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By the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues of the United Nations
People often think of the United Nations as one of humanity’s most ambitious projects, since it works to protect
human rights, promote development, and ensure peace and safety for everyone. In many ways, it’s both good
and bad that its goals are big and lofty.
The UN’s biggest strength and biggest problem are the same thing. Even though a lot of progress was made
during
In the first sixty years of the UN, there was a lot of frustration that the poorest of the poor, the ones who needed
help the most, didn’t get it.
People who are left out and treated badly still don’t have access to their basic human rights, development, or
safety.
Indigenous peoples’ concerns haven’t always been heard at the UN, and for the first few decades, they weren’t.
Their voices were not heard in the Organization for as long as it was around. Slowly, this has changed, and the
United
In recent years, the United Nations has taken a number of steps to make up for mistakes it made in the past.
partnerships with people who live there already.
Indigenous peoples, who number more than 370 million, have had strong and active relationships with each
other.
million people in about 90 countries—and the United Nations, which is a tough place to meet.
at least three things: a) a new awareness of the problems and human rights of indigenous peoples; b) recognition
of
Indigenous people have made a huge difference to the cultural diversity and heritage of humanity, especially
through their
traditional knowledge; c) a sense of the need to deal with the problems of indigenous peoples;
strategies, laws, and budgets. Along with the decolonization and human rights movements, as well as the
The indigenous movement has been one of the most active civil society groups, along with the women’s
movement and the environmental movement.
Since 1945, they have been talking to the UN.
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