France plans the ethnocide of three indigenous ... - naturvoelker.org

6. The claimEverything points to the fact that the interest of France towards FG are limited to theEuropean space centre in Kourou (start base of the Ariane missile) whereas the rainforest isleft to the armed mob of the “far west”. It would be a challenge worth our European values forFrance to conserve and protect the northern rain forest as a whole.The Eco-Tourism in this part of FG could become a second source of incomebeside the space industry. But the gold mines are per se incompatible with theconcept of sustainable development. The protection of the northern rainforestcould facilitate the creation of short- and long-term jobs in the frame of apermanent, ecologically sustainable growth.We demand that the European Community of States takes instant action topersuade the president of the French Republic, M. Jacques Chirac, to create anautonomous territory for the inhabiting indigenous in the south of FG. This would becomparable to the “Nunavut” territory, which was established in 1999 for the Inuit, anindependent people in the north of Canada. With its committal to the Inuit, the rights of theindigenous were accepted according to the ILO convention 169.Furthermore, we demand to create a large national park of 50.000 square kilometres in the restof FG, ranging from the central highlands to the moor lands along the coast. With funds of theEuropean Union and with rigorous compliance to the conservation aspect, this can function asa positive example for other countries to conserve their own rain forests in a similar way.Currently the focus is to prevent the French Government with all urgency to establish anillegitimate national park by the middle of 2005 in an area that was classified as “restrictedarea” in 1970 in order to protect the inhabiting indigenous.France is called upon to respect the will of the indigenous (Free, Prior and informed Consent)and to finally take action against the mercury contamination of the tropical rain forest.Furthermore, we demand of France to request the involvement of European NGO´sconcerning the preparation of this plan. Amongst those there should be conservationistorganisations as well as representatives of NGO´s dealing with the problems of indigenouspeople.10