International Day of the World's Indigenous People: High Commissioner Pillay issued a statement calling on all countries to make more efforts

People's Network, August 8 According to the UN website, on the eve of the International Day of Indigenous People on August 9, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, issued a statement calling on all countries to make more efforts to implement the treaties concluded with indigenous peoples, regardless of these How long the history of the treaty.

The theme of this year's International Day of Indigenous People is "respect for treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between indigenous peoples and nations." Pillay pointed out that even if many treaties were signed a century ago, they are still the cornerstone of the protection of indigenous peoples' identities, lands and traditions and the establishment of the relations between indigenous peoples and the government is of great importance to the protection of human rights.

She said that treaties with indigenous peoples often marked decisive action in ending conflicts, exploitation and enforced deprivation, requiring each signatory to implement the treaty with good faith, but many indigenous communities had to go to court, Forcing the government to honor its promise.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights called on all Governments to take solid steps to implement the treaties already concluded with indigenous peoples and to reach new agreements with them or make other constructive arrangements through transparent and all-inclusive negotiations to secure 37 million Aboriginal rights.

In December 1994, the General Assembly adopted a resolution deciding to designate August 9 each year during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People from 1995 to 2004 as the "International Day of Indigenous People." In 2004, the General Assembly proclaimed 2005-2014 the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, with the goal of further strengthening international cooperation in addressing the challenges that indigenous peoples face in the areas of culture, education, health, human rights, environment and social and economic development The problem.