Filipinos in NY push for indigenous peoples' rights in UN event | TFC News New York, USA
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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples General Assembly.
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To commemorate this, hundreds gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City
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for the 23rd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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to shine a spotlight and promote respect for IP rights.
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The forum was established in July 2000
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and was tasked to address indigenous issues related to economic and social development,
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culture, the environment, as well as education, health, and human rights.
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UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis says
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indigenous peoples are also guardians of 80% of the world's biodiversity.
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We have much to learn from indigenous peoples
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who have long proven themselves to be responsible custodians
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of the natural resources of the world.
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and who thankfully preserve 80% of the world's remaining biodiversity.
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Filipino indigenous delegates to this forum agree with Francis
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that IPs are the real stewards and protectors of the environment.
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In Ifugao, for instance, we have this moyong.
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The community maintains these forested areas
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in order to protect the environment and source of water.
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So, indeed, the IPs know how to preserve the environment
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and how to protect the forest.
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Meanwhile, Jennifer P.S. Ibuglas of the National Commission on Indigenous People
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underscores the importance of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act
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enacted into law in the Philippines in 1997.
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She is centered on what we say is the land of our fellow Filipinos
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who, until now, have not yet been protected.
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At this side event at the Philippine Consulate,
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Manila's envoy to the UN, Antonio Manuel Lagdemeya,
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reiterated the Philippines' commitment to the United Nations' rights of indigenous peoples.
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The UN's commitment to the UN's rights of indigenous peoples
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has been a key part of the UN's commitment to the development of the world's indigenous peoples.
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The UN has also been a key part of the UN's commitment to the development of the world's indigenous peoples.
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Even without the UNDRIP, however,
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the Philippines has already made headways in the promotion and protection
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of the rights and well-being of our indigenous peoples
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belonging to more than 200 ethno-linguistic groups.
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I hope that the time has come when there will be no more discrimination
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and equal opportunities and treatment for our fellow Filipinos.
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Lagdemeya says, in the Philippines, the IPRA even predates the UNDRIP by 10 years.
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As early as 1997, he says, government had already adopted a comprehensive law
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which recognizes and promotes the rights of IPs and indigenous peoples.
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The law mandates, among others, that government protect the rights of IPs
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to their ancestral domains, ensure their economic, social, and cultural well-being,
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and recognize customary laws that govern their property rights.
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Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News, New York.
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