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U.N. Report Chastises U.S. for Status of Native Population2012-09-27
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 2012 (IPS) - A top United Nations official has presented the first ever international investigation into the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States, urging the adoption of new policies and mechanisms to “address persistent deep-seeded problems related to historical wrongs, failed policies of the past and continuing systemic barriers”.
Based on research in the United States this past spring, James Anaya, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, presented his final report to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Tuesday. The process marks the first time that the United States has allowed an external body to formally investigate and comment on the situation of its indigenous communities, a notably sensitive issue.
Speaking before the council, Anaya stated that indigenous communities in the United States (also referred to as American Indians) continue to “face significant challenges that are related to widespread historical wrongs, including broken treaties and acts of oppression, and misguided government policies, that today manifest themselves in various indicators of disadvantage and impediments to the exercise of their individual and collective rights.”
Contour Crafting: Automated Construction:2012-10-02Rapid Prototyping, processes (Contour Crafting and SIS), automated construction of civil structures, development of CAD/CAM systems for biomedical applications (e.g., restorative dentistry, rehabilitation engineering, haptics devices for medical applications), autonomous mobile and modular robots for assembly applications in space, and invention of technologies in the field of oil and gas. Creating intelligent simulation tools that can automatically perform many simulation functions that are conventionally performed by human analysts. Poverty Rates Strikingly High Among Indigenous Populations2012-07-27WASHINGTON, Jun 20 2012 (IPS) - Although they are only five percent of the global population, indigenous people account for up to 15 percent of the world’s poor, according to a new study published by members of the World Bank.
The highest percentages of indigenous people in proportion to the total national population are in China (36 percent), South Asia (32 percent) and Southeast Asia (10 percent), according to “Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development”, a treatise on indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Brookings Institute, a think tank here in Washington, recently cited figures that roughly 900 million people live in poverty – that is, they live on less than 1.25 dollars per day. News: Canada and B.C. help create new Aboriginal housing2012-07-23Through the Canada-British Columbia Agreement for Investment in Affordable Housing 2011-2014, the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia are providing the combined investment of $5 million under the Aboriginal Housing Initiative to create affordable rental housing projects with a focus on Aboriginal clients across B.C. The Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) has also partnered with the Province to assist in the evaluation process and oversee the management and operations of the Aboriginal housing projects. World Indigenous Housing Conference 2012 - Presentations2012-06-27Presentations from the 2012 World Indigenous Housing Conference. Discussion Paper on the Future of Land Rights2012-06-27The future financial and operational sustainability of the self-funded land rights network in New South Wales has been the subject of considerable debate in recent years.
NSWALC, and many members of Local Aboriginal Land Councils, have been concerned for some time about the increasing cost burden being transferred onto the self-funded land rights system through structural, operational and governance changes imposed on the network by amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NSW) 1983. |
