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Council approves groundbreaking UNDRIP strategy for Vancouver
Today, council passed the City of Vancouver’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Strategy that makes Vancouver a national and world leader in implementing a clear strategy towards UNDRIP and reconciliation.
In March 2021, City Council unanimously adopted a motion to create a UNDRIP Task Force. The task force, in partnership with Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, and Tsleil-Waututh Nation, developed the strategy and 79 calls-to-action outlined in the report.
Today, UNDRIP is the most comprehensive international instrument on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and is a framework for reconciliation to uphold and protect Indigenous Peoples’ rights and their enjoyment of those rights.
As part of our UNDRIP Strategy, the task force identified specific calls-to-action under the four themes of the BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act):
- Social, cultural, and economic well-being
- Ending Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination
- Self-determination and inherent right of self-government
- Rights and title of Indigenous People