The Huffington Post: UN Says Peru's Gas Plans Could Threaten Indigenous Peoples

Source: The Huffington Post

A United Nations committee says that plans by Peru's government to expand a controversial gas project in the Amazon could threaten the 'physical and cultural survival' of indigenous peoples.

The Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) wrote to Peru's UN Ambassador on 30 August, stating that it had discussed the gas expansion and its potential impacts at a recent meeting under its 'Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedure.'

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