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Indigenous Nation:
Cree
Nation State: Canada
Language(s):
English
UN Region:
Western Europe and Other States
DR. TED MOSES, Former Grand Chief, Grand Council of the Crees;
Former Ambassador to the United Nations for the Grand Council of the Crees
(Eeyou Istchee), an NGO in consultative status with the Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations.
Biography
Additional links for Ted Moses on this site:
Rights of Indigenous
Peoples: Standard Setting
"We need this United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, we need to find a neutral jurisdiction and this Declaration gives
us the possibility, the hope, that the international community will
recognise and protect our rights...."
Commentary: Statement by Ambassador Ted Moses on behalf of the indigenous
peoples of the North American Region to the World Conference on Human
Rights, Vienna, June 14-25, 1993; "This is one of the most important
provisions of all in the Draft Declaration, in its articles in the
operative paragraphs, ..."
Commentary: Statement by Ambassador Ted Moses
on behalf of the indigenous
peoples of the North American Region to the World Conference on Human
Rights, Vienna, June 14-25, 1993; "This is one of the most important
provisions of all in the Draft Declaration, in its articles in the
operative paragraphs, ..."
Press Release: Pushed to the Edge of Extinction
August 30, 2001, Durban, South Africa
The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) delegation to the World
Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in South Africa today released “Pushed to
the Edge of Extinction”, a 24 page Brief depicting systemic racism
affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Brochure: Pushed to the Edge of Extinction, 24 page brief depicting
systemic racism affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada. (opens .pdf)
Signing of the Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples Summit of the
Americas, Ottawa, Canada, March 31, 2001
Additional Resources:
Speech by Grand Chief Dr. Ted Moses, O.Q., Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou
Istchee) Vienna Austria, 28 October 2002
"We want to be understood. What we ask is not new. We want justice and
respect for the human rights that we already have. We want States,
particularly those that have bound themselves to the International
Covenants, to accept that they did not sign those covenants just to
promote a standard and process of safeguarding rights that only applies to
others and not to themselves...."
The Crees of Today (opens .pdf)
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