41. Indigenous Peoples And Neotropical Forest Conservation Forestdwelling indigenous peoples possess vast knowledge of the natural systemsin which Kuna Yala, protecting the San Blas of panama. (ed. E. Kemp). http://www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies/MacEnvReview/indigenouspeoples.ht

Posted on September 23, 2002 Click here for a .pdf version. Indigenous Peoples and Neotropical Forest Conservation: Impacts of Protected Area Systems on Traditional Cultures Amy E. Daniels Interdisciplinary Ecology College of Natural Resources and Environment University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 adaniels@ufl.edu Abstract In the race to protect remaining tracts of neotropical forests and the resources harbored therein, the Western concept of biological conservation has heretofore been the dominate modus operandi for protecting natural areas in Latin America. Through the establishment of first-world style protected area systems, indigenous cultures and traditional resource-uses have historically been considered only in light of how they may affect biodiversity and ecosystem function within protected areas. Case studies of various indigenous cultures onto which protected areas have been superimposed demonstrate the documented and potential negative effects on both biological and cultural systems, and the connection between the two. An understanding of these effects is important in cultural preservation and biodiversity conservation.

42. Amazon Alliance - Amazon Update: May 2001, No. 68 The Amazon Alliance for indigenous and Traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin indigenous peoples Millennium Conference. May 613. panama City, panama. http://www.amazonalliance.org/upd_may01_en.html

Amazon Update: May 2001 No. 68 In Brief: Alliance Office News OAS Working Group on Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Meets in Washington, DC Alliance Activities * Held Amazon Alliance Forum Organizing Committee meetings. March 19 and April 12. * Attended and helped coordinate indigenous participation in the Working Group of the Organization of American States on the Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. April 2-6. Washington, D.C. * Co-hosted reception with Indian Law Resource Center in honor of indigenous leaders of the Americas. April 5. Washington, D.C. Announcements * Indigenous Peoples and the Free Trade Area of the Americas: An Alternative Summit. April 19-21. Huron Reserve, Quebec City, Canada. * Plan Colombia U.S. Speaking Tour. April 20-May 5. Contact the Alliance coordinating office. * Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) and the Amazon Alliance Guyana Shield Working Group Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas. April 28-30. Rupununi, Guyana. Contact APA at 59-22-270-275 or apacoica@guyana.net.gy. * Indigenous Peoples Millennium Conference. May 6-13. Panama City, Panama. Contact nciv@antenna.nl.

43. Mexico | MADRE: An International Women's Human Rights Organization Plan Pueblapanama Plan Puebla panama, spearheaded by President Vicente FoxMexico and indigenous peoples in Chiapas are denied access to health care, http://www.madre.org/countries/Mexico.html

@import "/common/madre2.css"; Home About Programs Articles ... Print Text size: A A A Where We Work Colombia Cuba Guatemala Haiti ... Get emails with the latest news and analysis from MADRE Search the MADRE site! © MADRE Mexico Country Overview Mexico's economy has been transformed since 1985 by a US-sponsored corporate agenda carried out through free trade agreements and structural adjustment policies. As a result, Mexico's minimum wage has fallen 60 percent and poverty has increased 80 percent. Today, nearly 80 percent of Mexicans live below the poverty line. Free Trade Agreements and Plan Puebla-Panama NAFTA Related Materials MADRE Programs in Mexico MADRE's Sister Organizations in Mexico Indigenous Women and Sustainable Development What's So Liberal About Neoliberalism? ... 'War on Terror' Has Latin American Indigenous People in Its Sights (Gustavo González, Inter Press Service) The Other Wars: United States Foreign Policy In The Western Hemisphere (Harry Targ, Portside) The Free Trade Area of the Americas : The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is poised to turn all of Latin America, except Cuba, into one big free trade zone, mainly for the benefit of US corporations. The FTAA ratification process has stalled over arguments that large US agriculture subsidies put Latin American farmers at an unfair advantage. Plan Puebla-Panama : Plan Puebla Panama, spearheaded by President Vicente Fox Mexico and supported by the Bush Administration, the World Bank and IMF, seeks to build a giant network of highways and railroads to develop-and privatize-the oil and electric industries from Mexico's Puebla state all the way to Panama. The PPP would "pave the way" for the implementation of CAFTA and other free-trade initiatives.

44. Indigenous Peoples - OHCHR The international character of treaties with indigenous peoples and the utilization La Autonomia del Pueblo Kuna en panama By Sr Atencio López Martinez http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/treaties.htm

Main Working Groups Calendar of meetings Special Rapporteur ... List of Organizations Publications The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Fact Sheet #9/Rev.1) United Nations Guide for Indigenous Peoples Links International Decade International Day Committee on the Rights of the Child, Indigenous Children Discussion Day Expert Seminar on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples (Geneva, 15-17 December 2003) See Photo gallery Opening Statement by Bertrand Ramcharan, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Provisional agenda [ English Spanish ECOSOC decision 2003/271 Conclusions and recommendations ( E/CN4/2004/111 New! Working papers The international character of treaties with indigenous peoples and the utilization of treaties about them by Mr. James W. Zion

45. Human Security Gateway - Assessment For Indigenous Peoples In Panama indigenous people in panama face discrimination, poor health and low literacylevels. However, any risk assessment must address the three main indigenous http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/data/item46543060/view

Search Reset Search Advanced Search Selection :: Topic : All Topics :: Region : All Regions :: Resource All Resources print this page email this page The current record is also available in RSS Resource Details back to results Assessment for Indigenous Peoples in Panama Type : Facts and Figures Title : Assessment for Indigenous Peoples in Panama Source : Minorities at Risk Project // Center for International Development and Conflict Management // University of Maryland Date : 17-Dec-04 URL : http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=9502 Acronyms : MAR // CIDCM Abstract : Panama's indigenous population can be divided into three distinct groups the Guaymi, the Kuna and the Choco. The largest of the three, the Guaymi, number approximately 70,000 and live in the western provinces of Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui and Veraguas. Indigenous people in Panama face discrimination, poor health and low literacy levels. However, any risk assessment must address the three main indigenous groups separately as each is faced with a different set of problems and policies. Topics : Armies, Paramilitaries, Non-State Armed Groups

46. Seattle Declaration Listed below is the indigenous peoples Seattle Declaration developed by the panama; Chaz Wheelock, Great Lakes Regional indigenous Environmental http://maorinews.com/writings/papers/other/seattle.htm

Friends Listed below is the Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration developed by the Indigenous Peoples Caucus during the Third Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Please sign-on. See end of text for directions. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SEATTLE DECLARATION on the occasion of the Third Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization November 30-December 3, 1999 We, the Indigenous Peoples from various regions of the world, have come to Seattle to express our great concern over how the World Trade Organization is destroying Mother Earth and the cultural and biological diversity of which we are a part. Trade liberalization and export-oriented development, which are the overriding principles and policies pushed by the WTO, are creating the most adverse impacts on the lives of Indigenous Peoples. Our inherent right to self-determination, our sovereignty as nations, and treaties and other constructive agreements which Indigenous nations and Peoples have negotiated with other nation-states, are undermined by most of the WTO Agreements. The disproportionate impact of these Agreements on our communities, whether through environmental degradation or the militarization and violence that often accompanies development projects, is serious and therefore should be addressed immediately.

47. Health Of Indigenous People A Challenge For Public Health The initiative for health of indigenous peoples was launched due to the panama and Honduras have published documents on the health of indigenous peoples http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/100/100feature32.htm

The Pan American Health Organization Promoting Health in the Americas Search Home Page Health Data Topics List Media Center Information Products PAHO Publishing Knowledge Resources Centennial Home Centennial Store Advisory Board Champions of Health ... Centennial Supporters Health of indigenous people: a challenge for public health Washington, DC, August 15, 2002 (PAHO) Although the term indigenous people in the Americas is widely used, that generalization encompasses more than 400 different ethnic groups, with different beliefs and different health practices. This diversity presents a challenge for public health in the Americas, where indigenous peoples are among the most excluded. The response of the Pan American Health Organization is its Health of Indigenous Peoples Initiative, started in 1993, which signifies a commitment by PAHO and its Member States to work with indigenous peoples to improve their health and well being. It is also a recognition of the value and need to conserve indigenous cultural heritage and knowledge. Photos available.

48. Americas Program | Articles | Indigenous Communities In Latin America A classic example of megaproject logic is the Plan Pueblapanama (PPP), Ecuador and Venezuela grant indigenous peoples collective intellectual property http://americas.irc-online.org/citizen-action/focus/0207indigenous_body.html

printer-friendly PDF version Citizen Action in the Americas Indigenous Communities in Latin America: Fighting for Control of Natural Resources in a Globalized Age Since the resistance to colonization, native peoples in the Americas have fought to protect their dwindling territories and their right to manage the natural resources found there. But in this globalized age, that battle has intensified and taken on distinctive characteristics, posing new and profound challenges for the region's indigenous communities. Many of the natural resources found on Indian lands have become more valuable in the context of the modern global economy. Several factors have spurred renewed interest in natural resources on Indian lands in Latin America, among them the mobility of capital, ecological limits to growth in developed countries, lax environmental restrictions in underdeveloped nations, lower transportation costs, advances in biotechnology, cheap third world labor, and national privatization policies. Limits to logging in developed countries have led timber transnationals overseas. Increased demand and higher prices for minerals have generated the reopening of mines and the proliferation of small-scale mining operations. Rivers are coveted for their hydroelectric potential, and bioprospecting has put a price tag on biodiversity. Originally considered lands unsuitable for productive activities, the resources on Indian lands are currently the resources of the future. Indian land rights and decisionmaking authority regarding natural resource use on territories to which they hold claim threaten the mobility of capital and access to resourceskey elements of the transnational-led globalization model. Accordingly, increased globalization has generally sharpened national conservative opposition to indigenous rights in the Americas and elsewhere in the name of "making the world safe for investment." The World Trade Organization (WTO), free trade agreements, and transnational corporations are openly hostile to any legislation that might create barriers to investment or the unlimited exploitation of natural resources on Indian lands. The result has been a growing number of conflicts between indigenous communities and governments and transnational corporations over control of natural resources.

49. Indigenous Peoples Council On Biocolonialism indigenous peoples believe the discussions on an international regime for accessand benefit Instituto de Desarrollo Integral de Kuna Yala (panama) http://www.ipcb.org/issues/agriculture/htmls/2004/pr_cop7.html

Search IPCB: Use for more specific results Press Release Dated: February 19, 2004 Contact: Debra Harry, dharry@ipcb.org Endorsing Organizations: Asamblea Nacional Indigena Plural por la Autonomia (Mexico) Asia Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity Committee (regional) Asociacion Napguana (Panama) Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios Aymara CEM-Aymara (Bolivia) Human Rights and Democracy Movement (Tonga) Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (Canada) Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Network (Peru) Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (US) International Indian Treaty Council Instituto de Desarrollo Integral de Kuna Yala (Panama) Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui Hawai`i (Hawaii) Nga Wahine Tiaki o Te Ao (Aotearoa) Red Nacional de Mujeres Indigenas Sobre Biodiversida de Panama Tebtebba Foundation (Phillipines)

50. Indigenous PeoplesOpposition To The HGDP An assembly of indigenous peoples worldwide who met prior to the UN Conference A meeting of indigenous leaders from throughout the US, Canada, panama, http://www.ipcb.org/resolutions/htmls/summary_indig_opp.html

Search IPCB: Use for more specific results Indigenous Peoples Opposition to the HGDP 1. Karioca Declaration (June 1982) Brazil An assembly of indigenous peoples worldwide who met prior to the UN Conference On Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio De Janeiro. 2. The Mataatua Declaration (June 1993) A meeting of over 150 participants, from 14 UN member states, who developed and tabled with the United Nations the Declaration: 3.5 Calls for an immediate halt to the ongoing Human Genome Diversity Project until is moral, ethical, socio-economic, physical and political implications have been thoroughly discussed, understood and approved by indigenous peoples. 3. The UN-Working Group on Indigenous Populations (July 1993-94) An annual UN meeting at which on average 300-400 indigenous representatives attend. The working group and the Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (comprised of 26 human rights experts) in Aug. 1994 approved Article 29 in the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Article 29: Indigenous peoples are entitled to the recognition of the full ownership, control and protection of their cultural and intellectual property. They have the right to special measures to control, develop and protect their sciences, technologies and cultural manifestations including human and other genetic resources, seeds, medicines, knowledge of the properties of fauna and flora, oral traditions, literatures, designs, and visual and performing arts.

51. Indigenous People's Secretariat Produced at the indigenous peoples Secretariat (Canada) Other materialincluded panama s Act 20 which protects TK and the collective property rights of http://www.cbin.ec.gc.ca/ips/ibin25.cfm?lang=e

52. Indigenous People's Secretariat panama City, panama, The indigenous peoples Millennium Conference. 8 WashingtonDC, USA, GEF NGO Consultation. 9 11 Washington, DC, USA, GEF Council http://www.cbin.ec.gc.ca/ips/ibin20.cfm?lang=e

53. Minorities At Risk (MAR) indigenous peoples. panama. BLACKS. 356. 0.1300. ethnoclass. panama. CHINESE ethnoclass. panama. indigenous peoples. 164. 0.0600. indigenous peoples http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/data/latintbl.htm

Choose a Region Africa (Sub-Saharan) Asia Post-Communist States Latin America and the Caribbean Gpop98: Group Population in 1998 in 000s ( Explanation of population estimates Prop98: Proportion of group population to total population COUNTRY GROUP TYPE ARGENTINA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples ARGENTINA JEWS national minority BOLIVIA HIGHLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples BOLIVIA LOWLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples BRAZIL AFRO-BRAZILIANS ethnoclass BRAZIL AMAZONIAN INDIANS indigenous peoples CHILE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples COLOMBIA BLACKS ethnoclass COLOMBIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples COSTA RICA ANTILLEAN BLACKS ethnoclass DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAITIAN BLACKS ethnoclass ECUADOR BLACKS ethnoclass ECUADOR HIGHLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples ECUADOR LOWLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples EL SALVADOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples GUATEMALA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples GUYANA ARFO-GUYANANS communal contender GUYANA EAST INDIANS communal contender HONDURAS BLACK KARIBS ethnoclass HONDURAS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples MEXICO MAYANS indigenous peoples MEXICO OTHER INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples MEXICO ZAPOTECS indigenous peoples NICARAGUA INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples PANAMA BLACKS ethnoclass PANAMA CHINESE ethnoclass PANAMA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples PARAGUAY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples PERU BLACKS ethnoclass PERU HIGHLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples PERU LOWLAND INDIGENOUS indigenous peoples VENEZUELA BLACKS ethnoclass VENEZUELA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES indigenous peoples Minorities at Risk Project Coordinator

54. Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink: Add URL - A Bravenet.com Free Links (Studies of the psychology of panama s indigenous peoples, the Kuna.) Sistemi eculture / Systems and cultures Rate It! It s a site about crosscultural http://pub19.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=1631509558

55. MM November 1995 In 1993, a coalition of indigenous peoples in panama formed the indigenousPanAmerican Highway Commission (IPAHC), which has sought a voice in upcoming http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/mm1195.07.html

Paving the Pan-American Gap by Alicia Korten PANAMA IF LATIN AMERICAN governments and business interests have their way, a century-old dream to complete a trans-American highway will be realized by the turn of the century. Not everyone shares this dream. Snaking for 26,000 kilometers between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the Pan-American highway lumbers to a muddy halt in Panama's Darien Gap. Between this dead-end and where the Pan-American resurfaces 107 kilometers away in Colombia, lies approximately 20,000 square kilometers of primary rainforests, 6,500 square kilometers of which are legally owned by indigenous peoples. As a land bridge between North and South America, the Darien Gap is a place where species from both continents intermingle. Three major migration routes for intercontinental birds converge at this spot. The United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared Darien National Park the largest park in Central America a biological and cultural World Heritage Site in recognition of its unique ecosystems and indigenous cultures. Viewed from another perspective, however, UNESCO-style sentimentality over Darien ecosystems and cultures poses a potential barrier to trade. Trade-offs Extending the Pan-American is part of the Colombian government's aggressive development plans for the country's Pacific coast. When initially drafted in 1983, Colombia's so-called Pacific Plan said "this extensive region contains immense forest, fishing, river- and sea-based mineral resources which the country requires immediately." As revised in 1992, the plan still calls for aggressive oil exploration, mining, large-scale agriculture, commercial fishing and tourism. But the new version includes references to sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

56. WAR And PEACE A The History of indigenous peoples in America by Michael Tailor, Winter, 2005 C The Plan Pueblapanama indigenous Rights in Mexico and Central http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297c/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.htm

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES U N I T E D S T A T E S A: The History of Indigenous Peoples in America by Michael Tailor, Winter, 2005 B: by Britany Billmaier, Spring, 2004 C: An Indian Democracy by Kevin Skenandore, Spring 2003 D: Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest in the Decade of the World's Indigenous Populations by ScottBoldon, Winter, 2005 E: The State of Oklahoma : Relationship Between Oklahoma and Oklahoma and How it all Evolved by T.J. Rushing, Spring, 2004 F: Dine' Navajo History and Environmental Concerns by Partick Reyes, Winter, 2004 G: The American Indian Epidemic of Underdevelopment TBD H: Benefits of Indian Gaming and its Role in the Global Development of Tribal Nations by Paloma Hill, Spring, 2003 I: Indian Gaming - The New Buffalo by Marco Villegas, Spring, 2004 J: Expansion of Tribal Economies in the United States : Helping Their People, Helping Their States by Anita Umargi, TBD K: Bridging the Divide - An Analysis of Indian Education by Tariq Thachil, Spring, 2003 L: by Kirsten Kinegak-Friday, Winter, 2005 M: Aboriginal Athletes in the World of Professional Sports by Kevin Blue, Winter, 2004

57. Indigenous Peoples' Rights & Advocacy Organizations panama 1, panama. Association Cultural Sejekto Coordinating Body for theIndigenous peoples Organization of the Amazon Basin Jiro Larco Herrera 1057 http://www.aaanet.org/committees/cfhr/orgindig.htm

Academic Relations Ethics Government Relations Public Policy ... Minority Issues E-mail address: Password: Forgot password? Need help? Press Room Members in the News ... Section Assembly Max Rows: Go to AAA Home Note: There is a wide variety of organizations involved with human rights and indigenous peoples. Some of these organizations, along with their addresses, are listed below. African Rights 11 Marshallsea Road London SE1 1EP United Kingdom Alliance for Taiwan Aborigines 5F, 7 Cheng Kuong Road, Sec. 2 Yung-Ho, Taipei, Taiwan Amanaka'a Amazon Network 339 Lafayette St, Se. 8 New York, NY 10012 Amnesty International 322 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Anthropology Resource Center P.O. Box 15266 Washington, DC 20003-0266 Anti-Slavery International 180 Brixton Road London SW9 6AT United Kingdom Arctic to Amazonia Alliance P.O. Box 73

58. Human Organization: Participatory Research Mapping Of Indigenous Lands In Darien The methodology shows how indigenous peoples can work with researchers in datacollection indigenous peoples, Embera, Wounaan, Kuna, rain forest, panama http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3800/is_200301/ai_n9226087

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Home Advanced Search IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports FindArticles Human Organization Winter 2003 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Featured Titles for ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Participatory Research Mapping of Indigenous Lands in Darien, Panama Human Organization Winter 2003 by Herlihy, Peter H Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Key words: participatory mapping, indigenous peoples, Embera, Wounaan, Kuna, rain forest, Panama Continue article Advertisement A basic services questionnaire was also finalized to inventory the presence of health centers, nurses, drinking water, schools, schoolteachers, transportation, and radio communications, as well as nonagricultural economic activity. Leake used didactic approaches to teach the surveyors how to administer questionnaires and register oral responses. Mock interviews were held with families in Arimae to help surveyors to develop culturally appropriate interview styles. The Spanish-language questionnaires were translated into Embera and Kuna languages for surveyors who felt more comfortable working in their native language.

59. Human Organization: Participatory Mapping Of Community Lands And Hunting Yields indigenous peoples living in the rain forest regions of Central America havedetailed mental indigenous peoples, hunting, rain forests, Bugle, panama http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3800/is_200301/ai_n9226068

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Home Advanced Search IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports FindArticles Human Organization Winter 2003 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Featured Titles for ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Participatory Mapping of Community Lands and Hunting Yields among the Bugle of Western Panama Human Organization Winter 2003 by Smith, Derek A Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Key words: participatory mapping, indigenous peoples, hunting, rain forests, Bugle, Panama Continue article Advertisement To say that indigenous peoples in the Americas have suffered many defeats in their struggle to maintain access to their lands is an obvious understatement. Maps have served as the handmaiden in the process of territorial expropriation. Official government maps have been used to portray vast areas remote from regions dominated by nonindigenous society as large forest reserves, as state property, or simply as unoccupied hinterlands. At times the exclusion or minimization of indigenous occupation and land use from official maps has been deliberate; at other times it has been in part a natural outcome of ignorance-a lack of even the most basic information on their settlements and land use practices. Even today, outsiders continue to impose conservation regulations on indigenous lands with little regard for their resident populations.

60. Bank Information Center USA: Indigenous Peoples Letter To IDB Requesting Adoptio At this moment we, the indigenous peoples, are suffering. With your help, we canensure that Marcial Arias panama FPCI Fundacion para la Promocion del http://www.bicusa.org/bicusa/issues/misc_resources/1205.php

BIC is not responsible for any 'sponsored links' that appear on this Google search. Many documents on this site are in Adobe PDF format. Get Adobe Reader Français Español Other Languages This Entry relates to : Misc Resources Indigenous Peoples letter to IDB requesting adoption of an indigenous peoples policy esta carta en español November 12, 2003 President Enrique Iglesias Inter American Development Bank 1300 New York Ave Washington, DC 20577 (English translation from original Spanish) Dear President Iglesias: Greetings on behalf of the indigenous representatives meeting at the OAS headquarters in Washington to participate in the Working Group of the Juridical and Political Committee of the Permanent Council of the OAS Responsible for Elaborating the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this Working Group we are involved in precedent setting work in the inter-American system in which the states are sitting around the table with us, and we are working together and in good faith to elaborate international rules to respect and promote our human rights. We write to you to reiterate our concerns and requests expressed in the letter sent to you by indigenous peoples of the Americas on May 10, 2003. Now we want to express our profound concern about the lack of a response from your office during the last six months. We emphatically reiterate our request that the IDB adopt an indigenous policy, urgently and in consultation with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, to respect our rights, which continue to be affected by IDB projects and activities in the American hemisphere.

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