Russia: Speech Sami Representative Assembly Chairperson At WGIP Side Event - Establishment Of A ...

Russia: Speech Sami Representative Assembly Chairperson At WGIP Side Event - Establishment Of A Sami Parliament In Russia   10th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues WGIP side event May 20th, 2011, New York,   Ms. Valentina Sovkina Member of the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in Barents Euro-Arctic Region and Chairperson of the Sámi Representative Assembly “Establishment of a Sámi Parliament in Russia”   The need to establish an Assembly of the Sámi people in Russia as a...

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