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United Nations Documents and Submissions

• Latest Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Populations
• Progress reports of the UN Study on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States and Indigenous Populations
  • First Progress Report - 1992
  • Second Progress Report - 1995

• Commission on Human Rights
  • Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
    • Open-Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
      • 2nd Session 1996
      • 1st Session 1995
    • Working Group on Indigenous Peoples
      • 14th Session 1996
      • 13th Session 1995
      • 12th Session 1994
      • 11th Session 1993
      • 10th Session 1992
      • 8th Session 1990
      • 7th Session 1989
      • 6th Session 1988
      • 5th Session 1987
      • 4th Session 1985
      • 3rd Session 1984
      • 1st Session 1982
• International Labour Organization
• Other Indigenous Related U.N. Documents

Commission on Human Rights

1995-31.TXT

Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1995/31 - Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

1995-32.TXT

Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1995/32 - Establishment of a working group of the Commission on Human Rights to elaborate a draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

ISWG_96.TXT

E/CN.4/1996/84 UN Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration's report to the Commission on Human Rights - 4 January 1996

Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

89-12410.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/33/Add.3 UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Document 89-12410/0810B - Analytical observations on Draft Declaration by Japan, Norway, and Ukranian SSR.

94-13218.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/31 Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Document 94-13218 - Preliminary Report of the Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 8 July 1994

95-12808.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/26 Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Document 95-12808 - Final Report of the Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 21 June 1995

DRAFT88.TXT

UN Working Paper by Ms. Erica-Irene A. Daes containing a set of draft preambular paragraphs and principles for the Universal Declaration on Indigenous Rights

DRAFT89.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/33 First Revised Text of the Draft Universal Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 1989 - 15 June 1989

DRAFT93.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/26 UN Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - June 1993

DRFT9329.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 UN Draft Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - August 1993. Also available in HTML format. Note: This is latest version of the Draft Declaration. Also released as E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2/Add.1

FOUR_DIR.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/NGO/3 The Uranium Industry and Indigenous Peoples of North America - Statement by the Four Directions Council before the Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

HERITAGE.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/26/Annex.1 Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People - Annex of the Final Report of the Special Rapporteur on the study of the protection of the cultural and intellectual property of indigenous peoples - 21 June 1995

REPORT11.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its Eleventh Session to the Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities - August 1993

REPORT12.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/30 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its Twelfth Session to the Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities - August 1994

RPT12COR.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/30/Corr.1 Corrigendum to the Report of the Working Group's 12 Session (REPORT12.TXT)

REPORT13.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/24 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its Thirteenth Session to the Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities - August 1995

REPORT14.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/21 Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its Fourteenth Session to the Commission on Human Rights Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities - July-August 1996

RPT14COR.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1996/21/Corr.1 Corrigendum to the Report of the Working Group's 14th Session (REPORT14.TXT)

TECHREVW.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/2 Technical Review of the United Nations Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Note by the Secretariat - 5 April 1994 - (Reviews Draft E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/29 (DRFT9329.TXT))

UNTRTSTD.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1992/32 First Progress Report of the UN Study on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States and Indigenous Populations - 25 August 1992

UNTRTST2.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/27 Second Progress Report of the UN Study on Treaties, Agreements and Other Constructive Arrangements Between States and Indigenous Populations - 31 July 1995. Also available in HTML format.

Second Session of the Open-Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 1996

WGRPT-2.TXT

E/CN.4/1996/WG.15/CRP.7 Draft Report of the Second Session of the Intersessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration - 1 November 1996

First Session of the Open-Ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 1995

95-14322.TXT

E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration 1st Session Document 95-14322 - Statements by Argentina, Chile, China, Finland, New Zealand, and Ukraine -- 10 October 1995

95-14327.TXT

E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/3 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration 1st Session Document 95-14327 - Statements by Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and International Postal Union - 10 October 1995

95-14332.TXT

E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/4 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration 1st Session Document 95-14332 - Statements by the International Indian Treaty Council, the Saami Council, Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America, and the World Council of Indigenous Peoples

95-14402.TXT

E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2/Add.1 Inter-Sessional Working Group on Draft Declaration 1st Session Document 95-14402 - Statements by Japan, Mexico, Morocco, and United States -- 13 November 1995

AUS_95.TXT

E/CN.4/1995/WG.15/2/Add.2 "Self-Determination - The Australian Position", position paper by the Australian delegation to the UN Inter-Sessional Working Group on a Draft Declaration - 10 October 1995

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 14th Session - 29 July - 2 August 1996

96-12980.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/2 UNWGIP 14th Session Document 96-12980 - Working Paper by the Chairperson-Rapporteur, Mrs. Erica-Irene A. Daes, on the Concept of "Indigenous People" - 10 June 1996

96-13037.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/2/Add.1 Statement by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission at the 14th Session of the UNWGIP re: A Definition of "Indigenous Peoples" - 28 June 1996

96-16746.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3/Add.1 Health and Indigenous Peoples - Statments by the Four Directions Council, Coordinating Association of Indigenous Communities in El Salvador, CHIRAPAQ, Legal Committee on Self-Sufficient Development for the Autochthonous Peoples of the Andes, and the Indigenous Parliament of America - UNWGIP 14th Session 12 June 1996

96-16751.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3 UNWGIP 14th Session Document 96-16751 - Health and Indigenous Peoples: Note by the Secretariat - 11 June 1996

IMC-96.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1996/3/Add.2 Statement by the Indigenous Missionary Council to the 14th Session of the UNWGIP re: Impact of diseases on Indian Nations in Brazil - 28 June 1996

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 13th Session

95-12752.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.1 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12752 - Statements by Ethiopia, Myanmar, Niger, Sweden, and Zambia on the consideration of a permanent forum for Indigenous Peoples - 14 June 1995

95-12824.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/6 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12824 - Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Note on the future role of the Working Group by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Ms. Erica-Irene Daes

95-12894.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.2 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12894 - Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Working papers by Chairpreson Erica-Irene Daes, and Mr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen

95-12910.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/4 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12910 - "The Current Situation of the Tremembe people of Almofala" by the Tremembe of Almofala Indigenous Organization and "Ecology and Human Survival" by the Tupaj Katari Indian Movement

95-12914.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/7/Add.3 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-12914 - Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous People: Information submitted by "Tupaj Katari" Indian Movement, Legal Commission of the Tawantinsuyana Peoples, and the Indigenous Parliament of America

95-13053.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/5 UNWGIP 13th Session Document 95-13053 - International Decade of the World's Indigenous People - Report of the Technical Meeting on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People - 24 July 1995

AGENDA13.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/1 and E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/1/Add.1 UNWGIP 13th Session Provisional Agenda and Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

INDIGDEF.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1995/3 Note by the UNWGIP Chairperson-Rapporteur on criteria which might be applied when considering the concept of indigenous peoples - 21 June 1995

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 12th Session

94-12864.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/4 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-12864 - Statements by Grand Council of Crees, Black Hills Teteon Sioux and the Indian Council of South America on the Universal Declaration

94-12876.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/7 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-12876 - Statements by the World Uranium Hearing, Andean Information Network, Dutch Centre for Indigenous Peoples, and Amerindia for the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples

94-12919.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/2 Statements by Ecuador and Panama re: Draft Declaration at 12th Session of UNWGIP - June 1994

94-13040.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/7/Add.1 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-13040 - Statements by the Tremembe Mission, the Committee to Save the Kolyma River Basin (Republic of Sakha), and the Declaration of Tlahuitoltepec on the Fundamental Rights of Indigenous Nations

94-13054.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/4/Add.1 UNWGIP 12th Session Document 94-13054 - Statements by the Inuit Tapisariat, Tupaj Katari Indian Movement and Summary of Resolutions of Workshops on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Struggle for Right of Self-Determination and Self-Government in India

AGENDA12.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/L.1 & E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/1/Add.1 UNWGIP 12th Session Provisional Agenda and Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

AIM-UN94.TXT

State of the International Confederation of Autonomous Chapters of the American Indian Movement at the UNWGIP 12th Session, 27 July 1994

CANADA94.TXT

Canada's Statement at the 12th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994

CHTWOMEN.TXT

Statement by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Hill Women's Federation to the UNWGIP 12th Session - 27 July 1994

DEWAN94.TXT

Statement by the Jumma Delegation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the UNWGIP 12th Session - 26 July, 1994

ILRC94.TXT

Statement by the Indian Law Resource Center & National Congress of American Indians at UNWGIP 12th Session - July 1994

INDIGDAY.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/9 Note by UNWGIP Secretariat on the International Day of Indigenous Peoples - July 1994

IPPM_4.TXT

Statement of the Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory Meeting at the UNWGIP 12th Session, 24 July 1994

JAPANCHT.TXT

Statement by the Japan Committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts Issues to the UNWGIP 12th Session - 28 July 1994

LSCR_94.TXT

Statement by Jennifer Klimek, Co-Chair of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review at the UNWGIP 12th Session '94

LUBICN94.TXT

Oral Intervention by Sharon Venne on Behalf of the Lubicon Cree (with attachments) at UNWGIP 12th Session '94

OBSRVSTM.TXT

US Observer Delegation's Statement to the UNWGIP - July 26, 1994, delivered by Miriam Sapiro, U.S. State Department, Legal Affairs

SINDHI.TXT

Statement by the World Sindhi Congress at the 12th Session of the UNWGIP

TATAR94.TXT

Statement by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People at the 12th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994

TREATY6.TXT

Statement by the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations at the 12th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1994

UN-FORUM.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1994/11/Add.1 Statements at UNWGIP 12th Session re: Consideration of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples

UNHAWAI.TXT

Resolution Submitted to UNWGIP by Hawai'ian Nation re: The Right of Self-Determination and Independence - July 1994

USOBSERV.TXT

Non-verbatim Transcript of US Observer Delegation Meeting with Indian, Alaskan Native and Hawai'ian representatives to the UNWGIP Geneva, Switzerland 28 July, 1994

WSNC_1.TXT

Statement by the Western Shoshone National Council at UNWGIP 12th Session on Agenda Item #5

WSNC_2.TXT

Statement by the Western Shoshone National Council at UNWGIP 12th Session on Agenda Item #6

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 11th Session

ANTIGNCD.TXT

Declaration Against Genocide -- by the NGO's, Indigenous Nations, and Minority Groups at the UNWGIP. July 29, 1993

CANADA11.TXT

Canada's Statement at the 11th Session of the UNWGIP

COCA.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/6 Statment by the Tupay Katari movement on the importance of the coca plant to Andean nations at the 11th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1993

CONIVE.TXT

Statement by the Venezuelan National Indian Council before the 11th Session of the UNWGIP

GRENLAND.TXT

Statement by the Prime Minister of Greenland on Home Rule, before the 11th Session of the UNWGIP

HMONG.TXT

Statement of the Hmong Nation before the 11th Session of the UNWGIP, July 19-31, 1993

HUINAAUA.TXT

Intervention by Hui Na'auao (Coalition of Hawai'ian sovereignty organizations) at 11th Session of the UNWGIP

INDIGSEC.TXT

A Case for the Setting Up of a Fully Operational Indigenous Peoples Secretariat - UNWGIP 19-30 June 1993

MAIVAN.TXT

Statement of Maivan C. Lam to the UNWGIP 7/21/93 in response to US and Swedish delegation's statements on the definition of "Self-Determination" in the Universal Declaration

MONTAG.TXT

Presentation to the UNWGIP by The Montagnard Foundation July 20, 1993

NETHR-93.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/CRP.3 Statement by the Netherlands at the UNWGIP 11th Session - Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy

REHOBOTH.TXT

On the Discrimination of the Rehoboth Basters - A paper to the UN by European immigrants to Namibia trying to claim to be "Indigenous Peoples"

SHARON.TXT

Oral Intervention by Sharon Venne at UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. July 20, 1993

SKIPPER.TXT

Statement of Kathryn Skipper of the US Delegation to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations July 21, 1993

SUDAN.TXT

The Systematic Depopulation of Southern Sudan by Dr. Deng Dongrin Akuany - speech at UN WGIP July, 1993

SWEDEN.TXT

Statement by the Swedish Delegation to the 11th Session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, July 20, 1993 - Geneva

TAIWAN.TXT

Report of the Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines - Presentation to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations July 16, 1993

TAIWAN2.TXT

The Situations and Problems of Taiwan Indigenous People by Iohani - given before the UNWGIP on 28 July 1993

UN-JUMMA.TXT

Statement by the Jumma Nation before the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, July, 1993

UNWGIP93.TXT

Indian Nations & United States Debate Self-Determination and Self-Government at the United Nations - 1993 by Rudolph C. Ryser

W_SAHARA.TXT

UN Secretary-General Report on the Concerning Western Sahara May 26, 1993

WGIPFUTR.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1993/8 Future Role of the Working Group: Note by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations - 11th Session July 1993

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 10th Session

92-12449.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/3 UNWGIP 10th Session Document 92-12449 - Statements by Centro de Culturas Indias CHIRAPAQ, Indian Council of S. America, Tupay Katari, Food First, Service, Peace & Justice in Latin America, and Comision Juridica

ATSIC.TXT

Statements by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to the UNWGIP - July 1992

COJPITA.TXT

Contamination of the Environment and Violation of the Human Rights - Statement by the Legal Commission of the Integration of Peoples Tawantinsuyana - COJPITA, UNWGIP - July 1992

DEWAN.TXT

Mr. Ramendu Shekhar Dewan's [Spokesperson for the Jana Samhati Samiti] statement to the UNWGIP on Chittagong Hill Tracts - July 1992

FINLAND.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/1 Statement by the Finnish Government and the Sami Parliament to the 10th Session of the UNWGIP - July 1992

INDINST.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/5 Background info on the Inter-American Indian Institute given to the 10th Session of the UNWGIP

IOIRD.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/3/Add.1 Report and Statement by the Tribal Summit on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the UNWGIP 10th Session, July 1992

MOSUL.TXT

On the Right Against Displacement - Statement by Sheik Salar Hassan Hafeed, Mosul Vilayet Council (Iraq), UNWGIP - 1992

THAILAND.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/4 Information Received by the UNWGIP 10th Session from Thailand

UNINTORG.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1992/2 Statements by the ILO, World Bank and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to the 10th Session of the UNWGIP - May 1992

UN-AUST.TXT

Statement by Robert Tickner, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs before the 10th Session of the UNWGIP

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 8th Session

DEWAN90.TXT

Statement by the Jumma Delegation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the UNWGIP 8th Session - 31 July, 1990

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 7th Session

AOTEAROA.TXT

Statement by Maori representative Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations 1989

HAWAII.TXT

Statement to UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Moanikeala Akaka on Hawai'ian Nation

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 6th Session

88-12368.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/2 UNWGIP 6th Session Document 88-12368/4446G - Statements by Byelorussia, Finland, Japan and the U.S.S.R. re: Draft Declaration

88-12395.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/5 UNWGIP 6th Session Document 88-12395/4328G - Statements by Four Directions Council, Inuit Circumpolar Conference and the International Commission of Jurists

88-12514.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/2/Add.1 UNWGIP 6th Session Document 88-12514/4686G Statements by Canada and the People's Republic of the Congo

AUS_88.TXT

Statement by Mr. R Winroe on behalf of the Australian Observer Delegation under Item 6, Outline of a Study on the Significance of Treaties, Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements - UNWGIP 6th Session August 1988

CANADA88.TXT

Canada's Statement at the 6th Session of the UNWGIP re: Draft Declaration

ILO_88.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1988/3/Add.1 I.L.O. Statement to the UNWGIP 6th Session - Revision of Convention No. 107: Steps to Come, 30 June 1988

KAREN.TXT

Statement by the Karen National Union at the UNWGIP re: Self-Determination

MAORI_88.TXT

Statement by Nganeko Kaihau Minhinnick, Maori Representative to the UNWGIP 6th Session, August 1988

MORRIS.TXT

Statement by Prof. Glenn T. Morris to UNWGIP on topic of standard setting -- Religious Freedom

NSC_UN88.TXT

Statement by the Nordic Sami Council at the 6th Session of the UNWGIP - August 1988

SAMI88.TXT

Statement by Dr. Atle Grahl-Madsen, Prof. of Public and International Law, University of Bergen, for the Nordic Sami Council re: The Sami Convention and treaty relations with Nordic states - UNWGIP Aug 1988

TRET6_88.TXT

Statement submitted by the Treaty 6 Chiefs on Treaties and the Study of Treaties to the UNWGIP - August 1988

UBCIC88.TXT

Statement of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs at the 6th Session of the UNWGIP - August 1988

UNCWIS88.TXT

Statement by Rudolph C. Ryser to the UNWGIP in reference to the Study on the Significance of Indigneous Treaties.

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 5th Session

COTTIER.TXT

Statement by Chockie Cottier on Behalf of the Indigenous World Association - UNWGIP, August 1987

INDIGPRN.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/1987/22/Annex.5 Declaration of Principles Adopted by the Indigenous Peoples - Prep Mtg of UNWGIP July, 1987

IPPM_87.TXT

Indigenous Peoples' Preparatory Meeting Declaration of Principles submitted to the UNWGIP 5th Session, July 1987

LOKONO87.TXT

Speech by representative of the Lokono Nation, Suriname before the UNWGIP 1987

MERDEKA.TXT

Statement Concerning the Right of Self-Determination of the West Papuan People by the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at the UNWGIP Session #5, August 1987

METIS87.TXT

Statement by the Metis National Council to the UNWIGP 5th Session, August 1987 - includes addendum: Background Notes on Historical Metis Land Rights

PARKIPNY.TXT

The Indigenous Peoples Rights Question in Africa - Statement before UNWGIP by Moringe Parkipuny, Member of Parliament, Ngorongoro, Tanzania

SLF-DTRM.TXT

Statement on Self-Determination by the Participants at the Indigenous Peoples Preparatory Meeting, prior to the '87 UNWGIP Session

STANDARD.TXT

Statement by Rudolph C. Ryser, Chairman of CWIS On Setting Standards in Connection with the Right of Indigenous Nations to Self-Determination - UNWGIP, 6 August 1987

TISHYA87.TXT

Statement by the Venerable Bimal Tishya Bhikkhu on behalf of the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts - UNWGIP August 1987

UNION_BC.TXT

Remarks of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs before the 5th Session of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations 8/3/87

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 4th Session

BANGRESP.TXT

Bangladesh Presentation to the UNWGIP in reply to the Submissions made by the Anti-Slavery Society and the Chittagong Hill Tracts Representative

DEC_PRIN.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.4/Add.4 Draft Declaration of Principles presented to UNWGIP '85 by Indian Law Resource Ctr, Four Directions Cncl, National Aboriginal and Islander Legal Service, NIYC, Inuit Circumpolar Conf and IITC

MOROCO85.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.1/Add.1 Statement by Morocco at the UNWGIP 4th Session - April 1985

SI_KAREN.TXT

Survival International Statement at UNWGIP '85, Human Rights Violations Against Ethnic Minorities in Burma

SI_UN85.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1985/WP.4/Add.3 Survival International Statement at the UNWGIP '85, The Abuse of Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights and National Legislation: Case Study - India

UN_WPAP1.TXT

Statement on threatening developments concerning the human rights of the West Papuan People to the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 1985

UN_WPAP2.TXT

Statement by Mr. Juwana, observer from the Indonesian delegation in rebuttal to the West Papuan delegation's statement in UN_WPAP1.TXT

UN_WPAP3.TXT

Statement of the Free Papua Movement in reply to the statement by Mr. Juwana in UN_WPAP2.TXT

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 3rd Session

1ST_NAT.TXT

Trusteeship and Self-Determination - Submitted to the UN by The Coalition of First Nations & IITC

CHT_UN84.TXT

Report by the Anti-Slavery Society on the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the UNWGIP 3rd Session - 1984

FWP20884.TXT

International Standards for Indigenous Rights: Statement by CWIS Before 3rd Session of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations 8/1/84

IBALOI.TXT

Report by a Member of the Ibaloi People of the Philippines to the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 1984

MAPUCHE.TXT

Report on the Present Situation of the Mapuche in Chile - Presented to the UNWGIP, 27 July 1984

NUXALK.TXT

Statement of the Nuxalk Nation to the UN on the Definition of "Indigenous Populations"

W_PAPUA.TXT

Statement on behalf of the Free Papua Movement (West Papuan People's Movement for Freedom and Independence) to the UN Commission on Human Rights

U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Peoples 1st Session

82-11964.TXT

E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.4/1982/R.1 UNWGIP 1st Session Document 82-11964 - Statements by the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, Indian Law Resource Center and Draft Resolution by the International Indian Treaty Council

International Labour Organization Documents and Submissions

AINU.TXT

A Statement of Opinion Regarding the Partial Revision of ILO Convention No. 107 by The Ainu Association of Hokkaido

ILO_107.TXT

I.L.O. Convention 107 -- Convention Concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and Other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in Independent Countries

ILO_169.TXT

I.L.O. Convention 169 -- Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries - 1989

Other Indigenous Related U.N. Documents and Submissions

DAYPEACE.TXT

Speech by Chief Leon Shenandoah, Haudenosaunee to the UN General Assembly supporting a Worldwide Day of Peace - 24 October 1985

DECOLON.TXT

Indigenous Overview of Decolonization: Remarks before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization by the World Council of Indigenous Peoples

DEGA.TXT

Human Rights Violations - The People of the Dega Republic by the Montagnard/Dega International Human Rights Committee, presented to the UN Workshop on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1993

ELDERUN.TXT

The Statement of the Sto:Lo Nation's Elders to the UN General Assembly 8/29/82

LILLOOET.TXT

The Stl'atl'imx Nation's submission for membership into the United Nations

UN-RES.TXT

United Nations Resolution 34/40 on East Timor - 21 November 1979

UN1514XV.TXT

U.N. Resolution 1514(XV) - Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples