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International Indian Treaty Council CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS |
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At 4:30 in the afternoon
Thursday June 29th 2006, the 1st
session of the new UN Human
Rights Council approved the
Draft resolution L.3, as
proposed by Peru adopting the
Chair's text of the UN
Declaration for the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples and sending
to the UN General Assembly for
its adoption.
There were 30 states in favor, 2 against (Canada and Russian Federation) and 12 abstentions (including Argentina, Philipeans, Algeria, Ghana) and 3 states counted as absent(Gabon, Mali). China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Chec Republic, France, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Azerbaijan all voted in favor. Some states, i.e Japan, India)gave an explanation about their vote and how they understand the content of the Declaration. Brazil, along with India and >Japan, said they coted yes with the understanding that it did not affect territorial integrity. The resolution and text can be found on the web page of the Human Rights Council.
A las 4:30 de la tarde el 29
de julio de 2006 el primer
sesion del nuevo Consjeo de los
Derechos Humanos de las Naciones
Unidas aprobo el proyecto de
resolucion L.3, sobre la
resolucion Peruana, adoptando el
texto del presidente de la
Declaracion sobre los Derechos
de los Pueblos Indigenas y
mandandola a la Asemblea General
por su adopcion. |
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