佩里•贝勒加德是加拿大第一民族大会全国大酋长。

土著人民面对大流行病：“互相帮助走得更远”

National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations, Canada, addresses the High-level event of the General Assembly on the conclusion of the International Year of Indigenous Languages (2019), 17 December 2019. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Photo from Peguis First Nations, with permission from Doris Bear, Certified First Nations Health Manager and Health Director, kindly provided by Marion Crowe, ED, First Nations Health Managers Association.
佩里•贝勒加德

现在比以往任何时候都更加需要清晰明确的沟通、伙伴关系和协作。应该与土著人民协商，事先征得他们的知情同意，这是《联合国土著人民权利宣言》的核心内容。我们土著人民有权参与所有影响我们的生活和未来的决定，尊重这一固有权利是保障我们的知情权、采取有效行动的基础。