‘The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) is a regional organization established by indigenous peoples’ organizations in 1992 to strengthen the struggles, cooperation and solidarity among indigenous peoples across Asia. AIPP is committed to the cause of defending and revitalizing indigenous systems; institutions and their control over their ancestral homelands; and their own development and future.
AIPP is guided by its Charter and Working Guidelines agreed upon by its General Assembly. At present, AIPP has members from 14 Countries and has broad network for cooperation and solidarity with other organizations, institutions and advocates at national,regional and global levels.’
Indigenous representatives from the Arctic, North America,Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Caribbean and Russia met in Anchorage, Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change.
Statement to the Human Rights Council, Agenda item 2 (2008)
Joint Indigenous Peoples and NGO Statement on the occasion of the
presentation of the Report of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the relationship between climate
change and human rights