Indigenous Mro are being forcefully evicted from their lands to make way for a 5-star hotel resort. Despite heavy pressure from the company, government and military, the Indigenous Mro are fighting for their rights. International solidarity has been summoned in an open letter to the Government of Bangladesh. Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact (AIPP), Thailand and …
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16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, 2020 Joint Statement of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation and Networks of Indigenous Women in Asia On Silenced issues of Violence against Indigenous Women at the time of Covid Pandemic Triple discrimination based on ethnicity, gender and class against Indigenous Women has always intensified in the …
9th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights “Preventing business-related human rights abuses: The key to a sustainable future for people and planet” From the 16th to 18th of November, 2020 Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact’s Statement The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the UN Working Group on Business …
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening to all the distinguished guest, GNF and my dear Naga brothers and sisters, I on behalf of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, congratulate the Naga Global Forum for bringing every one of us together in commemorating the 74th Naga Independence Day. This is indeed a highly symbolic day for …
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12th August 2020 Since the declaration of the International Youth Day by the General Assembly, every year on the 12 August, youths and youth organizations around the world celebrate this special day through organizing diverse events. We, Indigenous People in Asia, believes that the observation of the International Youth Day drives the Indigenous Youths to …
9th August 2020 It was on the 9th of August 1982 that the first session of the Working Group on Indigenous Population was held. Subsequently, this same day (9th August) was declared as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 23 December 1994. At the outset, I would like to congratulate our Indigenous …
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Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is shocked to learn about the blowing up of the 46,000-year-old sacred cave of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura(PKKP) peoples on May 24th, 2020. The sacred cave destroyed is a heritage with historical significance not just for the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and PKKP peoples but for the global society …
STATEMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONSTITUTUENCY ON THE SESSION; ‘Linking National, Regional, and Global Dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ May 20, 2020 I am Guangchunliu Gangmei from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and here is the statement from Indigenous Peoples constituency. Despite the strong global commitment by States to achieve the SDGs, …
Thank you and greetings from AIPP. I am sharing solidarity with the people of Mindanao, particularly to the Moro and Lumad Indigenous groups. We are very keen to learn the situation of Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao. We have reached out to our partners and members in the Philippines namely, CPA, BAI and Katribu and got …
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On behalf of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, I want to express that our deepest thoughts are with everyone who is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and everyone working tirelessly to contain the disease. Like others, the team in the AIPP Secretariat has also taken preventive measures by cancelling all our major missions and are working …