| | 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Action Alerts /
Acciones Urgentes:
Final “Anchorage Declaration” from
the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate
Change, April 24th 2009
Action alert from the Karuk Tribe in
N. California --- please help! April 7, 2009
Sign-on letter to Prime Minister
Stephen Harper of Canada, regarding Canadian policy
on Extractive Industries, March 29, 2009 (PDF 23K)
Native Energy Justice Sign-on Letter
(PDF 20K)
Environmental Justice in Native
America Policy Paper, IEN, HTE, ICOUP and IITC (PDF
163K)
Now is the the Time to Act, A Green
Economy for the 7th Generation (PDF 890K)
IITC Signs on letter to President
Obama supporting international Treaty banning
Mercury
Canada’s Human Rights Record reviewed
by the UN Human Rights Council, statement by
Canadian Indigenous and support organizations,
February 5th 2009
New Brochure: “ Environmental and
Energy Justice in Native America” February 3, 2009
(PDF 832K)
COMUNICADO DE LA COMUNIDAD NGOBE,
Relator de Naciones Unidas James AnayaVisita Panamá
(PDF 168K)
New Joint Policy paper for
Consideration by the Obama Administration on “Energy
Justice in Native America” February 3, 2009 (PDF
244K)
The Passing of one of the Greats:
James Main Sr. began his journey to the Spirit World
on January 29th 2009
New IITC flyer calling for the US and
Canada to support an international ban of the toxic
pesticide Lindane (PDF 96K)
Urgent call for Protection of Native
American Sacred Places, September 25, 2008 (PDF
1.6MB)
Press Release on Urgent Efforts to
Protect Native Sacred Places, September 25th 2008
(PDF 940K)
IITC files urgent action with United
Nations for Indigenous Peoples of Maluku, June 6th
2008 and post in Urgent/Urgente and in UN Human
Rights 2008 (PDF 79K)
Solicitud de ayuda internacional del
pueblo Ngobe de charco la pava Urgente, 31 marzo,
2008
March 7th, 2008: United Nations Body
Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United
States, Calls for the US to apply the UN Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)
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Important Updates
Noticias al Dia:
Report of the North America Region
Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues Eighth Session (UNPFII8)
March 13th and 14th, 2009 Window Rock, Arizona (PDF
244K)
The Manila Declaration of the
International Conference on Extractive Industries
and Indigenous Peoples, 23-25 March 2009,
Philippines (PDF 47K)
Cultural Indicators of Indigenous
Peoples' food and agro-ecological systems” submitted
as a joint CRP for UNPFII8 by UNFAO and IITC (PDF
181K)
OHCHR Study on climate change and human rights
available
Joint intervention on the Right to
Food, International Organization of Indigenous
Resource Development and the International Indian
Treaty Council, UN Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee, January 29, 2009
Carrie Dann and Manny Pino Honored by
IITC for their work to Protect Sacred Sites, March
7th 2009 (PDF 144K)
United Nations Permanent Forum 8th
session, May 18th - May 29th , 2009
IITC Human Rights Training in Xela
Guatemala March 26-27, 2009, invitation and agenda /Capacitacion
sobre derechos humanos en Xela Guatemala, invitacion
y agenda, 26 - 27 de marzo de 2009 (PDF 252K)
Treaty 6 Chiefs pass resolution
supporting ban on Lindane January 23rd 2009 (PDF
108K)
Indigenous Peoplesʼ Struggles to
Defend Sacred Places: IITC Symposium and Human
Rights Training- Saturday, March 7, 2009, San
Francisco State University with Carrie Danny, Manny
Pino and others (PDF 271K)
New: Indigenous Peoples and the Right
to Free Prior Informed Consent”, new IITC
educational factsheet (PDF 115K)
Nuevo: Los Pueblos
Indigenas y el Derecho al Consentamiento Libre, Previa e
Informada”, nueva hoja informative de CITI (PDF 111K)
Website and registration information
now available: Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on
Climate Change, April 20 - 24, 2009, Anchorage
Alaska (PDF 248K)
IITC Submission to the OHCHR for
Study on Human Rights and Climate Change- December
26th, 2008 (PDF 272K)
IITC requests your support at
year-end 2008 (PDF 55K)
Human Rights Day December 10th 2008
New IITC
San Francisco Office address
UN Human Rights Council Expert Mechanism on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1st session October 1 –
3, 2008
NEW Indigenous Portal for up to the minute news on
Indigenous Peoples’ work at the UN and around the
world
March 7th, 2008: UN CERD Expresses
Concerns about Racism in the United States, Calls
for the US to apply the UN Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples (PDF 29K)
IITC and Joint Indigenous Peoples’
Submissions on Canada and Mexico, September 2008,
UPR February 2009
Human
Rights Training Materials
New: Updated IITC fact
sheet: Pesticides, Tribal Health and Human Rights, North and South
(PDF 111K)
Nuevo: Hoja informativa
actualizada de CITI: “LOS PLAGUICIDAS, LA SALUD DE LAS TRIBUS Y LOS
DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL NORTE Y EL SUR” (PDF 111K)
IITC Human
Rights Training and Capacity Building Program, 2008
34th Annual Treaty Conference,
Chimaltenango Guatemala June 19 – 22, 2008,
Conference Resolutions/Resoluciones de la
Conferencia
UNPFII 7th
Session, April 21st - May 2nd 2008, Interventions
and Statements
2008
International Indian Treaty Conference, Guatemala,
June 2008 19-22
NEW! IITC Power point: “Indigenous
Peoples’ Advocacy for a Rights and Culturally-based
Approach to Food Security”, April 3, 2008
(9.4 MB PowerPoint Presentation)
The UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and the Right to Free,
Prior and Informed Consent: The Framework For a New
Mechanism for Reparations, Restitution and Redress,
submitted by the IITC to the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues Seventh Session (UNPFII7) (PDF
80K)
Report of the North America
Preparatory meeting for UNPFII7, Vancouver Canada,
February 22nd and 23rd 2008 (PDF 168K)
Hawaiian Land Rights decision by
Hawaiian Supreme Court, Nation of Hawaii calls upon
Legislature to "Cease and Desist", February 8, 2008
Indigenous Shadow Report to UN CERD
highlights Racism by United States, February 5th
2008
Peoples’ Shadow Report to the CERD on
the United States submitted by IITC January 2008
(PDF 400 KB)
New IITC Brochure
UN Declaration for the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples adopted by the UN General
Assembly September 13th, 2007!
UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples as adopted by the UN General
Assembly September 13th 2007 (PDF 56k)
Declaracion de las Naciones Unidas
sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indigenas,
adoptada por la Asemblea General el 13 de septiembre
de 2007 (PDF 60K)
IITC Statement on the
Adoption of the Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, September 16th 2007
(PDF 200K)
US
Statement against the adoption of the Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, September 13th
2007 (PDF 53K)
Link for the
COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
IITC Submission to the UN High
Commissioner on Human Rights for her study on the
Human Right to Water, April 15th, 2007 (PDF 136k)
Pesticides are Poison” booklet now
available online
Los Plaguicidas son Venenos” manual
ahora disponible en internet
UN Web page, Indigenous Peoples and
Treaties, the UN Treaty Study Expert Seminars
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