Strongly supports the principles in the Article, and explains that these principles are already practised in Australia. Also has concerns with the scope and clarity of the provisions in the second paragraph, and believes the spirit and intentions could be better worded and more strongly phrased. Says is ready to help with this re-drafting. Delegation already expressed views that they could accept Article 14 in its current form. The proposals for constitutional amendments submitted in Guatemala now broadly recognise indigenous peoples rights.
National legislation is advanced and intends to advance it further.
Fully supports the principles underpinning the language of the Article. The delegation shares the concerns put forward by other delegates, specifically by Brazil, Argentina, Chile and others. The standards subject of this debate may be amended in constructive intention to improve those provisions, so that drafting has less wrong or equivocal interpretation, specifically in the second paragraph of Article 14. Suggests that it would be simpler to delete this phrase. Appeals to government representatives and indigenous delegations to think about it in a spirit of mutual concession as similar problems may prop up in future articles.