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NT Intervention: UN Dec, CDEP: 9 Oct 08
Posted October 9th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR News
WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
9 OCT 2008:
NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION: UN DEC, CDEP
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UN Indigenous declaration Govt scraps CDEP Convergence on Alice High Court challenge
UN INDIGENOUS DECLARATION:
More calls to endorse Indigenous declaration at UN
Posted September 26th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR News
WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
26 SEP 2008: MORE CALLS TO ENDORSE INDIGENOUS DECLARATION AT UN
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WGAR: Open Letter to PM to endorse UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights
Rudd must raise Indigenous Rights at UN
Posted September 23rd, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Media Release | Spokesperson Rachel Siewert
Monday 22nd September 2008, 10:10am
The Australian Greens are calling on the Prime Minister to make a statement in support of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples when he addresses the UN General Assembly this week.
"This is a one-off opportunity to show a new face of Australian politics when Kevin Rudd addresses the United Nations," said Senator Rachel Siewert today.
Australia’s PM must endorse Indigenous Declaration at UN in NY
Posted September 23rd, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR Media release: 22 September 2008
Australia’s PM must endorse Indigenous Declaration at UN in NY
If Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, hopes Australia is invited to take a place on the UN Security Council then his government must first show the world that it will end racial discrimination and keep its promise to Indigenous Peoples, by endorsing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during his imminent address to the General Assembly.
WGAR News: Calls to support Indigenous rights declaration
Posted September 18th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
18 SEP 2008: CALLS TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
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NIT: Greens expose Labor inaction over UN Indigenous rights declaration
Aussies join ship to break siege of Gaza
Posted August 5th, 2008 by peripalestiniNational Aboriginal Alliance: 8am Friday - Aboriginal delegation to UN press conference
Posted April 17th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...National Aboriginal Alliance
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17 April 2008
Aboriginal Delegation takes NT Intervention to the United Nations
The Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Alliance, Mr Sol Bellear, today announced that an Aboriginal Delegation to United Nations will raise many of the repressive aspects of the NT Intervention at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Media Release: Anti-intervention campaigner joins UN delegation
Posted April 17th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Media release 17/4/08 - for immediate release
Anti-intervention campaigner joins UN delegation
Barbara Shaw, a prominent spokeswoman against the NT intervention, will join a delegation of more than forty Indigenous people from Australia attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.
Ms Shaw is a resident of Mt Nancy Town Camp, an area "proscribed" under the intervention. She will use the trip to strengthen support for the campaign demanding repeal of all NT intervention legislation.
Government commitment to UN Indigenous Declaration is common sense
Posted February 22nd, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Source: Les Malezer <les.malezer@gmail.com>
PRESS RELEASE
Government commitment to UN Indigenous Declaration is common sense
17 February 2008
Confirmation by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, that Australia would acknowledge the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is commonsense and a return to international political reality, said Les Malezer today.
