Speech Competition on ‘Social Harmony in Multicultural Community’

NINFA initiates to aim to promote, acknowledge and maintain social harmony and social inclusion in our diverse community. This is an opportunity for any individual wanting to express their views on varied influx of topics. So interested personnel 16yrs and over please register by Friday 2nd March 2012. Registration fee of $10 will apply.

Petition to stop Ministers and CA member’s visit to Australia

Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Forum Australia (NINFA) has submitted a petition to the president of Constituent Assembly Subash Nembang as a request to inform all the Constituent Assembly (CA) Members and Ministers to not visit Australia for whatever reasons until the writing of new and acceptable constitution is completed.

It is also said in the petition that the purpose of doing so is to put the pressure on CA Members to write constitution within the second time extended period and not to waste very limited time by visiting overseas.

In addition, to this NINFA has also decided to protest them by waving black flags and displaying some placards if any CA Members/Ministers neglect this request and visit to Australia.

Nepali indigenous community in Australia receives training on advocacy skills

The Nepali indigenous community in Australia has received training on enhancing advocacy skills on the rights of the indigenous people and human rights. The Diplomacy Training Program, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales provided the training on Saturday in collaboration with Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Forum Australia (NINFA) at the University of New South Wales.

According to NINFA president Ganesh Tamang, the participants were trained on human rights and indigenous rights and the UN system, the relevance of human rights instruments of procedures, tracing the evolution of indigenous agenda at the UN and indigenous rights in Nepal. They were also trained on Universal Periodic Review Recommendations, Advocacy skill for the promotion of Indigenous Rights - in the Diaspora and within Nepal and Australian example of effective advocacy on indigenous rights.

The training was provided by Dr. Patrick Earle, the Executive Director of Diplomacy Training Program (DTP), Dr. John Pace Board member of DTP and Dr. Garth Nettheim former dean and professor of university of NSW.

32 persons attended the training. Due to the success of the training, DTP and NINFA have agreed to make the training an annual programme.

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Source nepalnews.com