Media Advisory - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Joins First Nations Leaders for Press Conference and Meeting with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Français
OTTAWA, March31, 2015 /CNW/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde will be at Westbank First Nation, B.C. today for a press conference and meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. The meeting is organized by the Okanagan Nation Alliance and will include First Nations leaders and representatives from across B.C.
The press conference is being held prior to the meeting. The details as provided by the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) are as follows:
| Time: |
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm |
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Sensisyusten School Multipurpose Room |
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The purpose of the meeting, according to organizers, is "…to share, first hand, the challenges and issues that the First Nations people in British Columbia are facing." The National Chief will deliver Opening Remarks at the meeting on behalf of the AFN and First Nations across Canada.
More information about today's meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur is available on the Okanagan Nation Alliance website at: http://www.syilx.org/
The Assembly of First Nations is the national organization representing First Nations citizens in Canada. Follow AFN on Twitter @AFN_Comms, @AFN_Updates.
SOURCE Assembly of First Nations
Alain Garon, AFN Bilingual Communications Officer, 613-247-6789 ext. 382, 613-292-0857, [email protected]; Jenna Young Castro, AFN Communications Officer, 613-241-6789 ext. 401, 613-314-8157, [email protected]
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