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STATEMENTS & DECLARATIONS
1988
The Declaration of Belem
First International Congress of Ethnobiology
1992
Haudenosaunee Faithkeeper
Chief Oren Lyons addressing the United Nations Organization
Ecocide as Genocide
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
1995
Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Women
1998
The Malimup Communique
Resolution of Consejo de Ancianos
Council of Elders of the Atlantic Coast: Ninth General Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Communities
1999
Indigenous Peoples’ Seattle Declaration
WTO Ministerial Meeting
2000
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change
Lyon, France (September)
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change
The Hague (November)
2001
The Bonn Declaration
Forum of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change
Bonn, Germany (July)
Resolution of the Amazon Indigenous Fund about Climate Change (October)
“Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Caucus”
Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties ~ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco (November)
Statement of International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
Submitted to the Convention on Biological Divesity
Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2002
Indigenous Peoples’ Plan of Implementation on Sustainable Development
Presented to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa (September)
Indigenous Peoples Caucus Statement
Second Peoples of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, Washington, DC (October)
The Kimberley Declaration
International Indigenous Peoples Summit on Sustainable Development
Khoi-San Territory, Kimberley, South Africa
2003
The Mumbai Manifesto ~ World Conference of Elders of Ancient Traditions and Cultures
Mumbai, India (February)
The Milan Declaration ~ Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change
Milan, Italy (November)
Indigenous Position Paper for the World Summit on the Information Society (December)
Statement on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Submitted to UNESCO
Indigenous Peoples' Kyoto Water Declaration
3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto, Japan
2004
The Nairobi Declaration
International Ecoagriculture Conference & Practitioners Fair, Nairobi, Kenya (October)
The World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP)
Second General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur
2005
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Statement by Walter Reid at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (May)
The Chilika Statement
Asian Wetland Symposium
Statement to the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
Forest Peoples Programme
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The Convention on Biological Diversity offers links to statements, declarations, charters, resolutions and recommendations by organizations representing indigenous and local communities.
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