Amazigh Kabylie New York - MAK at the 8th UNPFII session (26th May 2009, NY, USA)

United Nations' Official Audio & Translation Record of the "Mouvement pour l'Autonomie de la Kabylie" (MAK), and other Amazigh NGOs' report at the 8th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York (UN Headquarters 26th April 2009 NY City, USA).

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/
http://mak.makabylie.info/

INSIGHTS : On 13th September 2007, after two decades of negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN doc A/61/L. 67).

This landmark document recognizes the rights of the World's nearly 400 million indigenous peoples as Human Rights and outlaws discrimination against them, emphasizing the rights of indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, language, culture and traditions.

English : http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
Arabic : http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_ar.pdf

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is the UN Agency responsible for promoting respect for and ensuring effective application of the provisions of the Declaration (article 42) by Member States. In the case of Amazigh Berber indigenous people, countries concerned are mainly : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania.

From 18-29 May 2009, the UNPFII held its 8th session at the UN headquarters in New York.

On 26th May 2009 (10th Meeting Morning 9-11 AM session), Amazigh organizations presented their reports regarding the situation of the Amazigh / Berber indigenous people in North Africa, notably Kabylie in Algeria (Mouvement pour lAutonomie de la Kabylie MAK).
http://mak.makabylie.info/
http://mak.makabylie.info/

Among other things, they ask for the United Nations to send observers on the ground, take concrete action to protect local Berber populations, and launch official international inquiry into violations of the Human Rights of the Amazigh people (Kabyle, Chaoui, Touaregs, Nafousa and Zwara, Chleuhi, Rifans, Soussis, etc.) by North African governments.

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