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La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | Sept - Dec 2018 "Special Edition"

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This edition of the newsletter is the result of a collective effort of organisations, which are part of_ La Via Campesina_ movement worldwide. This is also a SPECIAL EDITION that celebrates the adoption of the _UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas_. We are ending 2018 on a high note, with renewed energies and a high momentum that will make us stronger in 2019!

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FINALLY, THE UNITED NATIONS ADOPTS PEASANTS RIGHTS DECLARATION!

_On 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Now that the declaration is an international legal instrument, La Via Campesina (LVC) and its allies will mobilise to support regional and national implementation processes. With 121 votes in favour, 8 votes against and 54 abstentions, the forum of UNGA representing 193 Member States, ushered in a new promising chapter in the struggle for the rights of peasants and other rural communities throughout the world._

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RECOMMENDED READING;

* Communique [4] from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia * FAO hails landmark UN resolution [5] that enshrines rights of peasants and rural workers * UN Human Rights Chief welcomes adoption [6] of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants * Declaration Represents Huge Advance for Human Rights, reports Common Dreams [7]

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This UN Declaration can provide a global framework for national legislation and policies to:

* better protect the rights of peasants - women and men - and improve livelihoods in rural areas * reinforce food sovereignty, the fight against climate change and the conservation of biodiversity * take actions to implement comprehensive agrarian reform and a better protection against land-grabbing * realise the right of peasants to conserve, use, exchange and sell their seeds * ensure remunerative prices for peasant production and rights for agricultural workers * recognise the rights of peasant women and bring about social justice for people of all origin, nationality, race, colour, descent. Sex, language, culture, marital status, property, disability, age, political or other opinion, religion, birth or economic, social or other status without discrimination

RELATED ARTICLES FROM 2018

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVED THE UN DECLARATION IN NOVEMBER

_The resolution was approved by 119 votes in favour, 7 votes against and 49 abstentions. It is a significant leap forward in a campaign led by La Via Campesina, the world's largest peasant movement supported by many organizations across the world, including FIAN and CETIM._. Read more [10]

INFORMATION NOTE ON THE UN DECLARATION

The UN Declaration was originally initiated by the international peasant movement La Vía Campesina (LVC) over 17 years ago, with other social movements, mainly supported by - FIAN International and CETIM (Centre Europe-Tiers Monde) within the UN. Read more ... [11]

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DECLARATION IN SEPTEMBER

_Declaration on the Rights of Peasants awaiting final voting and adoption_

The resolution was passed with 33 votes in favour, 11 abstentions and 3 against. Read more ... [12]

A LIFE OF PEASANT DELEGATES IN GENEVA: UNDERSTANDING THE STRUGGLE

Union of Agricultural Work Committees and Palestinian Peasants Movement denounced the continuous attacks of Israeli Occupation Naval forces against the Palestinian fishermen while fishing within the allowed fishing zone. Read more ... [13]

PEASANT VOICES

Peasant leaders and farmers' representatives from across the continents react to the news of adoption and explains why the struggle in their territories will gather more strength now.

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