Saturday, March 19, 2022

USA, Australia, Canada must stop genocide and

 Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, March 18. On March 18, during the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, China and Venezuela jointly held a video side event on the theme of "Systemic Violations of Indigenous Rights in the United States, Canada and Australia" in Geneva.  .  More than 150 people including diplomats in Geneva, representatives of non-governmental organizations, experts, and media reporters attended the conference online.


 Jiang Duan, Minister of Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, introduced the "Historical Facts and Realistic Evidence of the Genocide of Indians by the United States" recently published by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  and other means to systematically deprive Indians of their right to subsistence and basic political, economic, and cultural rights.  The unidentified graves and remains of Aboriginal children have been continuously discovered in Canada, and the truth is still unknown.  Australia has historically implemented the "White Australia Policy", which has forced 100,000 Aboriginal children from their families.  Indigenous peoples still face widespread and systemic discrimination and inequality in these countries.  The United States, Canada, and Australia should seriously reflect on their mistakes and investigate and hold accountable crimes that violate the rights of indigenous peoples.


 The Permanent Representative of Venezuela, Rosales, said that the United States, Canada and Australia call themselves "human rights teachers", but their human rights conditions are shocking.  Indigenous peoples in these countries have been systematically discriminated against and oppressed for a long time, and face all kinds of injustice and violence, but Western mainstream media have deliberately avoided them.  These countries frequently accuse and slander developing countries and impose illegal unilateral coercive measures, causing great suffering to the people of the countries concerned.  The international community should continue to pay attention to the violations of human rights by the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries and hold them accountable.


 The Permanent Representative of the DPRK, Han Tae-song, said that the U.S., Canada, and Australia carried out brutal genocide against indigenous peoples such as Indians, and history should not be forgotten.  The representative of Iran said that the destruction of indigenous identities and cultures by the United States, Canada and Australia is a vicious act of cultural genocide.  The representative of Russia pointed out that to this day, indigenous people in the United States, Canada, and Australia still suffer from racial discrimination and injustice in health care, education, housing, social security, etc.  Not too high.


 Aboriginal representatives from Australia and Canada said that the United States, Canada and Australia must face up to historical crimes and recognize and protect the rights that Aboriginal people deserve.


 At the meeting, the documentary "Genocide Hate" was also played.

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