ADOPTION OF THE UN DECLARATION
ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA
April 3, 2009
GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA ADOPTS
THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
UN News Centre
Experts hail Australia's backing of UN declaration of indigenous
peoples' rights
3 April 2009
Three United Nations experts today welcomed Australia's endorsement
of the United Nations landmark declaration outlining the rights
of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people
and outlawing discrimination against them.
Australian Human Rights Commission
Friday, 3 April 2009
United we stand - Support for United Nations Indigenous Rights Declaration
a watershed moment for Australia
This morning's formal support from the Australian Government for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is likely to go down in history as a watershed moment in Australia's relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today.
Indigenous Affairs minister Jenny Macklin (2-R) and Professor Mick Dodson (2-L)
pose with Aboriginal dancers from Arnhem Land including Leslie Wilford (L), Benny Wilford (C) and David Wilford in Canberra, Australia, 03 April 2009. The Federal Government has officially endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, overturning the former Howard government's vote against the declaration in 2007. EPA/ALAN PORRITT
Les Malezer, Chairperson
FAIRA
6 April 2009
Australia Moves to Higher Ground
Minister Macklin's speech on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was excellent. I received immediate message from Indigenous Peoples representatives from around the world who praised the government's statement.
Mick Dodson praises reversal on UN Indigenous Rights Declaration
AUSTRALIAN of the Year Mick Dodson has congratulated the government for supporting a UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people, saying it's another piece in the jigsaw puzzle of reconciliation.
Australian Human Rights Commission
Questions and answers on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Assembly of First Nations Canada Canada NewsWire - CNW Group
AFN National Chief Encouraged by Australian Government's
Support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
Urges Canada to Endorse the Declaration:
"It is Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing"
The Voice of the Taino People Online:
Australia Adopts UN Indigenous Declaration
