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NORDIS
WEEKLY June 26, 2005 |
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UN body discusses IP concerns on poverty & education |
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| BAGUIO CITY (June 16) — Victoria Tauli-Corpuz shared that the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum held last May 16-27, 2005 focused on the Millenium Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples with special focus on the first two goals: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and achieve universal primary education. These goals were adapted by the UN General Assembly in September 2000 and are targeted to be achieved by 2015. While these are noble ideas, these goals would not be achieved until the basic human rights, especially of indigenous peoples are not addressed, she said. Tauli-Corpuz, the new chairperson of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in a press conference held here, said that the poverty situation of the indigenous peoples have worsened even further and the increase in poverty is a violation of the indigenous peoples’ basic human rights. “Achieving universal primary education is in itself not enough,” TauliCorpuz told the Baguio media. She added that the kind of education being given today is more towards the integration of indigenous students and less on incorporating their culture and traditions. When asked about what the Philippine government presented during the Session, she said that the Philippine poverty strategy was commented as good “but having a good poverty written on paper is one thing and implementing it is another. Itdoes not necessarily mean that it would be good in implementation,” Tauli-Corpuz said. Recommendations regarding the process towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in relation with indigenous peoples were also discussed. The UN also declared the years 2005-2015 as the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. With this development and the continuing commitment of the Permanent Forum, Tauli-Corpuz hoped that the situation of the indigenous people not only in the country but all over the world would be raised and their contributions be recognized. # Mayette Iniguid for NORDIS |
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