Huitziltonal Nahuacalco Chicuace Tochtli Xihuitl

Huitziltonal Nahuacalco Chicuace Tochtli Xihuitl

December 21-24, 2018 
Respect-Inclusion-Complementarity-Self Determination 
Dawn of Huitziltonal Nahuacalco
Chicuace Tochtli Xihuitl 
December 21, 2018

RESPECT 

On September 13, 2007 the United Nations adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Despite the nefarious maneuverings of the government state system of the UN member states, the Declaration establishes irrevocably that Indigenous Peoples are "Equal to all other Peoples..." in terms of rights, including the right of self-determination.

It is time to move from RECOGNITION to RESPECT.

TIME is NOW

Architectures of the States

and the

Territorial Integrity of Mother Earth

As Peoples of Mother Earth, we collectively determine to regenerate our relationships among ourselves within a Cultural Climate of Mutual Respect, Inclusion, Complementarity, and Self Determination beyond the existing constrains of the international systems of state sovereignty and in responsibility to the well being of the future generations; 

Recognizing that unless this fundamental dimension of international relationships among human societies at the planetary level is first recognized, established and affirmed, there will be no sustainable progress in addressing effectively and in timely manner the Climate Chaos scenario that now befalls all of Humanity due to the impacts on Global Climate exacerbated greenhouse gas emissions by industrial society and extractive industries in particular in complicity with national government states and existing international monetary systems and institutions. 

Therefore we proclaim and hereby reaffirm in collective Responsibility as Peoples of Mother Earth, in Equality with all Peoples, our collective Right of Representation and Self Determination in addressing the issues before the COP20 beyond the constraints of the architecture of the States and their agreements;
 

Indigenous Peoples’ Day at COP24

COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that held at Katowice, Poland from December 2-14, 2018.

As part of COP24, a day dedicated to indigenous peoples was celebrated in Katowice. The central point of the agenda was the conclusion of discussions concerning the launch of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform.

The Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform will enable systematic participation of these groups in discussions on environmental policy, making it of the most important tools for counteracting climate change. The new forum will enable representatives of indigenous peoples to work on the integration of different knowledge systems so as to increase and speed up the efforts of the international community aimed at providing a comprehensive and integrated approach to the threats and consequences of climate change.

“I hope that COP24 will start uniting the representatives of indigenous peoples around the world,” says the chief of the Mohawk tribe, Howard Thompson. “The platform will be a tool for spreading knowledge about how indigenous peoples can help the world to prepare for the upcoming changes.”

Other participants of the talk expressed a similar sentiment during the climate summit. “I am convinced that today's decision will be a good foundation for further action and I hope that UNFCCC bodies will use the Platform to cooperate with us,” says Jannie Staffansson from the Saami Council organization of the Saami community. “The platform will strengthen the voice of indigenous peoples around the world and I believe that the impact on the negotiations and the possibility to share our recommendations will help to ensure a temperature increase of only 1.5 degrees, not as much as 3 degrees, which would have a huge impact on the Arctic.
 
The Platform of Local Communities and Indigenous People will be the first initiative in the world enabling an institutionalized dialogue between national governments and indigenous peoples.

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