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KATHMANDU: The 16th International Indigenous Peoples’ Day (IIPD) is being observed in the country, with various programmes and rallies and messages from various national and international organisations on Monday.
The IIPD main organising committee took out rallies in the major thoroughfares in the Kathmandu Valley. Various indigenous communities staged cultural programmes in Kathmandu and elsewhere.
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), the umbrella organisation of the indigenous peoples’ bodies, has voiced its concerns for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in the country.
“The indigenous peoples in the country should get an opportunity to participate in decision making processes, besides being ensured their rights to self-determination, secularism, federalism, among others,” said Raj Kumar Lekhi, the NEFIN president.
NEEFIN has further unveiled a month-long programme of agitation to press the policymakers to ensure the rights of indigenous peoples in the new constitution.
Indigenous people participate in a cultural programme on the occasion of the 16th World Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Kathmandu on Monday, August 9, 2010. (Photo: Rajendra Manandhar THT Online)
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, in his greetings circulated to the media, has said the government is extremely committed to the issue that no community on the basis ethnicity, language, religion, culture, gender and region is discriminated.
The rights of the indigenous people as per their aspiration will be incorporated in the new constitution, PM Nepal added.
“The special day would motivate all the indigenous people to preserve and expose their unique cultures and traditions and help to create belief, unity and closeness among the people of all the caste, creed, religion and community” the PM’s message read.
Catherine Ashton, High Representative on behalf of European Union, issued a statement from EU headquarters in Brussels, stressing on the enormous contribution made by indigenous peoples in sharing their tradition and knowledge with the world's cultural heritage and to the sustainable development of our planet.
Ashton also said it is now time to reflect on what has been done to protect the rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and guarantee them equal treatment, and how much more remains to be done, Ashton said.
In the statement, the EU also renewed its commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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KATHMANDU: The 16th International Indigenous Peoples’ Day (IIPD) is being observed in the country, with various programmes and rallies and messages from various national and international organisations on Monday.
The IIPD main organising committee took out rallies in the major thoroughfares in the Kathmandu Valley. Various indigenous communities staged cultural programmes in Kathmandu and elsewhere.
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), the umbrella organisation of the indigenous peoples’ bodies, has voiced its concerns for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples in the country.
“The indigenous peoples in the country should get an opportunity to participate in decision making processes, besides being ensured their rights to self-determination, secularism, federalism, among others,” said Raj Kumar Lekhi, the NEFIN president.
NEEFIN has further unveiled a month-long programme of agitation to press the policymakers to ensure the rights of indigenous peoples in the new constitution.
Indigenous people participate in a cultural programme on the occasion of the 16th World Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Kathmandu on Monday, August 9, 2010. (Photo: Rajendra Manandhar THT Online)
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, in his greetings circulated to the media, has said the government is extremely committed to the issue that no community on the basis ethnicity, language, religion, culture, gender and region is discriminated.
The rights of the indigenous people as per their aspiration will be incorporated in the new constitution, PM Nepal added.
“The special day would motivate all the indigenous people to preserve and expose their unique cultures and traditions and help to create belief, unity and closeness among the people of all the caste, creed, religion and community” the PM’s message read.
Catherine Ashton, High Representative on behalf of European Union, issued a statement from EU headquarters in Brussels, stressing on the enormous contribution made by indigenous peoples in sharing their tradition and knowledge with the world's cultural heritage and to the sustainable development of our planet.
Ashton also said it is now time to reflect on what has been done to protect the rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and guarantee them equal treatment, and how much more remains to be done, Ashton said.
In the statement, the EU also renewed its commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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