国連先住民族問題常設フォーラムは先週、深刻な資金不足と影響力への懸念を抱えながらも、気候変動対策と土地の権利に関する緊急の提言をまとめ、年次会合を閉幕した。ニューヨークで2週間にわたって開催されたこの会議では、先住民族問題に関して国連や加盟国に助言を行う設立25年の同機関が直面する課題が浮き彫りとなった。新たな内部評価では、提言と各国の実際の政策実施との間に乖離があることが強調されている。
カナダ出身のイヌイットであるアルキ・コティエーク議長は金曜日の閉会にあたり、気候変動が先住民族コミュニティの人権に及ぼす差し迫った影響を強調した。代表団は加盟国に対し、外部との接触を拒む部族の土地を含む先住民族の居住地を保護することや、世界の気候変動対策メカニズムからの資金を被災コミュニティへ直接配分することを求めた。また、2027年までに気候緩和に関する国際的な裁判所の判決を考慮に入れることや、気候変動による移住を健康上の緊急事態として扱うよう各国政府に促した。
Hundreds of delegates are gathering at the United Nations in New York this week for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the world's largest meeting of Indigenous peoples. The forum's theme is ensuring Indigenous health in the context of conflict, addressing war, climate change, AI-driven extraction, and U.S. visa barriers. Experts highlight the interconnectedness of health, land, and sovereignty for Indigenous communities.
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Indigenous communities bear heavy climate impacts but receive almost no global funding to fight them, advocates say. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, leaders highlighted barriers in major climate funds. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres praised them as guardians of nature, yet billions pledged have largely bypassed them.
The 9th Africa Business Forum, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, opened in Addis Ababa on Monday. Leaders and entrepreneurs gathered under the theme 'Financing Africa’s Future' amid global economic challenges. Executive Secretary Claver Gatete highlighted Africa's potential as a growth engine through productive employment for its young workforce.
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The United Nations' serious financial difficulties, partly due to the United States' failure to make some contribution payments, present a good opportunity for UN reform, Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Japan's ambassador to the UN, said in a recent interview. Japan wants to play a constructive role in creating an efficient and effective United Nations, he added.
Three Gwich'in tribal governments in Alaska have filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior to block oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain. The suit aims to protect the Porcupine caribou herd, vital to Gwich'in culture and subsistence. It challenges the federal government's environmental assessments and consultation processes.
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Exiled Cuban activist Oraisa Estrada Velma denounced abuses against Black and mixed-race Cubans at the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva, but was interrupted by Cuba's official delegation. The Cuban representative accused her of disrespectful language and called for her to be silenced, drawing boos from the audience. Estrada pressed on, naming political prisoners and earning applause.