Indigenous
Peoples' International Summit on Sustainable Development,
Kimberly, South Africa, 20 - 23 August 2002
Indigenous peoples
all over the world gather in Kimberley, South Africa to
hold the Indigenous Peoples' International Summit on Sustainable
Development. Set for August 20 - 23, 2002, the conference
aims to "bring together indigenous peoples from all
parts of the world to share their perspectives on sustainable
development and their contributions in achieving this."
National Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK)
and the Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee
for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (IPCC-WSSD)
The Secretariat, c/o Barendse Griqua House, P.O. Box 547,
Vryburg, 8601, SA
Tel.; 27-(0)53-927-3957 Fax: 27-(0)53-927-6925
e-mail:
barendsegriqua@telkomsa.net
Indigenous Peoples’ International Summit on Sustainable
Development
20 - 23 August 2002, Kimberly, South Africa
Vryburg , 20 July 2002
Dear Friends,
The National
Khoi-San Consultative Conference (NKOK), on behalf of the
Indigenous Peoples’ Coordinating Committee for the
WSSD (IPCC-WSSD), would like to formally invite you to participate
in the International Indigenous Peoples’ Summit on
Sustainable Development. The venue will be at Hoffe Park
Conference Centre, 30 Birbeck Rd., in Kimberly, South Africa.
This will be held from 20-23 August 2003, a few days before
the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD). The WSSD will be held in Johannesburg from 26 August
to 4 September 2002. The arrival date for the Indigenous
Peoples International Summit is 19 August and the conference
proper will be from 21-23 August. 20th August will be spent
in visiting the villages of our hosts, the Khoi and San.
Peoples. On the 24th of August, the participants who plan
to participate in the WSSD will travel to Johannesburg.
The main objective
of this conference is to bring together indigenous peoples
from all parts of the world to share their perspectives
on sustainable development and their contributions in achieving
this. This will also allow indigenous peoples to identify
the main obstacles to their effective participation in bringing
about sustainable development. This International Summit
will come out with a Kimberly Political Declaration of Indigenous
Peoples and an Indigenous Peoples’ Plan of Action for
Sustainable Development.
An Indigenous
Peoples’ Coordinating Committee has been formed to
organize this Summit and the National Khoi-San Consultative
Conference (NKOK) is the local secretariat. Enclosed with
this letter is the overall concept paper of the Summit and
the tentative program and the registration forms.
Funds have
been raised to help defray the costs of accomodations, conference
halls, translation expenses, secretariat expenses, reproduction
of materials, and local travel of indigenous peoples from
South Africa. However, these funds do not include the travel
costs for international participants coming from other continents.
So we are encouraging everyone to raise their own travel
funds to be able to participate.
If you are
interested to participate please fill up the enclosed registration
form and send these before 5 August 2002. Send it through
e-mail or fax to the following addresses and numbers.
For further
information please don’t hesitate to contact me. Other
pertinent information which you need to know regarding the
Indigenous Peoples’ Summit and the UN World Summit
on Sustainable Development please check the following websites:
