Thu, Aug 19 1999 8:09 AM AEST UN refuses to change view of Govt's native title legislation The United Nations has reaffirmed its decision that parts of the Federal Government's Native Title Amendment Act are racist. The National Indigenous Working Group says the UN has not altered its position, despite the Australian Government's campaign for international support. The group's chairman, Parry Agius, says the legislation goes against the UN's International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Mr Agius wants the Federal Government to accept an invitation from his group to rework the legislation, although he does not expect this will happen. Mr Agius says the Sydney Olympics will attract international attention, which might make the Prime Minister change his mind. "Come next year, around March - moving on from March, I think there will be a high profile international media in Australia," Mr Agius said. "So I would think that the Aboriginal community of Australia would be using every opportunity to ask the Australian Government to be accountable to the international community." c 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
