In July, 1997, at the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva, a peak Aboriginal group in Australia advocated the negotiation of a settlement between the Australian Government and the Aboriginal people from Australia by way of treaty. It advocated five principles as follows: the right to decide whether we want to be part of the nation called Australia; the right, so long as our status remains as that of a Dependent People within the Australian community, to fully participate in every level of society through positive and special measures; the right to negotiate an Interim Charter by which a timetable for regaining control over ourselves and our territory is progressively achieved; the right to the return in ownership of sufficient territories (including land and sea) to satisfy our needs as a People; and the right to negotiate arrangements by which the territorial integrity of Aboriginal lands and Australian territory is to be mutually respected.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:45:59 +0000
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