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IEN 11TH ANNUAL PROTECTING MOTHER EARTH CONFERENCE, June 14-17, 2000, "Reclaiming Our Sacred Water: Purification, Healing and Re-Affirming a Way of Life", Brownsville, Texas, along the border of USA and Mexico.
| Water Report for the IEN 2000 Conference |
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- IEN12th ANNUAL PROTECTING MOTHER EARTH CONFERENCE, August, 2001, Okanagan Territories, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
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| [ Protecting Mother Earth Conference English ] |
| [ Conferencia De Protección De la Tierra De Madre Español ] |
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THIRD WORLD WATER FORUM, March 14-23, 2003, Kyoto, Japan. Global Indigenous Declaration on Water, called the "Indigenous Peoples Kyoto Water Declaration".
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UN Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD 12th Session and CSD 13th Session) - WATER, SANITATION AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT
The Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD) is the United Nations (UN) department responsible for following up commitments made at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit (Agenda 21) and at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) (Political Declaration, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), Partnership Proposals).
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| April 21, 2005 CSD Conderence NYC-Representing Indigenous People, Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network, called for recognition of the right to self-determination in the CSD-13 outcome document. |
The first 2-year cycle was focused on water, sanitation and human settlements.
April 2003-April 2004 was the review year evaluating progress made in implementing commitments and identifying obstacles and constraints. From April 19-30, 2004, the CSD had a meeting with all the countries of the world to discuss the review year issues. This was called the 12th Session of the CSD, or CSD-12.
April 2004-2005 was the policy year identifying measures to speed up implementation and mobilize action to overcome obstacles and constraints and build on lessons learnt. From April 11-22, 2005, the CSD had a meeting with all the countries of the world to discuss the policy year issues. This was called the 13th Session of the CSD, or CSD-13.
The April 2004 session was the first time officials will meet since WSSD to assess progress towards the UN development goals to consider what new action is required for governments to meet their commitments.
The goal of CSD-13 was to build on the progress made during the “review session” at CSD-12 and adopt policy decisions that will enable the implementation of practical measures and options related to the three thematic areas. The main aim of CSD-13 therefore is to mobilize action by all stakeholders and major groups (Indigenous Peoples are a major group) at all levels for the further implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI).
Both CSD-12 and CSD-13 had the participation of Indigenous Peoples. There is an Indigenous Peoples Caucus (IPC). The IPC is one of nine Major Groups within the CSD process. The CSD process welcomes interactive dialogue with Major Groups, including an opportunity for interactive dialogue with High-Level Ministers during the second week of both Sessions.
Included below, are documents of the "interventions" (statements) made by members of the IPC. It is the protocol of the IPC that all interventions represent the IPC. However, recognition is provided to the Indigenous person and their organization that is presenting the intervention. It has been extremely difficult to get countries (G77/China, European Union and most especially the U.S.) to support the mention of "Indigenous communities" or "peoples" within the negotiated text. Most State responses are that we are already included within the definition of either "stakeholders" or "major groups".
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| 11 Feb.04: CSD 12 IP Discussion Paper (English) |
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| 20 Apr.04: CSD 12 MG IPC Statement for Interactive Dialogue |
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| 21 Apr.04: CSD 12 MG IPC Statement Overall Review Session |
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| 22 Apr.04: CSD 12 MG IPC Statement for Thematic Discussions on Sanitation |
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| 22 Apr.04: CSD 12 MG IPC Statement Thematic Discussions Human Settlements |
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| 27 Apr.04: CSD 12 IPC Privatization and Poverty Statement Tuesday |
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| 29 Apr.04: CSD 12 High Level IPC Statement |
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| CSD13 IPC Priorities for Action Paper(English) 05 |
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| CSD13 IPC Prioridades para el papel de acción (Español) 05 |
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| CSD13 IPC Lobbying Comments Chairmans Text (Final) 05 |
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| CSD13 IPC Water Intervention Interactive Dialogue 12 April 05 (Final) |
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| CSD13 IPC Sanitation Intervention Interactive Dialogue 12 April 05 (Final) |
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| CSD13 IPC Human Settlement Intervention Interactive Dialogue 12 April 05 (Final) |
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| CSD13 IPC High Level Ministers Intervention 21 April 05 (Final) |
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| CSD13 IPC Closing Statement 22 April 05 (Final Corrected) |
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| CSD13 IPC Interlinkages Crosscutting Issues Intervention 13 April 05 (Final) |
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| CSD13 IEN SDIN Taking Issue Article on Water Sacred Cultural Vol 5 Issue 13 20 April 05 |
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