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Subject: Resolution concerning the violation of the rights of the Mapuche people of
Chile.
Source: Mapuche International Link
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For immediate release
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Resolution concerning the violation of the rights of the Mapuche people of
Chile.
The European Parliament.
- following its previous resolutions concerning indigenous peoples
A. Whereas the Mapuche people in Chile comprise 10% of the total population
of the nation (1,200,000 people),
B. Whereas their traditional lands extend from the Bio-Bio River in the north
to the island of Chiloe in the South, included in the VIIIth, IXth, and Xth
regions of Chile,
C. Whereas, until their forced annexation by Chile in 1883, the Mapuche people
were a sovereign nation, recognised as such by Spain since 1641,
D. Considering that the loss of sovereignty and the usurping of these lands
have reduced the Mapuche people to their current level of extreme poverty,
E. Aware that the efforts for social justice for the Mapuche carried out by
the government of President Allende were revoked by the seventeen years of
dictatorship which followed,
F. Considering that, despite numerous representations from the Mapuche people
since the reestablishment of democracy, no substantial political change has
come about,
G. Concerned about the deterioration in the situation in the VIIIth and IXth
regions of Chile, where conflicts over land have degenerated into acts of
violence by the police against several Mapuche communities, leading to
numerous injuries, detentions and a series of complaints,
H. Concerned about the partisan attitude of the Chilean judiciary system,
against the Mapuche people, which, in the upper Bio-Bio, has ordered the
repression and detentions of those families who were protesting against the
installation of the Ralco hydro-electric dam on their lands, despite the
undisputed legitimacy of their land-titles,
I. Aware that, in addition to ancestral rights and treaties, the Mapuche have
additional evidence to underline their claims for the recovery of their
expropriated land, the first being property titles issued at the time of the
annexation by Chile, the second referring to lands restored to them by the
government of Popular Unity, which were removed from them by agrarian counter-
reform under the Pinochet dictatorship,
J. Concerned that the current conflicts, which have already continued for
several months, may grow and develop, as in the situation in Kosovo,
1 Calls on President Frei and the government of Chile to bring an end to
police repression and the militarisation of Mapuche lands, as well as refrain
from implementation of the law of internal State Security inherited from the
dictatorship.
2 Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all Mapuche who have
been detained, for an end to legal actions and for the right to freedom of
movement for all in Chile.
3 Demands a public enquiry and immediate punishment of police officers who act
outside the law and also asks that measures be taken to identify and eradicate
institutional racism in the police force.
4 Demands the opening, without delay, of negotiations between the government
and the co-ordinating committee of Mapuche communities, with the aim of
resolving the conflicts and restoring lands taken by private land-owners,
businesses and forestry companies.
5 Asks for constitutional recognition for the Mapuche people in Chile and the
ratification by Chile of Convention No. 169 of the ILO, concerning indigenous
and tribal peoples.
6 Demands respect for the human rights of all in Chile, as well as state
respect for rights and democratic principles in the functioning of the
National Corporation for Indigenous Development (CONADI).
7 Recognises those who have made peaceful moves towards an equitable solution
to the current crisis, in particular Mr Adolfo Millabur, mayor of Tirua
commune, currently the only Mapuche mayor in Chile; as well as the Mapuche
lawyer Mr. Jose Lincoqueo, who is trying to find a just solution to the
numerous land problems through legal channels.
8 Instructs its President to communicate this resolution to President Frei ,
to the government of Chile, to the governors of the VIIIth, XIth, and Xth
regions of Chile, to the director and council of CONADI, to the mayor and
community council of Tirua commune.
Gaston Leon,
Comite Belga America India
Rue du Fond des Cuves 19,
B-5190 Jemeppe sur Sambre, Belgica.
Tel/Fax: +32-71-785652
gaston.lion@skynet.be
Ramona Quiroga,
Mapuche International Link
Faktorij 53
1825 HB ALKMAAR
Holanda
Tel/Fax: 31-72-5618496
Jorge Calbucura
Universidad de Uppsala
Departamento de Sociología
Proyecto de Documentación Ñuke Mapu
P.O. Box 821, S-751 08 Uppsala, Sweden
T:+46-18-4711504 F:+46-18-4711170
jorge.calbucura@soc.uu.se
Reynaldo Mariqueo
Mapuche Inter-regional Council
International Coordination
6 Lodge Street,
Bristol BS1 5 LR,
England.
Tel/Fax: 44-117-9279391
E-mail: MAPULINK@aol.com
Paginas Mapuche:
http://members@aol.com/mapulink
http://linux.soc.uu.se/mapuche
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rehue
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