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DEPT FOR WHA/USOAS SARAH HANKINS, L/HRR EVELYN ASWAD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OAS PREL PGOV CA
SUBJECT: CANADA COORDINATING WITH DOS ON UN DRIP
REF: STATE 4241
(SBU) Director of the Office of Aboriginal and Circumpolar
Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Paul Gibbard told PolOff that he has been
in frequent contact with L/HRR on the UN Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN DRIP). Gibbard stated that
high-level deliberations on indigenous rights are ongoing in
Canada, and noted that while he had no news to report at the
moment, Canada may make some policy decisions in the coming
weeks. The USG does not implement programs supporting
indigenous communities in Canada.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
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