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Indigenous people worldwide finally granted rights?
By Netsbridge
@Netsbridge (3253)
United States
September 14, 2007 12:56pm CST
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/14/2032491.htm
I thought the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html - was inclusive of all people. And, would you believe that countries/nations with sizable indigenous populations such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America showed disappointment? Hmmm.
Lest I forget - If at any time the related link is inacessible to you, then please, simply search for "UN General Assembly backs indigenous peoples' rights". Thank you!
1 response
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
15 Sep 07
hmmm. Net you probably figured I'd be here for this one, well, here I am. lol
Several thoughts.
"Indigenous" people in this country already have MORE rights than you or I do. Don't make me list them, you KNOW this is a fact. And they have even more power in canada, including complete control and authority in 2 territories/provinces.
I don't recognize the authority of the U.N. My tax dollars pay for them and to me, thats bad enough. they spent TWENTY YEARS of my tax dollars to come up with THIS?
This document, oversteps issues that have long been settled in some cases, in a quote from Canada's UN ambassador, "Unfortunately, the provisions in the Declaration on lands, territories and resources are overly broad, unclear, and capable of a wide variety of interpretations, discounting the need to recognise a range of rights over land and possibly putting into question matters that have been settled by treaty". And he's right.
This declaration, following it's logic, would theoreticaly give Isreal back to the palistinians,OR, would legaly toss palistinaians off any isreali territory, as both claim to be the indigenous peoples. This document will serve to bring the situation there to a full over-boil rather than settle it.
This is nothing more than a "feel good" document that wasted my tax dollars and the U.N.'s time that could have been much better spent.
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
15 Sep 07
Xfahctor, the UN does not have any authority over any nation. The UN is simply a world forum or more appropriately, a mediator between nations or people of a nation. The decisions of the UN are expected to be implimented on a good faith basis, based on agreement by the member States to uphold decisions reached.
Xfahctor, if this issue was taken before the UN, then there is only one possible reason - that the "indigenous people" were not satisfied with what they had been offered in their various nations and found it necessary to bring the issue before the world forum for considerations (and I say, more power to them)! Yes, Xfahctor, this UN rights declaration will give back land and full access to natural national resources to its rightful owners! And I, Netsbridge, think that, this is a very good thing!
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
20 Sep 07
Xfahctor, do realy want to know why the US government supports Israel (and we know it has nothing to do with religious beliefs)? I will tell you: The US government only supports Israel because it knows that it is in exactly the same predicament as Israel!
Now, about moving Israel to Antarctica, that was merely a proposition (and the best that I know of thus far)! (Laughs) Xfahctor, please, pay closer attention when reading. You see, in "Let us move Israel to Antarctica," I also pointed out that with our advances in Technology, Antarctica can be manipulated to resemble a tropical rainforest.
Lilwonders, I am sorry to know that you miss home! Yes, there is just no place like home! Anyway, what I stated regarding Texas are simply facts as to current events down in the South.



