Indigenous Rights: Delegation denounces Quebec at the UN – CityNews Montreal
April 22, 2025
First Nations representatives denounced Quebec’s inaction regarding the implementation of Indigenous rights at the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), taking place this week at UN headquarters in New York.
On Monday afternoon, former Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL), Ghislain Picard, spoke at UN headquarters to denounce “Quebec’s lack of respect for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)” particularly in the caribou issue.
The former Chief of the AFNQL spoke on behalf of the Innu Nation at a side event at the 24th session of the UNPFII.
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