UNITED NATIONS FOR NATIVE TRADE
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been adopted by one hundred and forty five UN member states. Koha looks at how the declaration can provide a framework for Native trade relationships to enhance and protect Native cultures.
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“With indications that the National led New Zealand government will finally ratify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, forming strong cultural relationships with indigenous peoples will likely have flow on benefits in the future. That’s if worldwide efforts to promote Native trade are realized. One of the original drafters of the Declaration and former Pacific representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Milililani Trask, is now promoting Native trade as a model for economic development that puts in place minimum standards of protection for the rights of indigenous peoples.”
“By signing onto the Declaration, Mead says the government will be making it clear that New Zealand is a country that values social responsibility and accountability. It will also enhance relationships between governments and indigenous peoples who can use the Declaration as a framework to re-build indigenous economies. “I encourage Member States and indigenous peoples to come together in a spirit of mutual respect, and make use of the Declaration as the living document it is so that it has a real and positive effect through the world,” states UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.”
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