US Review on Signing the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
NCUIH is pleased to announce that the United States government will conduct a formal review of its position on signing the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The US along with Canada are the only two holdout Nations that have not signed the Declaration.The US government has indicated that it will conduct a review and consultation (conferring) with federally recognized Indian Tribes and interested nongovernmental organizations. We will be in touch with the administration on the implementation of these efforts and will let you know how to meaningfully participate.
For over three years NCUIH has been working on making federal officials at the Department of State aware of the urgent need of both signing the Declaration itself, as well as having a permanent representative to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
NCUIH requested (and provided information to) the North American representative to the UNPFII to make an intervention at the General Assembly on behalf of the Urban American Indian/Alaska Native population.
To read NCUIH's letter to Secretary Clinton, click here.
To read our 2008 Article on the 7th Session of the UNPFII click here.
To read the remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, April 20, 2010 please click here.
To watch the video on the Intervention at the UNPFII on behalf of urban AI/AN (2008) click on the image below:
