Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options

housing, employment, land and resources, environment and development,
intellectual and cultural property, indigenous law and treaties and
agreements with governments. In 1995, the Commission on Human Rights
established its own working group to examine the Draft Declaration.
This working group is likely to revise some provisions of the Draft
Declaration. When the Commission on Human Rights completes its work,
the Draft Declaration will be submitted to the UN General Assembly for final
adoption. This "plain language" version of the Draft Declaration, funded by
ATSIC, is intended to help indigenous communities and organisations
understand the Declaration.
The Draft Declaration will be a powerful tool in changing attitudes, laws and
policies. In Australia, there are signs that the Draft Declaration is already
having an impact on debate about indigenous issues.
The UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Part V
sets out the rights of indigenous peoples to participate in decisions and
developments which affect them. Indigenous peoples must participate in,
and give their consent to, decisions and law making that affect them. They
have the right to their own economic activities and to special measures to
improve their economic and social conditions. Part VI sets out the rights of
indigenous peoples to their land. They have the right to maintain their
distinctive spiritual relationship with their land, waters and resources. They
have the right to own and develop their land, waters and resources, and to
the return of land taken without their consent. Their environment and their
cultural and intellectual property must be protected. Indigenous peoples
have the right to control development of their land.
VIII. The WTO-OMT's Global Code of Ethics fo r Tourism (2000)
The World Tourism Organisation had provided at its Istanbul session in
1 997 the formation of a Special Committee for the preparation of the Global
Code of Ethics for Tourism and the Committee met at Cracow, Poland on 7
October 1998, in conjunction with the Quality Support Committee meeting.
in order to consider an outline ofthe Code.
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