Title: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is Adopted: An Overview
Abstract:By a landmark decision, on 13 September 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. After the adoption last year of the resolution aiming at deferring...By a landmark decision, on 13 September 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. After the adoption last year of the resolution aiming at deferring consideration and action on the Declaration, on 6 June 2007 the President of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, appointed the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York, H.E. Hilario G. Davide Jr, as ‘facilitator’, charging him with the task of conducting further consultations on the draft Declaration and finally reporting the outcomes to the General Assembly with a view to allowing the GA to make a final decision on the Declaration by September 2007. As reported by the Facilitator, proposals were made by States either to amend various paragraphs in text of the Declaration in order to accommodate the concerns expressed by some States, or to consider a covering resolution that could address the subjects of concerns without changing the wording of the Declaration. 2Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-08-16
Language: en
Type: article
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