“AFFIRMING that Indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples, while recognising the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such… RECOGNISING the inherent rights and characteristics of Indigenous peoples, especially rights to their lands, territories and resources, which derive from their political, economic and social structures and their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies…

“Indigenous peoples have the right of self-determin-ation. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political ...

 

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