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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1720/97 by Heidi HAUTALA to the Council. UN Declaration on indigenous people
Date: 1997-05-22
Institutions: European Parliament, HAUTALA
Subjects: EU Member State, United Nations Charter, common position, human rights, indigenous population

22. 6. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 196/1

I

(Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

(98/C 196/01)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1720/97

by Heidi Hautala (V) to the Council

(22 May 1997)

Subject: UN Declaration on indigenous people

Parliament  adopted  a  resolution  on  the  draft  UN  Declaration  on  Indigenous  Peoples  in  November  1995
(B4-1415/95) (1). Since then, two sessions of the special Human Rights Commission(cid:146)s working group on the
Declaration have taken place.

1.

2.

3.

Have EU Member States participated in the work of this working group?

If so, has there been a common EU position?

If not, why not?

Is the Council considering discussion of a common position with regard to the Declaration, and/or with

4.
regard to the issue of indigenous peoples in general?

(1)  OJ C 323, 4.12.1995, p. 117.

Answer

(30 March 1998)

There  has  been  no  common  EU  position  on  the  subject  matter  of  the  Honourable  Member  of  Parliament(cid:146)s
question. The Council is not in a position to indicate which EU Member States have participated in the work of
the  special  Human  Rights  Commission(cid:146)s  working  group  on  the  Declaration.  This  is  a  matter  of  national
competence of individual EU Member States.

At present, the Council is not considering a common position neither with regard to the Declaration nor with
regard to the issue of indigenous peoples in general.

(98/C 196/02)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2729/97

by Marianne Thyssen (PPE) to the Commission

(30 July 1997)

Subject: Compensation scheme for Dutch filling station managers on the Belgian and German borders

It appears that on 23 July 1997 a scheme came into force for Dutch filling station managers on the Belgian and
German  borders  which  compensates  them  for  the  losses  suffered  from  an  increase  in  tax  on  petrol  in  the
Netherlands.