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Nepalese indigenous peoples collecting signatures during International Day of the World's Indigenous People in Kathmandu on August 9. Photos: Smita

Kathmandu, September 4, 2008- Speaker of the CA (Constituent Assembly) Subash Chandra Nembang said the CA will make the Constitution of ‘New Nepal’ on the basis of the ILO 196 and UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights to guarantee indigenous people their rights and ownership over forest, water and land resources.

On the signature handover program of indigenous organizations with 9 point demands that should be included in the new Constitution for ensuring rights to the indigenous nationalities, Nembang said that now no one can stop the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal from being a proportional and representative state.

Chini Maya Majhi, Chair, Nepalese Indigenous Women Federation handing over the signatures to CA Chair Subhaschandra Nembang

The NGO Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities (FONIN) organized to collect the signatures on a 2,500 meter-long cloth from August 2nd to 9th on the occasion of the 16th World International Indigenous Day. More than 500,000 signatures agreeing to their demands were handed to Nembang.

President of NGO-FONIN Yem Bahadur Kukung and Nembang. Photos: Smita

After receiving the collected signatures and letters for 601 CA members from organizers Nembang said that it is a must to have the participation of maximum possible numbers of Nepali people in the making of a successful Constitution of Federal Democratic Republic Nepal, so these peaceful campaigns were a way of listening people’s voice to act upon.

Nine point demands include that the bases for federalism should be ethnicity, linguistic and regional, along with the Right to Self Determination, implementation of ILO 169 and the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights, guarantee of special rights to the highly marginalized and indigenous minority groups, Prerogative Rights to the indigenous nationalities of the autonomous state on the land and natural resources, and formation of Ministry of Indigenous Nationalities, and Indigenous Council.

“If our demands will not be addressed then the government will be responsible for the consequences,” said President of NGO-FONIN Yem Bahadur Kukung.

-Smita Magar in Kathmandu

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