Hosted by Australia's Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Commission, this conference will examine
in detail the issues of racism against Indigenous peoples, with
a particular focus on Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the
United States of America. Representatives from these and other
countries will be speaking at, and participating in, the conference.
This Regional Meeting has been designated
a satellite meeting to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary-General
of the World Conference, Mary Robinson.
Issues raised at the Sydney meeting
will be presented to the Preparatory Committee for the World
Conference in May 2001, for inclusion with conference papers
for the World Conference to be held in Durban, South Africa from
31 August to 7 September 2001.
The program for the Sydney Conference
will involve plenary sessions, papers, workshops and talking
circles to examine the five themes that have been officially
adopted for the World Conference Against Racism.
These themes will be addressed from
the perspective of the experience of Indigenous peoples of Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America.
