Change from Carib to Kalinago now official

A name change from the Carib Reserve to Kalinago Territory has received approval from Parliament.

The Carib Territory Amendment Act which was brought to Parliament by Kalinago Affairs Minister, Casius Darroux, was passed with the support of The United Workers Party parliamentary opposition.

Speaking at the First Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament on Friday,Darroux said the name change will represent the image of the Kalinago people in a more affirmative way, “ to reflect a better indigenous identity, to dispel the historic negative connotations linked with the word Carib…”

“It is a new day for us, it is a new day in the history of the Kalinago people as the first inhabitants of the country. This bill that has been passed through Parliament to be amended. It is going to bring a lot of thought provoking ideas that we are going to develop for the betterment of the Kalinago people,” the first time parliamentarian and cabinet minister stated.

According to Darroux, since the arrival of Columbus, the Kalinago people have been “littered” with degrading connotations, “one of oppression which is a reminder that history has failed to recognize the sacrifices of my people and the appreciation of us as the first settlers of the land,” adding, “this does not foster any sense of ethnic pride among the indigenous people.”

Darroux describes Kalinago as the true reflection of a dynamic symbol of resistance to colonization and more so, “a symbol of unity, survival and strength which has the power to unify diverse people.”

The minister’s plans for development of the Kalinago Territory include new accommodations for the Kalinago Village Council, the commissioning of a resource centre which, according to him, “is going to be completed very soon and we will be having the opening for that” and resurfacing of the Kalinago Territory road networks.

Source: Dominica News Online - Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

Small Island Developing States Conference: Last Day to Register!

Dear colleagues,

The Third Conference on Small Island Developing States, taking place between 1-4 September in Apia, Samoa, is rapidly approaching.

Preceding the meeting, four Pre-Conference Forums will take place in select locations in Apia from 28-31 August 2014. The Pre-Conference Forums will be held outside of the UN security perimeter and therefore don’t require accreditation to the SIDS Conference. Further information on these activities is available on the SIDS website: www.sids2014.org/index.php?menu=1567

Participation in the Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum, which will take place on Thursday, 28 (evening) and Friday, 29 August 2014, is subject to registration. Today is the last day to register - if you are planning on attending, you must fill out this form. More information on the Forum can be found here.

We would also like to use this opportunity to remind representatives of organizations that are accredited with the United Nations and plan to attend the official Conference to register here. Conference registration for Major Groups and other stakeholders’ representatives will close on Monday, 4 August 2014.

Warm regards,
Ms. Martina Muller
Major Groups Program
Communications & Outreach - UN DESA/DSD

Update on SIDS Conference: Nominations

Major Groups

The participation of stakeholders from civil society and other non-state actors is organized according to the major groups structure articulated in Agenda 21. Representatives from major groups interested in participating as observers in the SIDS Conference and its preparatory process are required to be accredited to the United Nations and register accordingly. Accredited? Pre-register by 1 August 2014

Indigenous Peoples interested in attending the Conference should send nominations to Major Group focal point Roberto Borrero at roberto@treatycouncil.org before July 7. 

For more information visit http://www.sids2014.org

Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible // Open-ended Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

Estimados amigos y colegas ,

A continuación el anuncio de DESA sobre lo que ocurrirá durante la Fase 2 del Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible ( OWG - SDG ) y la financiación sostenible.

Como ustedes saben la Octava Sesión del OWG - SDG acaba de finalizar .

La fase de inventario de la situación en donde se obtuvieron puntos de vista por parte de los gobiernos y de los grupos mayores en los diferentes temas de desarrollo sostenible ha terminado. Ahora van a pasar a las reuniones informales que están destinadas a iniciar los procesos

intergubernamentales de negociación donde van a llegar a un acuerdo sobre lo que será el ODS . Estas reuniones tendrán lugar en las siguientes fechas:

Marzo, del 3 al 7, 2014

Marzo 31 a  abril 4,  2014

Mayo del 5 al 9,  2014

Junio del  16 al 20,  2014

Julio del 14 al 18, 2014

Los co -presidentes del OWG - SDG son el Sr. Macharia Kamau, Representante Permanente de Kenya y el Sr. Csaba Kőrösi, Representante Permanente de Hungría. Para obtener más información sobre los informes de los distintos

grupos de trabajo , por favor visite el sitio web:

www.sustainabledevelopment.un.org

Después de julio el proceso de la Agenda de Desarrollo Post- 2015 se iniciará en septiembre de 2014 en el comienzo de la 69 ª Sesión de la Asamblea General de la ONU . Habrá un evento especial para revisar los ODM durante este evento. Después de este evento de alto nivel , los procesos de negociación se llevará a cabo en lo que será el programa para el desarrollo post- 2015 . Los resultados de la OWG - SDG se incorporarán a este proceso.

Los otros procesos regionales son los siguientes : Esto se obtuvo de del mensaje de Chantal Line Carpienter que es el punto focal de DESA para los Grupos Principales.

Fechas para las Reunión regionales:

vamos a trabajar con los coordinadores residentes para identificar a los participantes regionales , por favor inicia contactos directos con su circunscripción:

Reunión de la CESPAP HLPF (ESCAP HLPF  por sus siglas en inglés) en abril (2-4) , con consulta previa a partir del 29 ó el 30 de marzo en Bangkok.

CESPAO (ESCWA por sus siglas en ingles) 2 a 3 abril en Aman, Jordania.

CEPAL primera semana de mayo en Perú

ECE - puede que no tenga reunión en la HLPF

ECA: no hay información.

Estamos planeando ofrecer actividades de creación de capacidades y oportunidades de incidencia en cada reunión.

También hay que considerar que habrá una reunión sobre los pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo deberían (SIDS por sus siglas en ingles). Así que esto es muy relevante para el Consejo del Pacífico y el Caribe. Por favor, interactuar con Roberto Borrero Mukaro que es del Caribe y que representa a CITI , uno de los socios en la organización para la OWG - ODS , por lo que puede ayudar a proporcionar información adicional al respecto.

Sobre la contribución de los SIDS y altavoz para el lanzamiento del Año Internacional de los Pequeños Estados Insulares:

RECORDATORIO: fecha límite para la presentación de lo que el documento de la conferencia SIDS debe contener es el 15 de febrero.

Ver

http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=56&menu=1504<http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=56&menu=1504>

Para el lanzamiento del Año Internacional de la SIDS , sólo C & Y y las mujeres presentaron nombres. Mis colegas han seleccionado al candidato de C & Y Ben Anthoy Bacar MOUSSA de Islas Comoras. Ya C & Y está trabajando con

él en su declaración en idioma francés y compartirán con usted a la brevedad , ya que esto es una declaración de todos los MGs.

Por favor, háganos saber quién de sus  miembros (consituency) estarán aquí para la PrepCom 24 a 26 febrero.

La Socios Organizador de Grupo Principal de los Pueblos Indígenas son Tebtebba y el IIN ( Red Indígena de Información de Kenia, para el Sur) y el Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios (CITI ) para el Norte. Hay muy mínima participación de los pueblos indígenas en estos procesos porque hay muy poco apoyo (financiamiento )para esto y el DESA sólo admite una o dos personas del Sur.  Por parte de Tebtebba , tenemos a Galina Angarova que tiene su sede en Nueva York para participar a tiempo completo con este proceso, entre otros y por ellos CITI tiene a Roberto Mukaro Borrero, también con sede en Nueva York . Para IIN es Lucy Mulenkei cuyo correo electrónico es mulenkei@yahoo.com.

Si desea más información envíe un correo electrónico  a Galina: galina@tebtebba.org y Roberto es mukaro@uctp.org

.Traducido por CADPI

2014-02-11 21:29 GMT-06:00 Vicky Tauli-Corpuz :

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Please find below the announcement from DESA on what will happen during the Phase 2 of the Open-ended Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG-SDG) and Sustainable Financing. As you may know the OWG-SDG 8^th Session just finished. The Stocktaking Phase where they had views from

governments and from Major groups on the various sustainable development issues is over. They will now move to the informals which are meant to be intergovernmental negotiating processes where they will reach agreement on what will be the SDGs. These meetings will take place on the following dates;

March 3-7, 2014

March 31-April 4, 2014

May 5-9, 2014

June 16-20, 2014

July 14-18, 2014

The co-chairs  of the OWG-SDG are  Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya and Mr. Csaba Kōrōsi, Permanent Representative of Hungary. For more information on the reports of the various working groups please go to the website; *sustainabledevelopment.un.org

& http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org

After July the Post-2015 Development Agenda Process will start in September 2014 at the beginning of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly. There will be a special event to review the MDGs during this event. After this High Level Event, the negotiations processes will take place on what the Post-2015 Development Agenda will be. The results of the OWG-SDG will feed into this process.

The other regional processes are the following: I cut this from the message of Chantal Line Carpienter who is the DESA focal point for Major Groups.

*Regional meeting dates: we will work with RCs to identify regional participants, please start outreaching to your constituency*

ESCAP HLPF meeting in April (2-4) with pre-consultation starting from 29 or 30 March, Bangkok

ESCWA 2-3 April in Aman, Jordan.

ECLAC first week of May in Peru

ECE may not have a meeting on the HLPF

ECA: no further info

We are planning to offer capacity building and advocacy opportunities at each meeting.

There will also be a meeting on SIDS which those in small-island developing states should consider. So this is very relevant for the Pacific Caucus and also the Carribean. Please interact with Roberto Mukaro Borrero who is from the Caribbean and who is representing  IITC, one of the

Organizing Partners for the OWG-SDGs, so he can help provide additional information on this.

*SIDS contribution and speaker for launching of INternational year of the SIDS*

REMINDER: deadline for submission of what the SIDS conference document should contain is 15 February,

http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=56&menu=1504<http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?page=view&type=13&nr=56&menu=1504>

For the Launch of the international year of the SIDS, only C& Y and women submitted names. My colleagues have selected the C& Y candidate Ben Anthoy

Bacar MOUSSA from Comoros*. *C&Y are working with him on his statement in French and will share with you shortly as this is a statement for all MGs.

Please let us know who from your constituency plan to be here for the PrepCom 24-26 Feb.

The Organizing Partners for the Indigenous Peoples' Major Group are Tebtebba and IIN (Indigenous Information Network from Kenya, for the South and International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) for the North. There is very minimal participation of indigenous peoples in these processes because there is very little support for this and the DESA only supports one or two persons from the South. For Tebtebba, we have Galina Angarova who is based

in New York to engage on a more full-time basis with this process, among others and for IITC they have Roberto Mukaro Borrero., also based in NY. For IIN this is Lucy Mulenkei whose email is mulenkei@yahoo.com.

If you want more information please email them. Galina's email is galina@tebtebba.org and Roberto's is mukaro@uctp.org.

best regards,

Vicky

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

Executive Director

Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)

Convenor, Asian Indigenous Women's Network

email: vicky@tebtebba.org

phone: 63-74-4447703

mobile: 63-9175317811

www.tebtebba.org

Gala launch to Amerindian Heritage month 2010

GUYANA’S indigenous communities will receive US$8 million out of the US$30 million to be received from the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) revenue this year, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Speaking at the launch of Amerindian Heritage Month, at a ceremony hosted at the Amerindian Village, National Exhibition Centre in Sophia, the President said the funds will be used for village development. Citing transformative economic activities where young people can stay in the village and earn a decent living as well as food security, he said every village is currently working on their own plan according to a template sent out by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

Responding to gripes about the money not being properly spent, the President said the money will be budgeted and will have the strongest fiduciary safeguards that can be audited anywhere in the world.

He said it is important to the country and there is no room for pedantic approaches as the development of indigenous people will be at the forefront of the strategy. Referring to comments made by Chief of the Guyanese Organisation of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP), Dr. George Norton, in a speech at the same event, the President said he agreed that all children, not only Amerindian children must have a proper perspective of the struggles of the indigenous peoples throughout the ages. However, he strongly disagreed with Norton’s views about “mendicancy syndrome”.

He said Amerindians are not mendicants, stating that he has great respect for Amerindians who can live in very difficult circumstances, contrasting them with some people on the Coast who will complain even when opportunities are easily available. Again disagreeing with Norton, President Jagdeo said we must subscribe to the philosophy of working together, instead of “who deh pon top”.

He said that even though some people would like that to continue, parties cannot continue to be built on race; barriers must be broken down and people must have the freedom to go into any party and any government that they wish. Calling out to young people he said “take your country over”.

He stressed that Guyana “belongs to us all, and all have an equal place in the land and are equal before the Constitution and, therefore, we must ensure that people have an opportunity to exercise this equality.” President Jagdeo noted that, unfortunately, for a long time, people who live in the hinterland never managed to experience that equality. He said that it is “unforgivable” that for decades in the post-independence period, intelligent children were “doomed” to have only a primary education, where it existed.

Jagdeo said that though the problem is not completely fixed, all children have access to primary education and secondary education has been expanded, noting that the government is now building a secondary school at Sand Creek – a hinterland community. He also alluded to the fact that many Amerindians are even studying abroad. In this regards, President Jagdeo told the audience that he had, earlier in the day, attended a graduation ceremony where several Amerindian students were among the more than 90 persons that graduated.

Moving on to the issue of health care, President Jagdeo said the government is working to make drastic improvements to this area by providing more doctors rather than community health workers to serve Amerindian communities. He said that a part of the government’s strategy is to extend information communication to every home along Guyana’s coast.

Pledging 90 thousand computers to families along the coast, the president said it will be very hard to do that in Amerindian communities where homes are far apart and there often is not access to the internet, but over the next two years the government will work with villages, especially the large villages, to have a bank of computers so that there can be internet access for entire communities.

He said that this is also very important for “e-medicine”, which is an important part of improving the service as, if the distance is so great, information can be transmitted to health workers on the ground, in the absence of a doctor, to make better diagnoses. He said within three years, every Amerindian home in Guyana (some 10 thousand) will have a solar panel to supply electricity.

President Jagdeo also urged his listeners to continue viewing the LCDS as an opportunity for Guyana to create the elements of a market-based system through advocacy. He said rewards are in store for everyone, particularly indigenous communities, stressing that no indigenous community is required to contribute their land that they own and that they have absolute control over their land and will pledge land only if they wish to do so.

He said that even if they don’t give land, a significant amount of money earned from the strategy will go back to their communities, promising more opportunities to earn a living and have a better life without compromising cultural growth and cultural preservation.

President Jagdeo also expressed the hope that Guyanese will use the opportunity of the month long celebration to learn more about the contributions of Amerindians to Guyana’s national culture and join in the celebration.

Amerindian Heritage Month Celebrations were launched under the theme “Promoting Sustainable Livelihood and Cultural Heritage while transforming our Village Economies,” this year.

Author: Michelle Gonsalves
Source: Guyana Chronicle

Guyanese Indigenous Organization Changes Leadership

Georgetown, Guyana (UCTP Taino News) – The Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) has changed its leadership recently and is now being run by an Interim Executive Committee. The new Committee office-bearers include Dr. George Norton (Chief), Mary Valenzuela (Deputy Chief), Colin Klautky (Public Relations Officer), Esther Robinson (Secretary), Gracene Rosheuvel (Asst. Secretary), and Sheffield Forero (Treasurer). The Committee will remain in place until the GOIP Annual General Assembly schedule to be held in July 2010. GOIP works to facilitate the development of Indigenous Peoples in Guyana through institutes and by promoting the recognition of the internationally recognized rights and interests through partnership with other NGO’s, stakeholders and agencies.

UCTPTN 12.10.2009

Guyana to Host Upcoming COIP 2008 Meeting

Public Notice: The next meeting of the Caribbean Organization of Indigenous Peoples is set to take place 25-27 July 2008 in Georgetown, Guyana. The meeting will be hosted by the Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP). Contact Chief Ricardo B. Hernandez for details.