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-Smita Magar in Kathmandu
L to R: Rajkumar Dikpal, NEFIN Chairman Pasang Sherpa, Speaker Subash Nembang, Ujir Magar and Bharat Shakya.
Kathmandu, May 19, 2008-Nepalese indigenous intellectuals voiced their opinion that Nepal’s new constitution’s laws and provisions concerning indigenous issues should be derived from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ILO Convention 196, as has been done by Bolivia.
Speaking at a program organized by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) to congratulate newly elected indigenous journalists of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), an advisor of NEFIN, Dr. Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan said, “Learning from Bolivia, where the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People became the law of the land, in Nepal too, it should be adopted as fundamental rights.”
Dr. Bhattachan added that to make this a certainty in the new constitution, indigenous members of constituent assembly should be well informed. “At the same time media has to play its role.”
Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Chandra Nembang commented, “In the new constitution, laws will be made on the basis of agreements between NEFIN and the Interim government, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169.”
Last year, Nepal’s government voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ratified ILO Convention 169..
Nembang emphasized the immense role of media and journalists in informing the public about issues and laws to achieve successful implementation.
Newly elected 3 indigenous journalists of Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), Ujir Magar, Rajkumar Dikpal and Bharat Shakya were felicitated with khadas and appreciation letters. Ujir Magar was elected from Kathmandu valley whereas Dikpal and Shakya were elected from janajati (indigenous) quotas.
Speaker Subash Nembang and Ujir Magar. Photos: Smita
After being felicitated Ujir Magar said that with the position comes great responsibility. “We are conscious of indigenous issues so we will be raising and writing about those issues in the new constitution-making process.”
President of NEFIN, Pasang Sherpa said he hoped that newly elected members of FNJ will use their pen for the rights of indigenous nationalities.
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