A representative of Belize, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said CARICOM was committed to and respected the needs of indigenous children. LAWRENCE MORGAN, a representative of the Navajo Nation, said his Nation had existed for centuries, with its values and culture intact. Within the context of his country, promoting human rights meant promoting the human rights of all Indonesians, as all Indonesian peoples were indigenous. NACCHO (National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation) 2011.
DANIEL DOMINGO LOPEZ, of the Proyecto de Desarrollo Santiago, Prodessa – Plataforma MAYA, said the wealth of knowledge present in indigenous communities could prolong the life of the planet. Moreover, the World Bank and other agencies should recognize the inherent right of indigenous peoples to a high standard of education. Creating the NACCHO Cultural Safety Training Standards and Assessment Process: A background paper. A large number of young people were dropping out of school, giving up because of mental health problems or because the educational system was too different from their own culture. Wellington: Nursing Council of New Zealand. In addition, water was being sacrificed to mining companies for profit, and to be used in faraway cities, she said. Regarding the right to language, the country had adopted a general law on language rights for indigenous peoples.
Those programmes had various components, for example, establishing a database with information about the indigenous peoples of Mexico.
A high proportion of Indigenous Australians use mainstream health services, so further data developments in this area are required to allow for more comprehensive reporting across the health sector.
UNESCO’s representative stressed that cultural diversity played a vital role in today’s globalized world, and that culture was an essential element of sustainable development.
It was time to recognize the need to empower youth before they were lost. Monitoring cultural safety and cultural respect in the health system, and the impact it has on access to appropriate health care, are limited by a lack of national and state level data. An appropriate education system would be the first step in improving school enrolment rates, retention rates and unemployment rates of the Ainu people. Aboriginal art is closely linked to religious ceremonies or rituals.
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The Government needed to establish programmes in indigenous languages, and improve access to culturally appropriate education. A representative of Canada said his country was unique and diverse, shaped by aboriginal people and their culture.
Alaska Natives felt the danger of the disappearance of their languages and were beginning to organize their own schools, she said.
He also stressed the importance of the right to repatriation of human remains. She said that an indigenous language fund should be established, and called on Member States to repeal discriminatory legislation against indigenous languages. AYITEGAU KOUEVI, Forum member from Togo, summarizing Tuesday’s discussion of human rights issues, said that many speakers had stressed the importance of respecting the human rights of indigenous peoples as guaranteed in various treaties and the United Nations Charter. Education still fell short of eliminating prejudice and discrimination targeted at indigenous peoples. Languages were of great importance for everyone, but even more so for indigenous peoples, he said. NOELI POCATERRA, of the Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela, said her culture and language were the spirit and basis of her identity. Indigenous art is centred on story telling. WILLIAM YOTIVE, Project Manager of the Global Teaching and Learning Project, United Nations Department of Public Information, said that he was in charge of a Web site called “Cyber Schoolbus” aimed at creating educational materials for schools all over the world, to promoting awareness of the United Nations and to empowering young people. However, education had often destroyed such cultures and languages. However, most children could not study beyond primary school, as their parents could not afford to send them away. Even when Ainu children entered public schools, they were at a much higher risk of dropping out due to the discrimination that they experienced.
The world heritage list, he noted, included many sites of importance for indigenous peoples, and members of the World Heritage Committee had encouraged the establishment of a network identifying heritage sites. The presence or absence of cultural safety is determined by the experience of the recipient of care and is not defined by the caregiver (AHMAC 2016). Programmes had been implemented under the Ninth Plan for the advancement of ethnic groups, and their employment had received priority in government programmes. Schooling was not widespread and there were millions of children in Africa that had no place in the schools. At present, Ainu children were deprived of the opportunity to take pride in their indigenous background, which hindered their identification with the Ainu culture and history. Canada would like to ensure aboriginal stewardship over their languages and cultures, in preserving that aspect of its national heritage. It was hoped that the desired sustainable development of the hill regions would soon be achieved to the benefit of all concerned. Efforts were already being made to halt illicit traffic in cultural artifacts, he added, through UNESCO’s 1997 Convention on the Return of Cultural Property, and some property had been returned. "We want [Aboriginal kids] to flourish, achieve their greatest potential and enjoy the same quality of life as all other Australian children," says the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) chair Murial Blamblett.
The Global Teaching and Learning Project would like to do more to work with the Forum to draft a set of guidelines to promote awareness of indigenous issues and to provide indigenous youth with a forum in cyberspace where they could discuss issues they considered important.
The United Nations should also promote programmes to eradicate racism and gender discrimination in those States where indigenous peoples lived, they said.
KHIN THANDAR (Myanmar) said that her country was one of the most ethnically diverse in the world today, and its peoples had lived together for several thousand years. Indigenous peoples had become victims in Mexico only because they wished to defend and protect their cultures. An exploration of the notion and nature of the construct of cultural safety and its applicability to the Australian health care context. He asked that the matter of the Treaty Rights to Education be considered by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education.
As a member of the European Parliament, he wished to apologize for what had been done in previous centuries. Speakers also appealed to States and governments to adopt the draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The importance of cultural respect and cultural safety is outlined in Australian government documents such as the Cultural Respect Framework 2016–26 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–23.
Information should also be provided by regional organizations on how indigenous issues had been addressed in their respective mechanisms. These ancestors were spirits who appeared in a variety of ways such as animals, snakes, goannas, kangaroos or land forms such as rivers etc.
The lack of indigenous education, emphasized a representative of indigenous youth, would continue to set indigenous youth apart from their own cultures. That law stated that all indigenous languages were part of Mexican national heritage, and were valid throughout the entire territory where they were spoken. Indigenous peoples had the right to follow their own destiny, particularly with respect to education that was culturally appropriate for their children. The Hawaiian language was in jeopardy, she said, and only about 1,400 students spoke Hawaiian as a second language. STELLA TAMANG, representative of the Asia Indigenous Caucus, said that education was a fundamental human right. Higher education for indigenous peoples must consider the interaction among various cultures, she said. Indigenous peoples in Canada had seen nearly 10 languages become extinct, which was unacceptable. Two years ago, Belize had signed a historic agreement recognizing the right of the Maia to resources in their area.
Education was the key to development and a better future for children and youth. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–2023.
The importance of educating youth in their own cultures, as well as using indigenous languages to educate them, was stressed today during the discussion on culture and education in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
However, those schools found little financial support and, therefore, served only a small minority of the students interested in attending the schools.
The Government was fully cognizant that indigenous groups were among the minority when it came to university graduation, and had awarded 10 indigenous students scholarships last year to study abroad. It is the basis of their culture, history, heritage, traditions and everything they believe in. The representative of Mexico said agreements had been made between high-ranking bodies in her country to acknowledge sacred sites.
It educates the people on how to use the land and survive in it. Similarly, a representative of the Asia Caucus said indigenous cultures were severely threatened in his region, which was perhaps the most culturally diverse in the world. The same responsibilities are essential to pass on their own Aboriginal cultural Dreaming stories painted and depicted in Aboriginal Art. In her school, the only recognition of Indian peoples was an Indian mascot painted on the wall. Greater attention must be paid to youth who were dropping out of school, she said, by offering culturally specific help. Indigenous peoples were not allowed to participate in cultural decision-making and indigenous cultures were not recognized. Also, programmes were lacking to promote the integrity of indigenous culture, based on indigenous concepts of development. The Forum should recommend that the Economic and Social Council call upon all countries to provide for the full and complete participation of indigenous peoples in political processes, and that right be embodied in their constitutions. Also, UNESCO should organize a world forum on the education of indigenous peoples, and include indigenous experts in regional meetings. The right to education concerned not only matters of access, but ensuring that content would empower indigenous children in their future. Laws, policies and strategies had been put in place to implement those measures. He also requested that the Forum come up with recommendations that would allow the indigenous peoples to have control over their own resources.
He stressed that cultural diversity was important today in the face of globalization, since culture played a vital role in sustainable development.
TITO LIVIO MARTINEZ, of the Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios (CITI) and associated groups, said education was an investment in people and society. Our Covid-19 related resources page includes a list of some existing resources which may be useful when researching issues related to COVID-19. He recommended that indigenous languages be integrated into national curricula, and asked the United Nations agencies to design materials sensitive to the cultural and education needs of indigenous peoples. In her county, four Indian sacred sites had been destroyed in the name of construction and no compensation had been given. What measures was UNESCO taking to halt that illicit traffic? In the 1970s, however, indigenous lands had been demarcated, and in 1983 bilingual teachers were introduced into indigenous communities. Mr. Berlusconi had promised that the policy towards indigenous peoples would be one of the priorities of the Italian presidency.