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Please note: whether you require a visa or not, if you will need transportation to the Conference Site, we will need you itinerary as soon as you can provide it.

Favor de tomar cuenta: Aunque no necesiten visa, sí necesitan transporte al sito de la conferencia, rogamos que nos manden su itinerario de viaje lo mas pronto posible.

 

Visa Information ENGLISH

Visa Information for delegates to IITC’s Treaty Conference, Hobbema, Ermineskin Maskawaciys Cree Nation, Treaty 6 First Nations Territory, Alberta Canada, August 3 through 7, 2005:

 

Delegates from countries outside North America may require visas to enter Canada, and if transiting the United States, may also require a transit visa from the respective US Consulate.

 

For visa information to Canada, please visit the Canadian government website at:

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp 

For transit visas via the United States, please visit

http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html 

If you require a visa, either for Canada and/or to transit the US, or both, please inform us at

alberto@treatycouncil.org

We will need to write you a personalized invitation letter, to present to the consulates for a visa. For this letter we will need the following information:

 

1. Name

2. Passport number, date of expiration;

3. Name of Indigenous Organization/Nation that you will be representing;

4. Address

5. Your Fax number, where you can receive the letter of invitation

6. Dates of travel, itinerary, and whether or not you will need a US Transit visa;

7. A brief description of your work or activity on behalf of Indigenous Peoples

 

Please please provide us this information us as soon as possible. As you are well aware, applying for a visa takes time.

 

Información sobre visas ESPAÑOL

Información sobre visas para delegados a la Conferencia del Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios, Hobbema, Nación Cree Erminskin Maskwaciys, Primeras Naciones Territorio Tratado 6, Alberta, Canadá.

 

Es posible que se requieran visas para entrar a Candada desde su país de delegados a la conferencia, y si transitando los Estados Unidos hacia Canadá, visa de transito del Consulado Estadounidense respetivo.

 

Por información de visa a Canadá, visite la pagina Web de Canadá, en:

 

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp

 

Si es necesario transitar los estados unidos, véase (solo en ingles):

 

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/temp_1305.html

 

Si la visa es necesaria, rogamos que nos informe lo mas pronto posible, a:

alberto@treatycouncil.org

Necesitaremos la siguiente información:

1. Nombre y país

2. Numero de pasaporte y fecha de vencimiento

3. Nombre de la Organización o Nación Indígena que representan

4. Dirección

5. Numero de Fax vigente, donde podrán recibir la invitación sin problema;

6. Fechas de viaje (itinerario) y si necesitaran visa de tránsito a los EEUU;

7. Breve informe de su trabajo o actividad a favor de los Pueblos Indígenas.

 

Rogamos que nos informe lo mas pronto posible. Ya saben, las visas, particularmente a los Estados Unidos o Canadá, toman tiempo.

 

 

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Treaty Council E-News September 2009

Action Alerts /

Acciones Urgentes:

Urgent call for Protection of Native American Sacred Places, September 25, 2008 (PDF 1.6MB)

Press Release on Urgent Efforts to Protect Native Sacred Places, September 25th 2008 (PDF 940K)

News Release: Canadian Parliament Calls for Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, April 9, 2008 (PDF 51K)

IITC files urgent action with United Nations for Indigenous Peoples of Maluku, June 6th 2008 and post in Urgent/Urgente and in UN Human Rights 2008 (PDF 79K)

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IITC Urgent Action Communication to the United Nations Human Rights System: Raids and arrests against Maori by the New Zealand government, October 17th, 2007 (PDF 48K)

March 7th, 2008: United Nations Body Expresses Concerns about Racism in the United States, Calls for the US to apply the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)

 

Important Updates

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Indigenous Peoples' Caucus, UN Permanent Forum on April 19th & 20th , 2008 (PDF 90K)

Web link for Longest Walk 2

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IITC Training Manual for filing “Shadow Reports” for the review of the United States by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), October 17th, 2007 (PDF 578K)

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UN Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the UN General Assembly September 13th, 2007!

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CSD 15th session, 2007, April 30 - May 11, 2007

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Treaty Council News Winter 2007 (PDF 1MB)

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