GUWAHATI, Aug 9 � Calling upon all the indigenous people of the State to come forward to assert their rights and work jointly towards preserving the identity of the indigenous communities, the Bodo Women Justice Forum chairperson Anjali Daimari rued the Union Government�s indifferent attitude towards giving a constitutional status to the term �indigenous.�
Speaking at a programme organised for celebrating the International Day of World�s Indigenous People here today, she said that due to the lack of a proper definition of indigenous people, every community is nowadays claiming it as indigenous, without understanding the proper meaning of the term.
�The term indigenous is not a status, rather it is a term to identify the neglected, backward aboriginal people who need a support system for their economic development and for protecting their culture, tradition and identity from getting extinct,� she added giving an account of the history of recognition to indigenous people in the United Nations Organisation.
�This special day is the time to remember those indigenous people who continue to suffer discrimination, marginalization, extreme poverty and conflict, who face dispossession of traditional lands and livelihoods, displacement, destruction of their belief, system, culture, language and way of life,� said Daimari, who was also the convener of the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Dethang Naiding, president of the Dimasa Apex Body said that the indigenous people will have to unite and fight for their rights and survival. Naiding also inaugurated the programme by lighting the ceremonial candles.
The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 1993 as the International Year of the World�s indigenous people and in the same year the Assembly proclaimed the international decade of the world�s indigenous people, starting on December 1994. The goal of the first decade was to strengthen international co-operation for solving problems faced by the indigenous people in areas such as human rights, environment, development, education and health.
In 2004, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a second International Decade of the world�s indigenous people with a goal to strengthen the international cooperation further.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon�s message for the International Day of the World�s Indigenous People was also read out on the occasion.
GUWAHATI, Aug 9 � Calling upon all the indigenous people of the State to come forward to assert their rights and work jointly towards preserving the identity of the indigenous communities, the Bodo Women Justice Forum chairperson Anjali Daimari rued the Union Government�s indifferent attitude towards giving a constitutional status to the term �indigenous.�
Speaking at a programme organised for celebrating the International Day of World�s Indigenous People here today, she said that due to the lack of a proper definition of indigenous people, every community is nowadays claiming it as indigenous, without understanding the proper meaning of the term.
�The term indigenous is not a status, rather it is a term to identify the neglected, backward aboriginal people who need a support system for their economic development and for protecting their culture, tradition and identity from getting extinct,� she added giving an account of the history of recognition to indigenous people in the United Nations Organisation.
�This special day is the time to remember those indigenous people who continue to suffer discrimination, marginalization, extreme poverty and conflict, who face dispossession of traditional lands and livelihoods, displacement, destruction of their belief, system, culture, language and way of life,� said Daimari, who was also the convener of the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Dethang Naiding, president of the Dimasa Apex Body said that the indigenous people will have to unite and fight for their rights and survival. Naiding also inaugurated the programme by lighting the ceremonial candles.
The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 1993 as the International Year of the World�s indigenous people and in the same year the Assembly proclaimed the international decade of the world�s indigenous people, starting on December 1994. The goal of the first decade was to strengthen international co-operation for solving problems faced by the indigenous people in areas such as human rights, environment, development, education and health.
In 2004, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a second International Decade of the world�s indigenous people with a goal to strengthen the international cooperation further.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon�s message for the International Day of the World�s Indigenous People was also read out on the occasion.
