Topic: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Country: Bolivia
Delegate Name: Taylor Foster
School: Vicksburg High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Bolivia position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Over 50% of Bolivia’s citizens are indigenous. A large part of the population is apart of indigenous group called the Quechua. These peoples rights are important and need to be protected. The culture is unique and has been apart of the country since the time of the Aztecs. There has been action taken to defend their rights such as the signing by the Bolivian government of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention in 1989 which protects Indigenous peoples, the approval of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 which recognizes the rights of Indigenous people, and the election of the first Indigenous man, Evo Morales in 2006, who bettered the countries economy and the recognition of the Indigenous population in Bolivia. Evo Morales is actually apart of the problem in Bolivia today. At first he did great things that improved the country but now he has been in office for three terms, when the limit is two, and plans to run again for a fourth even though the people of Bolivia are screaming no with protest. He also let his government build a road through a national park in a northern amazonian area and spend 34 million dollars on a huge house instead of on social issues that matter. This is just one example of a way the government ignores its Indigenous peoples voices. Bolivia as a country has taken large strides throughout the years for Indigenous people but still has a far way to go. Some Countries around the world are not even as developed as we are. We as a committee need to find a peaceful resolution that works for everyone to help recognize, develop, and protect the rights of Indigenous people.
