Dear indigenous delegations:
Receive the warm greetings of the Unity Pact of Indigenous Organizations of Peru. We hereby wish to communicate that, here in Peru, the COP 20 Group has been formed joining together the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the Unity Pact. Both entities are coordinating the parallel events to the COP 20, and the Unity Pact is working to boost the Alternative Summit of Indigenous and Peasant Peoples (COP INCA), from 9 to 12 December 2014.
This will be an autonomous space for the peoples of the world to express themselves freely and get together, without the control or parameters that the government of Peru seeks to establish. We plan to organize a Climate Camp to house the delegations from Peru and abroad who will come to Lima to participate in the programed activities and promote the Global Peoples March in Defense of Mother Earth.
As indigenous organizations hosting the People's Summit, we express our greetings to all delegations and hope to have direct and effective communication with all of you. In the name of the Unity Pact of Indigenous Organizations of Peru,
Sincerely,
Antolín Huáscar, Unity Pact Coordinator
Gladis Vila Pihue, Unity Pact Spokesperson
Email contact: pactodeunidad@gmail.com
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United national organizations demand respect for the democratic rule of law in Cajamarca Region. From left to right: Zulma Villa (lawyer from IIDS), Gladis Vila (ONAMIAP), Ydelso Hernández (CUNARC), Lourdes Huanca (FENMUCARINAP), Jorge Prado (CCP) and Antolín Huáscar (CNA). Photo: Iván Herrera / Servindi. |
The Unity Pact
The Unity Pact is a strategic articulation of national indigenous organizations whose purpose is to strengthen the national indigenous movement and build joint proposals leading towards the exercise of self-determination, Buen Vivir and Full Life of the peoples and communities of Peru.
The generic name of indigenous or native peoples, groups various ways of organization expressed as: peasant and indigenous communities, rondas campesinas, agrarian federations and associations, among others, that recognize and identify themselves as indigenous.
It consists of the following organizations*:
- National Agrarian Confederation (CNA)
- Peasant Confederation of Peru (CCP)
- National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru (ONAMIAP)
- National Union of Aymara Communities (UNCA)
- National Federation of Peasant, Artisans, Indigenous and Native Women of Peru (FEMUCARINAP)
- National Unitary Center of Rondas Campesinas of Peru (CUNARC)
The Unity Pact and COP 20
- The Unity Pact decided to organize – along with other civil society groups – an Alternative Peoples Summit – Indigenous and Peasant COP – as a common space for the indigenous delegations of the world that will attend the Conference of the Parties.
- In the Alternative Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change, scheduled from 9 to 12 December 2014, there will be meetings, seminars, conferences, debates, workshops, campaigns and a global mobilization in defense of Mother Earth.
- The Unity Pact will be host to many delegations of indigenous brothers and sisters of the world that will assist to advocate for their demands and proposals regarding climate change.
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(*) The participation of the National Confederation of Peruvian Communities Affected by Mining (CONACAMI) was suspended until their internal difficulties of legitimacy and representation are autonomously resolved. The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP) decided to formally renounce to the Unity Pact as stated in. However, the letter added that this decision does not mean it will discontinue “coordinating actions that depend on the unity of the national indigenous movement.” |
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