We, the Peoples gathered at the Indigenous World Uranium Summit,
at this critical time of intensifying nuclear threats to Mother
Earth and all life, demand a worldwide ban on uranium mining,
processing, enrichment, fuel use, and weapons testing and deployment,
and nuclear waste dumping on Native Lands.
Past, present and future generations of Indigenous Peoples
have been disproportionately affected by the international nuclear
weapons and power industry. The nuclear fuel chain poisons our
people, land, air and waters and threatens our very existence
and our future generations. Nuclear power is not a solution
to global warming. Uranium mining, nuclear energy development
and international agreements (e.g., the recent U.S.-Indianuclear
cooperation treaty) that foster the nuclear fuel chain violate
our basic human rights and fundamental natural laws of Mother
Earth, endangering our traditional cultures and spiritual well-being.
We reaffirm the Declaration of the World Uranium Hearing in
Salzburg, Austria, in 1992, that "uranium and other radioactive
minerals must remain in their natural location." Further,
we stand in solidarity with the Navajo Nation for enacting the
Dine Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005, which bans uranium
mining and processing and is based on the Fundamental Laws of
the Dine. And we dedicate ourselves to a nuclear-free future.
Indigenous Peoples are connected spiritually and culturally
to our Mother, the Earth. Accordingly, we endorse and encourage
development of renewable energy sources that sustain - not destroy
- indigenous lands and the Earth's ecosystems.
In tribute to our ancestors, we continue centuries of resistance
against colonialism. We recognize the work, courage, dedication
and sacrifice of those individuals from Indigenous Nations and
from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan,
the United States, and Vanuatu, who participated in the Summit.
We further recognize the invaluable work of those who were honored
at the Nuclear-Free Future Awards ceremony on December 1, 2006.
And we will continue to support activists worldwide in their
nonviolent efforts to stop uranium development.
We are determined to share the knowledge we have gained at
this Summit with the world. In the weeks and months ahead, we
will summarize and disseminate the testimonies, traditional
Indigenous knowledge, and medical and scientific evidence that
justify a worldwide ban on uranium development. We will enunciate
specific plans of action at the tribal, local, national and
international levels to support Native resistance to the nuclear
fuel
chain. And we will pursue legal and political redress for all
past, current and future impacts of the nuclear fuel chain on
Indigenous Peoples and their resources.