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One-year Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:September 13th marks the historic adoption by the United Nations of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples after over 25 years of lobbying by indigenous peoples. Les Malezer, Cultural Survival board member and former chair of the Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus on the Declaration said in his statement honoring the anniversary, "It is pleasing to report that during the past year there has been rapid growth in the awareness of the Declaration and the expectation that change must occur. Indigenous Peoples everywhere are citing the Declaration as a standard to be met. The rights contained in the Declaration are being used by Indigenous Peoples as benchmarks for outcomes. Many governments are also responding in a positive way. In Latin America in particular we can see governments are taking steps to incorporate the standards into laws and are distributing copies of the Declaration to the Indigenous communities." Despite these successes much remains to be done and the focus is now on putting the document into practice.

Source: cultural survival e-news