SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS BACKS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AGENDA
Hawai`i And Pacific Caucus Hear Statement
The Secretary General of the United Nations has given Indigenous Peoples hope of a positive start to the Second Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
In a video message to the opening of this year’s session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Secretary-
General Kofi Annan said that the Programme of Action should be observed by all governments.
“Today, I call on all States to work with Indigenous Peoples to translate the Programme into reality on the ground”, he said.
“Let us aim to make it mean something positive - a change for the better - in the life of every indigenous person, wherever he or she may live.”
