UNPO at the UN

Jun 10, 2005

Former Tibetan Political Prisoner at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Testimony of Ms. Ngawang Sangdrol Working Group Session - UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland 6 June, 2005

Jun 10, 2005

Former Tibetan Political Prisoner at the UN Committee...

Testimony of Ms. Ngawang Sangdrol Working Group Session - UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland 6 June, 2005

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Jun 04, 2005

Statement of the Working Group on Enforced or...

The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is holding its seventy-fifth session from 26 May to 3 June, in Bangkok, Thailand

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Jun 01, 2005

Iraqi Turkmens Call for Equal Representation in...

3 million Turkmen should obtain in the new Iraqi Constitution full rights equal to those obtained by the Arabs and Kurds

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May 31, 2005

Indigenous Groups Agree on List of Demands at...

The forum focused on two key UN development goals for 2015 -- cutting in half the number of people living in extreme poverty and achieving universal primary education

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May 27, 2005

NGOs Deliver Collective Statement on Nigeria

NGOs want the Nigeria Federation to be restructured in a way that it guarantees and respects the special identities and rights of Indigenous Peoples and tribal communities in the country

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May 27, 2005

Jumma Statement on Human Rights in Bangladesh...

On 24 May 2005 Prajnalankar Bhikkhu, representative of the Peace Campaign Group, recommended to send a UN peace-keeping force to the Chittagong Hill Tracts for security and protection of the Jumma indigenous...

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May 26, 2005

Poverty is Major Obstacle to Indigenous Rights...

On 25 May 2005 Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, noted that indigenous poverty indices were higher than national averages,...

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May 26, 2005

Assyrians the Indigenous People of Iraq

In an article dated 18 May the Assyrian University Alliance writes that there must be a secular government with no state-religion if the people of Iraq are to live in peace

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