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Date: 8/13/91
The 7th European Meeting of North American Indian Support Groups
July, 15 - 20th 1991, Stadtroda, Thuringia, Germany.
RESOLUTION ABOUT THE INNU IN NITASSINAN.
The impact of low-level military flying exercises, together with
forestry, hunting and fishing regulations, hydro-electric development
and other activities, on the Innu people of Nitassinan ("Labrador and
Quebec, Canada") is disastrous. The Innu people are being forced to
abandon their traditional land-based way of life, which involved
hunting, fishing and gathering.
We, the participants of the 7th European Meeting of North American
Indian Support Groups in Thuringia, Germany, representing Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Czechoslowakia, France, Germany, Luxemburg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the
United States and various aboriginal nations and organisations,
strongly support the Innu Nation in its rights discussions with the
government sof Canada, Newfoundland and Quebec. We call on these
governments to provide interim protection of Innu rights until a
formal agreement on these rights is reached.
The effects of low-level flying by the military forces of Canada, the
Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
are worsening. We are especialy shocked by the increase in flights by
the Dutch Royal Air Force, knowing that the Dutch Government wishes
to respect human rights and the environment. The Dutch Government has
asked the Canadian Government for a futher increase in flights in 1993
and 1996, even though the Environmental Impact Statement has not yet
been completed.
Noting that British flights over Innu land have been suspended in
recent months because of the Gulf war, we call on the British Royal
Air Force not to return to Nitassinan.
Meeting, as we are, in one of the new states of the unified "bigger"
Germany, and knowing that both the Soviet and German military are
continuing low-level flying activities, we wish to express our
solidarity with people affected by low-level flying in the new,
bigger Germany. We call on all people affected by low-level flying
activities to stand in solidarity with the Innu people.
We call on the Canadian, German, Dutch and British governments to stop
all low-level flights in Nitassinan; and to avoid using Germany's new
responsibilities as an excuse for increased German military activity,
whether in Germany itself or in Nitassinan.
Moved by: Innu Support Group, the Netherlands.
Seconded by: Norwegian Indian Society.
Passed: unanimously.
Date: July 18, 1991
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Chairman of the meeting: Bernd Damisch
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