Summit of the Americas 2001
Indigenous Peoples



Human Rights and Democracy
Creating Prosperity
Realizing Human Potential
 

In most developing countries, Indigenous Peoples constitute the poorest of the poor. In the Americas, close to 50 million persons are Indigenous.

In the framework of the mandates of the Summits of the Americas, the Organization of American States has assigned a critical role to that which is referred to as the promotion and development of human resources in the Americas. The Third Summit of the Americas, which took place in Quebec City in 2001, produced a Declaration and Plan of Action based upon three key themes, or baskets:

Human Rights and Democracy
Creating Prosperity
Realizing Human Potential

Summit of the Americas Information Network: Indigenous Peoples