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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>Dear Ms. Dupuy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>In my capacity as a foundator I
mantain that</SPAN> the <STRONG>Cultural Diversity Caucus<SPAN
class=453102807-25112003> CDC) </SPAN> is the expression of several
organization, scientific bodies, local and indigenous communities, which goal is
to promote a creation of a legal instrument for the Protection of the
Cultural Diversity.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>COBASE i</SPAN>s<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> the
coordinator and the</SPAN> "<STRONG>historical facilitator</STRONG>" of
this issue inside the framework of several UN activities, conventions,
conferences.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>If someone heard about the
existence of Cultural Divesity Caucus inside WCAR, WSSD, CBD and so on, it
is because inside these arenas <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>COBASE</SPAN>
scheduled the meetings of the cultural diversity caucus.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>The outcome of this activuty
is <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>the</SPAN> "<STRONG>Resolution of
Rome - Guidelines for the Protection of Cultural
Diversity</STRONG>"<SPAN class=453102807-25112003>, that </SPAN>became an
official document of negotiation <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>to</SPAN>
the C<SPAN class=453102807-25112003>BD and others</SPAN>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>The document it is a
result of several meetings among indigenous peoples, intergovernamental bodies,
academics, local communities<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> and
governments.</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>All the meetings of the
<STRONG>Cultural Diversity Caucus</STRONG> <STRONG><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>have been</SPAN> coordinated by people
who <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>have </SPAN><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>adopted</SPAN> the <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>Resolution of Rome </SPAN>and are willing to
promote it.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><STRONG><FONT
face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>The </SPAN>Cultural Diversity <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>Caucus </SPAN>rejects every form of racism, anti<SPAN
lang=en-GB>-Semitism,</SPAN> <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>in</SPAN>culturalization,<SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>trans</SPAN>culturalization and
evangelization.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>The facts <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>that I have personally registered
</SPAN>are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>- </SPAN>As far as the WSIS is
concerned <STRONG>I </STRONG><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003><STRONG>personally</STRONG> coordinated
with </SPAN>the secretariat<SPAN class=453102807-25112003>
the</SPAN> schedule <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>of </SPAN>three
meetings of the Cultural Diversity Caucus<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> during
the prepcom.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>- Also we hard about something
called </SPAN>Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Caucus, which <SPAN lang=en-GB>purpose</SPAN> we don't
know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>- after <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>our </SPAN> <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>CDC </SPAN> meetings the <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>so called </SPAN>Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Caucus<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> disappeared.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>- We <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>stated</SPAN>, since the first meeting, which you
<SPAN lang=en-GB>participated<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> in</SPAN></SPAN>,
that the <STRONG>main <SPAN lang=en-GB>purpose</SPAN></STRONG> of the
Cultural Diversity Caucus is to <SPAN lang=en-GB>promote</SPAN> the
document <STRONG>Resolution of Rome</STRONG><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003><STRONG> and</STRONG> the project <STRONG>Poverty
Information.</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><STRONG><FONT
face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>- We <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>stated</SPAN> the same thing also during the
second meeting which has had a broader participation.<SPAN
class=453102807-25112003> Also we opened a discussion about our critics to the
UNESCO Universal Declaration.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>I <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>invite </SPAN> now <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>each</SPAN> <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>organization, </SPAN> <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>w</SPAN><SPAN class=453102807-25112003>illing </SPAN>to
endorse<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> and adopt </SPAN> the <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>aforementioned attached document "Resolution of
Rome" and </SPAN><SPAN class=453102807-25112003>attend the side event
"Poverty Information", to communicate it to COBASE (<A
href="mailto:cobase@tin.it">cobase@tin.it</A>) and </SPAN>make <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>wellcome </SPAN>suggestions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>Also because as</SPAN> a historical representative
of the cultural Diversity Caucus I would like to underline, once
more, that <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>CDC</SPAN> rejects every form of racism,
anti<SPAN lang=en-GB>-Semitism,</SPAN> inculturalization, <SPAN
class=453102807-25112003>trans</SPAN>culturalization and
evangelization<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> I invite each organization to
adhere to these principles.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>If, by chance, there is
someone that <SPAN class=453102807-25112003>on</SPAN> behalf of Cultural
<SPAN lang=en-GB>Diversity</SPAN> Caucus promote inter or trans cultural
dialogue, or inter-religious dialogue we could state that is structurally
outside the concept of Cultural <SPAN lang=en-GB>Diversity</SPAN> or it is
exploiting <SPAN lang=en-GB>incorrectly</SPAN> this important
issue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>In any case we express total
disagreement.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" face=Verdana
size=2><STRONG>Moreover I would like to add that Cultural Diversity cannot
be r</STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>idiculously</STRONG> </FONT><STRONG> reduced to the
concepts of "voicing opinions".</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT
face=Verdana><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>The concept of Cultural
Diversity it is much more relevant, also inside the limitations
of international fora, that fredoom to express opinions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
face=Verdana>In fact "<STRONG>Cultural Diversity, including Linguistic
Diversity, is the instrument, the means, the art or technique of existence
in which humanity establishes relationships with Environmental
Diversity and perceives it, gains knowledge of it , nurtures it and makes
it grow</STRONG>"<SPAN class=453102807-25112003> (Resolution of
Rome).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
face=Verdana><SPAN class=453102807-25112003></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
face=Verdana><SPAN class=453102807-25112003>In conclusion we kindly invite you
and your organizations to avoid the use of the expression
"Cultural Diversity Caucus" in order to not create confusion and continue
to disturb our work </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>I look forward for your
earliest reply<SPAN class=453102807-25112003>. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana>Best regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>Stefano Mannacio</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>COBASE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana>Cultural Diversity
Caucus</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm"><FONT face=Verdana size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">
<H2
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Resolution
of Rome<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">GUIDELINES
FOR THE PROTECTION <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">OF
CULTURAL DIVERSITY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<H3
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><U><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><EM>Back
round<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></U></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This document is the outcome of various
conferences<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and meeting held in
Italy with the participation of representatives from Indigenous Peoples, local
communities, universities, companies, international and governamental
organizations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">It is intended as one of a basic documents with a
view to the conference <B>“The value of Cultural Divrsity in Planning
Sustainability” </B></SPAN></P>
<H3
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><U><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><EM><o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></U> </H3>
<H3
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><U><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><EM>DIVERSITY
IS LIFE<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></U></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: solid white"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><EM> <o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: solid white"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Premise<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In many
international negotiations such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the
Barcelona Plan of Action for the Mediterranean, the Convention to Combat
Desertification, the Agenda 21, the Panel of Forests, a new basis for dialogue
and negotiation has been established in which Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and
local communities are given an important role. At the same time, other
intergovernmental organisations including UNESCO, FAO, UN Office of the High
Commissioner for the Human Rights, ILO, WIPO and the European Commission are
also working to protect the rights of Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local
communities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">These
developments are an important step since they recognise there has been a shift
in judgement in Western scientific and political circles.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now there is a general tendency to
recognise in an increasingly explicit manner the scientific value of the
knowledge of Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">But
although a number of international legal instruments now contain provisions
affirming the importance of protecting the traditional knowledge and traditional
practices of Indigenous Peoples, nonetheless we are convinced that no
instruments to date have recognised Cultural Diversity's fundamental importance
and the protections that must be afforded to it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">From
this point of view a number of limitations have emerged in the course of
international negotiations:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">There
is a limitation at the outset. At the 1992 Unced in Rio, in considering negative
ecological phenomena such as the loss of biodiversity, the greenhouse effect,
deforestation, desertification, spreading of environmental and endemical
illnesses, there never was any explicit recognition of the relation between
these problems and the highly dangerous tendency to level all Cultural Diversity
and to make the whole world uniform. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Until
now, the process of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the
reduction<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of Cultural Diversity has
not been cause for alarm and no one has explored the possibility of initiating a
new line of scientific research and dialogue among peoples that would be based
on an understanding of the inextricable relation between Cultural Diversity and
Environmental Diversity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">On the
contrary, efforts have focused on the attempt to find global solutions within
the context of the cultural-scientific-technological system that has produced
the very environmental problems that need solving. These kind of global
solutions have not yet appeared and Cultural Diversity has still received no
consideration.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">References
to traditional knowledge and to the practices of Aboriginal and Indigenous
Peoples and local communities that are found in the current International
Conventions are clearly insufficient for coming to terms with the essential role
of Cultural Diversity. Cultural Diversity, including Linguistic Diversity,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>is the instrument, the means, the art or
technique of existence in which humanity establishes<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>relationships<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>with Environmental Diversity and
perceives it, gains knowledge<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of it
, nurtures it and makes it grow. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Cultural
Diversity is the expression of local and practical ways in which human beings
relate to their environment and it can be a source of happiness and satisfaction
for those who practice it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In the
texts of International Conventions and accords, traditional knowledge is not
valued for what it is, that is a complex, different, spiritual, cognitive, and
technical alternative to formalised Western science and technology. A complete
self-sufficient system which is able to meet all the expectations of its members
and which pursues wellbeing and health protection.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To the
contrary, the current interpretation holds that traditional knowledge is merely
a source of information that can be useful in filling gaps in the knowledge of
formalised Western science, medicine, pharmacology, nutrition.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">This
way of looking at the question constitutes a serious conceptual and practical
error. Nobody can accept the hypothesis that traditional knowledge should be
seen as a source of useful information that can flow freely into Western
science, because traditional knowledge has different categories of thought,
different basic premises, different methodologies and different objectives. No
piece of information derived from traditional knowledge can be usefully entered
into Western databases and inserted in formalised models, since they are part of
a scientific system that is incompatible with traditional knowledge.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Recognition
of this fundamental diversity is the only basis for beginning a dialogue or a
kind of exchange between western science and traditional knowledge, even from a
health point of view.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Cultural
Diversity represents a complete and self sufficient system that can give its
greatest contribution only when it is practised in all its spiritual, religious,
practical, ecological, territorial, ethical and legal dimensions. Therefore any
attempt not to take all these aspects into account works against Cultural
Diversity's ability to make useful proposals and even threatens the very
existence of Cultural Diversity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Current
International Conventions arise in a very specific cultural, organisational and
legal contact and they function according to well-tested models of negotiation.
This means that Cultural Diversity finds itself treated according to
conceptualisations that are extraneous to it and that have arisen for purposes
other than the protection of Cultural Diversity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
most serious consequence is that the specificity and the importance of the
Indigenous question is not recognised and it is treated in the same manner as
other problems that do not directly relate to it, such as the Clearing House
Mechanisms or the Biosafety Protocols, Checking Procedures, Principles of
Safeguard, Precaution, Ethics, Bioethics etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">These
limitations can constitute a real danger. As long as the protection of Cultural
Diversity is left only to conventions on the environment, these conventions will
act merely as mechanisms of levelling and normalisation of Cultural Diversity
and will lead to a process of assimilation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">On
these bases, we emphasise the importance of setting up for a new international
instrument that will guarantee the protection of Cultural Diversity, an
instrument to be developed by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Peoples.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">[On
these bases, we think it is necessary to open a process of negotiation to
develop a new international instrument specifically created for the protection
of Cultural Diversity].<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In
light of these principles, for the purpose of developing guidelines for a new
international instrument for the protection of Cultural Diversity, the
Conference of Rome recognises:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
Environmental Diversity exists and Cultural (and Linguistic) Diversity exists
and this is constituted by innumerable distinct components including peoples,
nations, tribes and communities and that both Environmental and Cultural
Diversity are assets that are equally important for the continuation of all life
on the planet;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
Cultural (and Linguistic) Diversity and Environmental Diversity are intimately
connected in a reciprocal and local relationship and that the alteration,
destruction or disappearance of the one, leads to the alteration,
destruction<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>or disappearance of the
other;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
the maintenance of Cultural (and Linguistic) Diversity allows all peoples to
know, to value and to reproduce Environmental Diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
the rigor and the effectiveness of the laws and oral traditions promote the
maintenance of Cultural and Environmental Diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
traditional knowledge that is cosmogonic and holistic is a highly technological
expression that can promote correct management of the environment,<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> in situ</I> conservation and
sustainability;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
nomadism and other ways of living including hunting and gathering, fishing and
small-scale agriculture, have high spiritual and cognitive value that allows for
the maintenance of diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
the survival of the nomadic and other traditional ways of living is fundamental
for the maintenance of Cultural and Environmental
Diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each Culturally Diverse People develops its way of life in a specific spiritual,
ecological, territorial, intellectual and legal
environment;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
the maintenance of traditional communal institutions such as communal land
ownership and land use and communal decision-making is also for the survival of
Cultural and Environmental Diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each Culturally Diverse People defines its own identity by means of laws,
regulations, obligations, rights, traditions, customs, languages, forms of
communication, rites, practices and behaviours establishing internal relations
as well as external relations with both living and non-living
entities;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each Culturally Diverse People has scientific, technological, spiritual, ethical
and cognitive value;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each Culturally Diverse People defines a complex and complete system fully able
to take decisions, promulgate laws and regulations, transmit knowledge and
education, prevent and treat illnesses, pursue and guarantee satisfaction and
wellbeing:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each Culturally Diverse People holds collective and individual intellectual
property rights over its own intellectual, technical production and also its own
image and the spread of its archaeological treasures and exercises recognised
and recognisable rights over all of these.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Conference of Rome also considers:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
there exist Culturally Diverse Peoples that conceive their existence as strictly
connected with plants, animals and the inanimate world and that these relations
are sources of happiness and joy that are necessary for their
survival;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
there exist physical and mental places that have become sacred and the
destruction, conversion or improper use of these places can create grave harm in
the life of these peoples and in the environment in which they define their
identity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
activities in the areas of cloning, genetic alterations of people, plants and
animals, patents on living organisms, the destruction of species, the
modification and destruction of landscapes can cause pain, unhappiness and
irreversible damage for many different Culturally Diverse
Peoples.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In the
area of Environmental Protection, the Conference of Rome
recommends:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
official government and international recognition be given to the fact that the
traditional knowledge of Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities is
an essential and crucial part of the knowledge base which countries have
available to ensure the wise and sustainable use of the natural
environment;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
only the Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities know and
understand the appropriate methodologies for the use and transfer of<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>their own traditional
knowledge;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
each component of Cultural Diversity be given full access to all species that
keep their culture healthy and strong and that their full right to utilise these
species fully be recognised;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
guidelines for environmental assessment be made or developed by the components
of Cultural Diversity such as Aboriginal , Indigenous Peoples and local
communities for their own individual needs;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
outside access to species be limited; the components of Cultural Diversity such
as Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have knowledge they can
keep to themselves just as national governments do. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
privacy or sacred information be considered areas of
self-governing;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
local and traditional descriptions of species and species utilisation be
employed including using environmental assessment processes that identify
species with indigenous language vocabulary;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that a
"Cultural Ecosystems Stories" approach be used to furnish the names of species
and to evaluate the condition<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and
the abundance of these species - indicating how available they are for
sustaining a healthy culture;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
traditional knowledge be incorporated, where appropriate, with science in
assessments of fish, wildlife, hunting, gathering and that consistency of
information be presented to ensure that the process is repeatable and
defensible;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
species be identified by including traditional languages when assessments are
conducted so that the components of Cultural Diversity such as Aboriginal,
Indigenous Peoples and local communities can respond and identify possible
impacts on them and on their ecosystem;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 3.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
governments, international organisations, industries, banks, and research
institutes provide a sufficient quantity of funds and resources for the
development of specific and local plants in the area of sustainability with the
participation and the management of the components of Cultural Diversity such as
Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities;<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
traditional knowledge and the components of Cultural Diversity be considered in
binding fashion in the impact assessments and evaluations of sustainability in
areas of interest of them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Conference of Rome in the area of Education also recommends:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
government and research bodies provide sufficient resources and funding to
ensure the preservation and development of traditional knowledge in terms
defined by Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local
communities;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
the components of Cultural Diversity such as Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and
local communities be given positive encouragement to enter into and create
university courses;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
there be continuing general education in all countries to further understanding
the traditional<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>view of ecosystems
including which species are important to keep the native culture healthy and
strong;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
Western-trained scientists have access to training, where appropriate, in how to
appreciate and understand the crucial role that Indigenous and traditional
knowledge plays in contributing to human knowledge.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The
Conference of Rome recommends that all Parties make a commitment
to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">protect
Cultural Diversity and to recognise its expressive, linguistic characteristics
and its ceremonies, rites, laws and regulations;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">protect
the sacred places, animals, plants, living and non -living entities of the
components of Cultural Diversity such as Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and
local communities;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: skip"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">encourage
respect for laws and local regulations of the components of Cultural Diversity
such as Aboriginal, Indigenous Peoples and local communities and in the case of
conflicts and incongruities with national legislation, to find modalities of
coexistence.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><STRONG><FONT
face=Verdana>The Conference of Rome and the International research workshop
“Sustainability of Taste” in the nutrition field,</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Aware</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
food is a reflection of the relationship between culture and environment and is
the product of the relationship between plants, animals and human
beings;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Aware</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
also food is the result of combinations among environmental, cultural, sensorial
and technical resources according to laws and traditions of each single
community and expresses a local cultural relationship with the land and takes a
ritual and sacred value;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Aware</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
also taste, the experience of the senses, qualifies food, specializes,
differentiates and makes it familiar and safe and that taste is an indicator of
security and quality of food and its processes, tested by age-old practises
which enable us to detect the cultural and territorial origin of
food;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Recognizing</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
when the relationship between culture and environment is well balanced species,
cultivation and breeding not only survive but they develop, diversify and
sustain themselves, when this relationship is disturbed, the species rapidly
decline in both abundance and diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Affirming</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>that animals may not be bred just and
only for being eaten and that trees may not be cultivated just and only for
being cut;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Considering</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
for thousands of years indigenous peoples, aborigines and the local communities
have developed, tested and applied holistic systems of food production and that
these systems, based on the traditional management of nature, have been devoid
of health risks and have left a little ecological impact;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Worried
by the fact that the current system of food production has showed the
uncertainties and the shortcomings of relying on science alone;
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Worried</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> by the
fact that the scientific and technologically-based approach to food production
has produced serious threats to environment, human, animal and vegetable health
and the preservation of biodiversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Worried</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> by the
fact that mad cow disease is one of the most prominent and disconcerting
examples of a scientific, economical and technologically-based approach to food
production;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Reasserting</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>that the relationship between humans,
animals and plants constitutes a source of satisfaction, knowledge and
happiness,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Asks
and invites the national and international bodies:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
urgent need for a profound re-orientation in the current food production
methods;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
keep</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> into
the right consideration the strategic importance of cultural and biological
diversity: natural resource and environmental protection efforts must not only
protect, but restore the historic diversity and abundance of plant and animal
species that are integral to indigenous lifestyles;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
the scientific, genetic and technical alteration of plant and animal species has
social cultural, health and spiritual implications, in changing the taste of
traditional food;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
guarantee</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
development of specific methodologies for land use and management that mimic the
natural functions and integrity of traditional ecosystems, restoring the
conditions that are necessary for the maintenance of cultural and biological
diversity;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">5.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
important role of women with regard to food preparation: the traditional
knowledge and practises of women must be maintained to ensure food safety and
security;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">6.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>that the modern techniques of food
preparation and consumption are diminishing women’s control over the origin,
content and health effects of the food they prepare for their children and
families;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">7.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
importance of maintaining ecological structures and functions allowing a
sustainable production of food otherwise a more widespread availability and a
right cost of production and food stocks won’t be ensured, determining a
critical situation for the security of nutrition and public
health;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 45pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">8.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
understand</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
without the widespread adoption of sustainable practises, the natural systems
will be disturbed: the climate change, for example, negatively affects the local
weather patterns and, as a consequence, the existence of the habitats and
survival of many species;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">9.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
understand</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> and
recognize the adverse ecological impacts of resource extraction,
industrialization, deforestation, urbanization and
tourism;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">10.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
commit</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> in
order to establish specific principles and precautionary regulations in the food
production and the environment management which, including traditional nature,
health and ecology, ensure the possibility to take specific, informed and
conservative decisions;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">11.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
need for the immediate cessation of cloning and genetic alterations of plants,
animals and mankind until and only when their material and unknown implications
are totally known and understood by everybody;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">12.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
need of the immediate cessation of the transgenic practises of plants, animals
and humans until and only when their material and unknown implications are
totally known and understood by everybody;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">13.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
proceed</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> to the
immediate cessation of voluntary and arbitrary practises concerning the massacre
and extermination of animals and plants, in particular of
cows;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">14.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
the practises of genetic alterations, transgenic cloning, massacres and
extermination of animals and plants (and mankind) have got serious racist
implications;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">15.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
proceed</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to the immediate cessation of intensive
breeding and cultures which anyway do not respect the environmental conditions
and the times and ways of the biological cycles of the
species;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">16.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">
the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>need to prevent the suffering
of animals and plants and to commit oneself to establish principles and rules in
order to guarantee their full cultural well-being and the development of the
biological and life circle;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">17.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> the
urgency for the organization and diffusion of programmes concerning food
education and the employment of resources, in particular towards children and
young people, according to programmes that should be based on the knowledge and
traditional and indigenous practises;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">18.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
ensure</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> and
exploit the cultural diversity and the employment of the most rigorous
environmental assessment methodologies with particular emphasis on the
utilisation of traditional species;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22.5pt; TEXT-INDENT: -22.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">19.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To
recognize</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> that
the indigenous people, aborigines and the local communities because of the
scientific- technological systems of food production and the global loss of
biodiversity run greater risks of disease, a higher rate of mortality and a
diminished ability to sustain the traditional lifestyle of their own
existence.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">-----Messaggio originale-----<BR>Da: Dupuy
Stephanie [mailto:dupuys@lu.unisi.ch]<BR>Inviato: giovedì 20 novembre 2003
15.58<BR>A: <A href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:cobase@tin.it">cobase@tin.it</A><BR>Oggetto: Cultural Diversity
Caucus<BR><BR><BR>Dear Stefano, <BR><BR> <BR><BR>As explained by Kazunari
Fujii, any organisation, association or individual is free to join and
participate in any caucus. Caucuses are spontaneous ad hoc expressions of civil
society. As such they have no formalized structure beyond the international
event in the context of which they occur. We, as OIDEL, participate in the
Cultural diversity caucus initiated in the prospect of the WSIS together with
other NGOs, groups and individuals. At caucus meetings organized during
PrepCom-3 and PrepCom-3A a number of organisations could not be present. However
the Caucus, by definition is open to e-mail communications. OIDEL is a
Geneva-based organisation enjoying consultative status with ecosoc and for
practical and geographical reasons can play a co-ordinating role along with
other organisations (Alain Ambrosi, from Carrefour mondial de lInternet citoyen,
acted as co-ordinator also during former PrepComs). <BR><BR> <BR><BR>I
should add that Cultural diversity is by no means the property of any
organisation, not only for formal reasons since the term is commonly used in
international fora, but by definition: cultural diversity implies that any
organisation can voice its opinion. Concerning further collaboration please feel
free to join our work and we will be pleased to co-operate. I remember having
made that suggestion to you when we met in September but, so far, you havent
attended our meetings.<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Best
regards,<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Stphanie Dupuy <BR><BR>OIDEL
/UEDH<BR><BR> <BR><BR>OIDEL<BR>Organisation Internationale pour le
Droit l'ducation et la Libert d'enseignement<BR>32, rue de
l'Athn e<BR>1206 Genve<BR>T l +4122 7892949<BR>Fax +4122
7892922<BR><A href="http://www.oidel.ch/">http://www.oidel.ch/</A> <<A
href="http://www.oidel.ch/">http://www.oidel.ch/</A>> <BR><BR> <BR>UEDH
- SUHR<BR>Universit d' t des Droits de l'Homme<BR>32, rue de l'Ath ne<BR>1206
Gen ve<BR>Tl +4122 7892949<BR>Fax +4122 7892922<BR>http: <A
href="http://www.droitshumains.org/uni/">www.droitshumains.org/uni/</A>
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