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Article

3 Jun 2013

Author:
Anne Minard, Indian Country Today Media Network (USA)

UN Working Group, Navajo Nation Collaborate on Human Rights Issues [USA]

On April 27, in an official visit to the United States, a United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights met with the Navajo Nation’s human rights experts and others in Flagstaff, Arizona. The Navajo representatives reported on two situations facing the Navajo people: Arizona Snowbowl, a ski resort that has begun a much-opposed project to spray treated wastewater on the sacred San Francisco Peaks, and predatory lending issues surrounding the lending group Santander Consumer USA...“The overall objectives were to raise awareness of these issues, and advocate for implementation of the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights…in areas where they may have not yet been considered,” [Leonard Gorman, executive director of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission said.] “The meeting was very useful, as it was the first of its kind.”