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>Subject: [tliocoregroup] Fwd: WORLD BANK BREAKS PROMISE TO 
>UNCONTACTED  AWÁ INDIANS
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> >Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:31:48 +0100
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> >From: Iona Singleton <is at survival-international.org>
> >Subject: WORLD BANK BREAKS PROMISE TO UNCONTACTED AWÁ INDIANS
> >
> >
> >Survival Press Release
> >
> >7 August 2000, For immediate release
> >
> >WORLD BANK BREAKS PROMISE TO UNCONTACTED AWÁ INDIANS
> >
> >Brazil has violated its own constitution and the World Bank has flouted
> >its Operational Directive by failing to demarcate Awá Indian territory
> >-  although funds were made available 18 years ago to do so. This has lead
> >to the deaths of unknown numbers of uncontacted Awá and the destruction of
> >their land.  The demarcation has been blocked largely by businessmen and
> >politicians who have large landholdings on Awá land.
> >
> >Survival has just learned that the money for the Awá demarcation expired
> >on the 30th June 2000, eighteen years after it was given to Brazil as part
> >of a World Bank loan for the development of the Carajás mining project. A
> >condition of this loan was that all Indian territories should be
> >demarcated by the Brazilian authorities. However, the Awá area still has
> >not been demarcated and this hunter gatherer tribe are facing increasing
> >invasion of their land by settlers, ranchers and loggers, making them
> >acutely vulnerable to disease and violence.
> >
> >Despite having failed to ensure that the Brazilian authorities and mining
> >company CVRD adhered to the conditions of the Carajás Project loan and
> >agreement, the World Bank is preparing to make further loans to the area.
> >
> >The Awá people are one of the few  nomadic hunter gatherer peoples in
> >Brazil. In 1950 their population was estimated at 800. Today they number
> >less than 400, of whom about 150 are uncontacted. Living in mobile groups
> >within the Amazon forest, they hunt game such as tapir and monkeys and
> >gather fruit and nuts. Most of the Awá who have been contacted and live in
> >villages are the survivors of brutal massacres. Attacks on groups of
> >nomadic Awá are common and these survivors relate how Awá have been killed
> >at gunpoint or deliberately poisoned by ranchers and loggers.
> >
> >The World Bank's Operational Directive on indigenous peoples (para. 15c)
> >clearly states that recognition of indigenous peoples' land tenure or
> >ownership rights is a fundamental prerequisite in any project
> >implementation where indigenous peoples are involved.  The World Bank is
> >currently revising its Indigenous Peoples Policy. Worryingly, a leaked
> >copy suggests that the new policy will be substantially weaker.
> >
> >Survival's director general, Stephen Corry, said, 'It is scandalous that
> >today, as Brazil celebrates the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the
> >Portuguese, the Awá continue to be decimated by the same abuses they have
> >faced for five centuries. In our opinion, if action is not taken urgently,
> >the Awá's survival as a people is in doubt."
> >
> >For more information or to arrange an interview contact Iona Singleton on
> >(020) 7242 1441 or email:                     is at survival-international.org
> >
> >Survival's extensive picture library contains photos of the Awá and of
> >many other tribal peoples. Survival also has footage of the Awá on Mini DV
> >taken earlier this year.
> >--------------------------------------------
> >Survival is a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples.  It stands
> >for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their
> >lives, lands and human rights.
> >
> >Survival's website can be found at:
> ><http://www.survival-international.org>http://www.survival-international.org
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> >Iona Singleton
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> >Survival
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> >Tel: +44 (0)20 7242 1441
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