Bhavna Choudhury, a Guwahati native and founder of The Indegenous, recently addressed at the UN General Assembly’s Stockholm+50 preparatory conference in New York.
The preparation gathering was convened to facilitate a collaborative and multi-stakeholder conversation around the leadership dialogues, with an emphasis on the crucial importance of action in order to achieve a healthy world and prosperity for all.
She expressed herself as follows: “Assam is the entryway to one of the world’s last five primary forest zones. Despite the fact that indigenous peoples manage 80% of the world’s biodiversity, we were left out of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration.
I strongly urge this body to cooperate directly with Indigenous peoples and to fulfil the financial and policy obligations made to us. I implore national governments to consider the preservation of Indigenous languages, of which over 3000 are currently endangered, as well as the information that has been passed down through the years.” she added
“When it comes to policy being translated into action, Indigenous peoples are key players at the United Nations General Assembly, and this is where we need to be sensitive of this grouping so that Indigenous peoples are not left behind,” said Bhavna Choudhury.
