Maximum use should be made of mentorship and indigenous knowledge.

One expert raised the issue of applying IPR concepts to indigenous knowledge.

This included penalties for the illegal appropriation of indigenous knowledge, technology, innovations and customs.

In the light of a statement previously delivered, Ms. Hampson stressed that it was for indigenous peoples (not for those non indigenous individuals or entities who profited from indigenous know how without the proper consent) to determine both whether the rights to traditional knowledge were to be shared and how they were to be shared.

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Indigenous organizations emphasized the sacred nature of traditional knowledge and its important contribution to the knowledge of humankind, especially in certain areas of the world, where parts of the population depended on traditional knowledge for medical needs and food supply.

The Indigenous Women's Development Programme forms an integral part of the Australian Government's reform agenda in indigenous affairs.

9. Decides that the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations should also be used to assist representatives of indigenous communities and organizations in attending, as observers, the sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Based on the ethnic group, there has been a reduction of 55 per cent in the non indigenous population and 36 per cent in the indigenous population.

They united and coalesced with the indigenous population.

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United Nations Indigenous peoples and their interests are represented in the United Nations primarily through the mechanisms of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP).

Poverty is also more concentrated in the indigenous population (29 per cent) compared to the non indigenous population (15 per cent).

The Committee is concerned about the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the main policymaking body in Aboriginal affairs consisting of elected indigenous representatives.

Portrait of Jedewanadi from the Ye'kwana indigenous community.

Indigenous in one of the buildings of the complex.

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He further recommends that indigenous universities be expanded and strengthened.

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A large number of indigenous organizations and citizens acknowledge that Evo Morales an indigenous and coca grower's leader himself has improved their situation.

1871 The Indian Appropriation Act makes all Indians wards of the federal government.

Until now, indigenous students were registered as such only if they studied in schools located in Indigenous areas.

According to the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, there were 10.1 million Mexicans who spoke an indigenous language and claimed indigenous heritage, representing 9.8 of the total population.

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We defend the creation of a center of reference for indigenous culture.

Read a joint response from indigenous groups about the talks.

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Primary school completion rates are lower among indigenous populations than among non indigenous populations.

Image In 1492 the indigenous peoples were expelled from their lands.

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Indigenous participants shared their comments on the paper.

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(c) Indigenous children, youth (2003) and women (2004)

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While the indigenous group occupied the Chamber of Deputies, indigenous representatives held a meeting with the president of the Brazilian Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, to discuss the case of the Raposa Serra do Sol reserve.

The Committee notes with interest the existence of special courts to settle conflicts in accordance with the traditions and customs of indigenous peoples, as well as the post of Special Ombudsman on Indigenous Issues.

(b) Give special attention to the evolution of standards concerning the rights of indigenous populations, taking into account both the similarities and the differences in the situations and aspirations of indigenous populations throughout the world.

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