International: Bolivia’s Initiative Leads UN To Organize “World Conference On Indigenous ...

International: Bolivia’s Initiative Leads UN To Organize “World Conference On Indigenous Peoples” Following an initiative by the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the United Nations General Assembly approved by consensus yesterday a draft resolution (A/C.3/65/L.22/Rev.1) in which countries agreed to hold a “World Conference on Indigenous Peoples” in 2014. The Conference, which will take place at the end of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005 – 2014), aims to...

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