IWGIA Newsletter - 6/2006
IWGIA's Newsletter covers news and updates from the indigenous world and IWGIA and is part of an initiative to become an information centre on indigenous issues.
This edition covers news and updates from the indigenous world and IWGIA in October and November 2006.
Important news:
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples blocked
The process of adopting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a halt on Tuesday November 27. A non-action resolution put forward by the Namibian delegation was supported by a majority in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee. This means that there will be no voting on the Declaration during the present plenary session of the General Assembly.
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New sections on IWGIA's website:
 Thematic Focus: Thematic Focus puts focus on different issues of importance to indigenous peoples. The theme will follow IWGIA's publication Indigenous Affairs, which is published three to four times a year. The Thematic Focus 2/2006 is Arctic Oil and Gas Development.
Country Profiles: The country profiles on Laos and Argentina are now on the website. The country profiles contain extensive information on indigenous peoples and issues affecting the indigenous peoples in selected countries.
Download publications: All issues of Indigenous Affairs since 1996 are now available for downloading.
Photo archive: New pictures are available from the following countries: Colombia and Rwanda.
News from the indigenous world:
Philippines: Peasant leaders killed in the Philippines
Peru: Indigenous Amazonian people score rare victory against oil company
International: Diabetes threatens many of world's indigenous people
Vietnam: Hydropower project means resettlement of 100,000 indigenous peoples
Amazon Region: Regional seminar on indigenous peoples in isolation or initial contact
Malaysia: Forest-dwellers count cost of Borneo's Bakun dam
Africa: ACHPR - the process and current status
See more news articles on IWGIA's Noticeboard
See news from the different regions in IWGIA's News Archive
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New IWGIA publications
Indigenous Affairs 2-3/2006 - Arctic Oil and Gas Development edited by Mark Nuttall and Kathrin Wessendorf
Witness to Sovereignty: Essays on the Indian Movement in Latin America, by Stefano Varese
Photo: Kyh-Kyh Center Sakhalin / Sakhalin Watch / RAIPON
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