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UN Body Wants Mining Companies To Respect Rights Of Indigenous Peoples And Adhere To International Standards Of Corporate Accountability MANILA, Philippines -- Some 85 representatives of Indigenous Peoples from around the world have arrived in the country yesterday to find effective ways in combating abuses committed by giant companies engaged in extractive activities, which they claimed are still grossly violating the human rights of indigenous peoples and contributing to severe destruction of the environment. |
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UN Mandates Meeting of World’s Indigenous Peoples and International Experts to Address Issues of Human Rights Abuses and Corporate Accountability of Extractive Industries
Manila, Philippines – Indigenous peoples’ territories in almost all parts of the world are richly endowed with natural resources, including minerals, oil and gas. This rich endowment, however, has become a curse to many of them as corporations involved in extractive industries continue to encroach their lands and cause the worst forms of environmental degradation and human rights violations. |
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JAKARTA, Monday March 23, 10:19 AM (AFP) - US-based mining giant Freeport McMoRan is paying Indonesian troops to protect a large gold and copper mine in Papua, despite regulations requiring the military to hand over to police. The Arizona-based company said its local subsidiary paid "less than" 1.6 million dollars through wire transfers and cheques in 2008 to provide a "monthly allowance" to police and soldiers at and around the Grasberg mine. |
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