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59 6 The UN Declaration is a major milestone, but it won’t succeed without the support of people everywhere The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a major milestone in solidarity between indigenous peoples and the global community. It grants indigenous people all international human rights that other people enjoy and protects them against discrimination. Moreover, it ensures them the right to determine their own political status, allowing them to either govern themselves within a country but also assume its citizenship. The Declaration also forces countries around the world to support its indigenous peoples in what they decide to do and forbids countries to keep them from living freely. However, there are significant gaps between the formal recognition of indigenous rights and realities on the ground. Since the adoption of the Declaration in 2007, several countries, particularly in Latin America, have taken steps to recognise the identity and rights of indigenous peoples, but we have much more to do. 0 Indigenous peoples A live in all parts of the world. B can be found in Asia and Australia. C make up a third of the world’s population. D all have similar cultures. 1 Indigenous peoples’ languages A are endangered by English. B can’t survive in our modern age. C are essential to indigenous peoples’ culture. D might be extinct within two years. 2 Indigenous peoples A make up a fifth of the world’s population. B have 15 percent more problems related to poverty. C don’t get enough support from the international community. D are often uneducated and unemployed. 3 Compared to other people in their countries, indigenous peoples’ lives are A up to twenty years shorter. B supported better by health services. C more affected by crime. D less threatened by malaria and HIV. 4 To many indigenous peoples, nature A has spiritual significance. B means more than their community. C is a main resource for life. D is home. 5 Most of the time indigenous people A have a positive impact on their natural surroundings. B plant trees and grow forests. C destroy nature through hunting and farming. D use up natural resources and move on to the next place. 6 The UN Declaration supports indigenous people by making sure they A get back land that colonialists took from them. B can form their own governments. C get adequate financial compensations. D find new places to live in foreign countries. 7 Since 2007, A much has changed for indigenous peoples around the world. B new problems have come up for indigenous people. C the situation for indigenous people in Latin America has become a lot worse. D some progress has been made, but there is more work ahead. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv