyo de los gobiernos y otros
para que los Grupos Principales del proceso de la Comision sobre el
Desarollo Sostenible (CDS) puedan fortalezer sus relaciones
cooperativas y desiñar actividades locales, nacionales, regionales e
internacionales en relacion al ADRS, para llegar a los objetivos
siguientes:
| Para mejorar el acceso de las comunidades
rurales a recursos productivos (la tierra, el agua, las semillas,
etc.) |
| Para promover buenas practicas para ADRS |
| Para promover condiciones equitativas de
empleo en la agricultura |
FAO se compromete a trabajar con los Grupos Principales par clarificar
los papeles de los partes interesados multiples en la Iniciativa, y
para desiñar e implementar actividades para los proximos cinco años
para servir a las necesidades locales. Se llevara a cabo en alguna
fecha en 2004 un taller partes interesados multiples sobre el diseño
e implementacion de programas para que todos los partes interesados
puedan reunirses para discutir un plan marco de cinco años.
Para los Pubelo Indigenas, la Iniciativa ADRS es una oportunidad de
compartir informacion entre nosotros sobre las practicas viables y
basadas en la comunidad. Es tambien una oportunidad para convocar y/o
participar en reuniones, talleres y otras actividades internacionales,
regionales y nacionales en donde se puede levantar la conciencia y
compartir experiencias para avanzar las visiones proprias de los
Pueblos Indigenas sobre como lograr ADRS. Es possible que la
Iniciativa ADRS tambien servira como una herramienta para avanzar a un
marco de derechos para las politicas ADRS y las politicas relacionadas
al ADRS.
El CITI estaba sirviendo como punto focal Indigena interino para
instar a los de la FAO y otros, que respeten a los principios basicos
siguientes en el desarrollo de la Iniciativa ADRS:
| Se requiere la amplia participacion de los
Pubelos Indigenas, incluyendo a la comunidades tradicionales |
| Para facilitar la participacion amplia, hay
que haber fondos especificamente dedicados a la traduccion a tiempo
de informacion y noticias sobre la Iniciativa ADRS para que no se
quedan en Ingles no mas, y para que llegan a los Pubelos Indigenas a
con bastante tiempo para la discussion y la toma de decisions
acuerdo a los protocolos Indigenas |
| Se debe observar a las posiciones colectivas
de los Pubelos Indigenas quienes trabajaron juntos al nivel
internacional; en particular, que para cualquier forma de desarrollo
sostenible (incluyendo al ADRS), los Pueblos Indigenas dan prioridad
a un acercamiento basado en derechos |
| Otras practicas de la produccion alimenticia
(el pastoreo, la pesca, el casar, etc.) deben ser parte de la
Iniciativa ADRS, igual como la agricultura |
| Los pueblos Indigenas quienes participaran en
la Iniciativa ADRS decidiran cuales son las “buenas practicas” ADRS
para ellos mismos, y cuales se deben transfrerir o no a sus
comunidades |
| No se puede clasificar a la Iniciativa ADRS
como una sociedad, pero que se considera como una colaboracion en el
cual los Pubelos Indigenas reservan el derecho de no estar de
acuerdo con otras partes interesadas (por ejemplo, sobre el asunto
de OMGs) |
Instamos a los que tienen un fuerte interes en apoyar activamente a
los asuntos ADRS, que se comunican con nosotros para que juntos
podamos discutir las mejores metodologias posibles de cominicacion y
alcance a las comunidades, y los tipos de activiades para la
Iniciativa ADRS que puedan ser utiles y posibles. El CITI esta
solamente empesando a redactar ideas preliminarias para conferencias y
estudios internacionales, regionales y sub-regionales, y nos gustaria
compartirlos con ustedes y recibir sus comentarios, ideas y direccion.
Tambien nos gustaria trabajar en colaboracion con otras organizaciones/redes
Indigenas para servir como punto focal en la Iniciativa ADRS para que
se comparte a traves de las varias regiones, las responsabilidades de
comunicacion, alacance a las comunidades y otras responsabilidades.
Para mas informacion, favor de ver al
www.fao.org/wssd/SARD
y escojen la opcion “español” a la derecha.
Muchos saludos, atentamente,
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Conferencia de CITI de 2008 en
Guatemala, nueva informacion para participantes
IITC 2008 Conference in Guatemala,
new information for participants
UNPFII 7th
Session, April 21st - May 2nd 2008, Interventions
and Statements
2008
International Indian Treaty Conference, Guatemala
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PEOPLES” Monday April 21st, 2008, during UNPFII7
(PDF 555K)
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(PDF 400 KB)
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November 7 – 10, 2007
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PDF 243K
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(PDF 200K)
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Link for the
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
Seventieth session,
19 February – 9 March 2007, Concluding
observations re: CANADA/
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DISCRIMINACIÓN RACIAL, Septuagésimo
período de sesiones, 19 de febrero – 9 de marzo de
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1MB)
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available online
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ahora disponible en internet
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Treaties, the UN Treaty Study Expert Seminars
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