41. 12.03.2003: Indigenous Peoples Of The North And The Parliamentary System Of The Participation of the indigenous peoples of the russian North in national politicsis indeed highly relevant to the work of the Arctic Council and to the Arctic http://www.mfa.is/embassy/mfa.nsf/pages/wpp2323

Ministry for Foreign Affairs · Iceland Reykjavík, writeDateLong(17); writeTimeLong(1); Foreign Policy Diplomatic Relations Last modified Print version www.iceland.org Search: International Round Table - Indigenous Peoples of the North and the Parliamentary system of the Russian Federation: Experience and Prospects - Address by Ambassador Benedikt Jonsson on behalf of Iceland's Chairmanship of the Arctic Council March 12-13, 2003 Moscow, Russia On behalf of the Chair of the Arctic Council, let me thank RAIPON, IWGIA and the Duma for the invitation to this important event. The Chair has also asked me to deliver his warm regards to all Round Table participants, wishing for a fruitful debate. Participation of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North in national politics is indeed highly relevant to the work of the Arctic Council and to the Arctic Council model of co-operation with indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples of the Arctic played an important role in the negotiations to create the Arctic Council. The Council is a distinctive form of co-operation between governments and indigenous peoples in the Arctic region. Several organizations representing indigenous peoples are recognized as Permanent Participants, namely, the Association of Indigenous Minorities of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, the Saami Council, the Aleutian International Association, Arctic Athabaskan Council and Gwich'in Council International. These organizations contribute to the Arctic Council´s work with active participation and full consultation. This principle applies to all meetings and activities of the Arctic Council.

42. Meeting Of Frontiers: For More Items -- Indigenous Peoples Of Alaska The summary for this russian page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://memory.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/fmiaindig.html

Indigenous Peoples of Alaska Russian Alaskan Dogsled , 1911, LC The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures. Some of our Eskimo Friends , 1894, LC The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures. Eskimo Medicine Man , The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures. Tlingit Chief Kasheesh (Johnson) and his Totem , The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures. Native Peoples

43. ExploreNorth - Indigenous Peoples Of Northern Russia Nenets Oxana Kharuchi, who works for the russian Association of the indigenous Peoplesof the North, has posted a beautiful photo album showing her people and http://www.explorenorth.com/native-ru.html

Indigenous Peoples: Northern Russia The Center for the Study of the Eurasian Nomads Based at Berkeley, California, CSEN's focus is on the peoples of the Steppes. The Web site has many articles, photos and book reviews. The Endangered Uralic Peoples An excellent reference guide by the Information Centre of Finno-Ugric Peoples. Ethnolinguistic Minorities in the Russian Far East From Hokkaido University, a broad range of papers, commentaries and photographs. Also available in Japanese. The Evenki An excellent site by Joachim Otto Habeck, who has compiled a wide range of resources on these indigenous people of Siberia and northern China. Koryak Language and Culture Excellent articles on the history and language of the Koryak people of the Kamchatka Peninsula area. The Living Yamal The Yamal people of Siberia live on land containing huge gas reserves - the project's aim is to extract the oil without impacting the culture. Nenets Oxana Kharuchi, who works for the Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, has posted a beautiful photo album showing her people and her homeland. The Nenets and Khanty An illustrated report by Aleksandr Pika and Norman Chance, for "Arctic Circle".

44. Choike : Indigenous Peoples russian Association of indigenous peoples of the North RAIPON The vast expanseof the russian Federation, from the Kola Peninsula in the northwest to the http://www.choike.org/links/4/34/info_util6.html

Home People Society Environment ... En Español Choike: A Portal on Southern Civil Societies Home People : Indigenous Peoples our directory NGO sites article Social Development - Tue Mar 25 2003 Confronting global environmental racism in the 21st Century document.write(''); As a result of the environmental dangers that they face, people of colour in the industrialized countries have much in common with populations in the developing countries of the South. Third World Network Features useful info in Indigenous Peoples Information Resources Amazon Alliance The Amazon Alliance works to defend the rights, territories and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Alliance is a partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples. USA. Assembly of First Nations Historically the First Nations have a unique and special relationship with the Crown and the people of Canada, as manifested in treaties and other historical documents. In essence, the special relationship is one of (negotiated agreement with a view toward) peaceful coexistence based on equitable sharing of lands and resources, and ultimately on respect, recognition, and enforcement of our respective right to govern ourselves. The AFN exists to promote the "restoration and enhancement" of this relationship and to ensure that it is mutually beneficial to the First Nations people. The Assembly of First Nations is a national aboriginal lobby organization.

45. Links - Fourth World indigenous peoples of the russian North, Siberia and Far East. Oxana Kharuchi's Nenetspage. USA Northern Plains Indian Law Center. University of North Dakota. http://www.uit.no/ssweb/links/4ww3.htm

Home Languague- and Culture Law Science ... English Links - The Fourth World Australia DIMIA: Indigenous Affairs Government of Australias Immigration Department Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management (CINCRM), Northern Territory University. Australian Aboriginal Art , A Picture Exhibition. Canada First Nations Governance. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Canada) The complete report. Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary Institute of indigenous government Etudes Inuit Studies Arctic Blue Books (Andrew Taylor's index to 19th Century British Parliamentary Papers concerned with the Canadian Arctic) Aboriginal Canada Portal - Portail des Autochtones au Canada Russia Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North RAIPON L'auravetl'an Indigenous Information Center Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East. Oxana Kharuchi's Nenets page.

46. The World Bank - Indigenous Peoples groups of representatives of indigenous peoples associations, NGOs Approach Paperfrom indigenous organizations and Africa, and the russian Federation, where http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/8596

47. E_13 It is a partnership project of L’auravetl’an Foundation, Saami Council and RAIPON(Association of indigenous peoples of russian North, Siberia and Far East http://www.indigenous.ru/english/bulletin/e_13.htm

BULLETIN Special issue Activities of L'auravetl'an Indigenous Information Center from July 15, 1996 through December 5, 1998 L’auravetl’an Indigenous Information Center is organization strictly of and by Indigenous peoples of Russia. It is a partnership project of L’auravetl’an Foundation, Saami Council and RAIPON (Association of Indigenous peoples of Russian North, Siberia and Far East). L’auravetl’an Indigenous Information center (IIC) welcomed the first group of interns on July 15, 1996. From that date and through December 5, 1998 forty eight (48) interns went through IIC. They represented the following Indigenous peoples: Nenetz, Chukchi, Keto, Tyva-Todzhin, Aliutor, Itelmen, Koriak, Nivkh, Shor, Kamtchadal, Evenk, Even, Sami, Ultchi, Yukagir, Selkoop, Udege, Negidal, Buriat, Dolgan, Altai and Mansi. I. All the workshops for each and every group of interns were organized by the following blocks and with the following organizations : 1. Human and Indigenous rights: - The Institute of International economics and relations; - The Constitutional Court of Russian Federation;

48. E_info L'auravetl'an . The idea came as result of the dire situations ofindigenous peoples of russian Federation. While living on huge http://www.indigenous.ru/english/e_info.html

All about the Center An ORGANIZATION is not a PEOPLE. Firmly believing in principle of self-determination as accepted in the international law, the Center respects the right of indigenous communities and peoples to select interns according to their own criteria and information according to their own needs. Background Center's Aim Learning Areas The Information Bulletins ... Interns Background L’auravetl’an (self-name of Chukchi indigenous people) Indigenous Information Center (IIC) was founded by Oleg Egorov, representative of Chukchi Council of Elders - therefore "L'auravetl'an". The idea came as result of the dire situations of indigenous peoples of Russian Federation. While living on huge territory (65% of entire Russia), 30 indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East are divided by huge geographical distances. Industrial development of Oil, Natural Gas, timber, gold and others are all taking place on traditional territories of these indigenous peoples. They are loosing most of their traditional lands and waters, their ways of life and being more and more marginalized. The collapse of the old governmental support structures made them virtually without any possibilities of contact with the outside world. The idea of creating some kind of a mechanism that would connect indigenous communities with each other and with the world at large had been discussed at many formal and informal gatherings of indigenous peoples of Russia.

49. NATIVE-L Mailing List: UN - Indigenous Peoples - Russia Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has expressed concern at the situationof indigenous peoples living in the russian North, Siberia and the Far http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9706/0065.html

UN - Indigenous Peoples - Russia infoe e.V. Koeln infoe-k@link-gl.comlink.apc.org Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:24:00 +0200 Articles sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next article: Native Forest Network-ENA: "Hydro-Quebec bulletin" Previous article: pbinap@web.apc.org: "PBI report from Big Mountain, Arizona" Siberia: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerned about situation of indigenous peoples At its recent session which ended on May 16th the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has expressed concern at the situation of indigenous peoples living in the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East. Two thirds of Russia's vast northern and eastern territories are inhabited by about 30 "small" indigenous peoples which number from only 200 (Enets) up to 50.000 (Nenets) people. Most of Russia's natural resources like oil, gas, timber, diamonds, coal and gold are found in their territories. Large scale industrial development has lead to the reduction of traditional food and income sources like fish, reindeer and forest products. The live expectancy of

50. [NEWW/NR] RFE/RL On Russian Policies Towards Small Indigenous Peoples NEWW/NR RFE/RL on russian policies towards small indigenous peoples.NEWW neww@neww.org Fri, 20 Apr 2001 090236 0400 Previous http://lists.partners-intl.net/pipermail/neww-rights/2001-April/000505.html

[NEWW/NR] RFE/RL on Russian policies towards small indigenous peoples NEWW neww@neww.org Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:02:36 -0400 Previous message: [NEWW/NR] Minority issues in Latvia, No. 28 Next message: [NEWW/NR] Kyrgyzstan Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ... minelres-l@riga.lv Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:58:17 +0300 (EEST) To: neww@neww.org minelres@mailbox.riga.lv listmanager@list.rferl.org corwinj@rferl.org. For information on subscriptions or reprints, see: http://www.rferl.org/reprints/content.asp Back issues are online at http://www.rferl.org/russianreport/ Technical queries should be emailed to: iteam@rferl.org HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Send an email to russianreport-request@list.rferl.org with the word subscribe as the subject of the message. HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE Send an email to russianreport-request@list.rferl.org minelres-l@riga.lv Subscription/inquiries: minelres@mailbox.riga.lv List archive: http://www.riga.lv/minelres/archive.htm ============================================================== End of Forwarded Message Previous message: [NEWW/NR] Minority issues in Latvia, No. 28

51. Arctic Council Called Forum For Cooperation With Indigenous Peoples 020403 russian Association of indigenous peoples of the North (RAIPON) is the umbrellaorganization of 40 indigenous peoples of the russian North with a total http://www.uspolicy.be/Issues/Environment/arcticpeople.020403.htm

Search Entire site Article Alert Issues Archive Arctic Council Called Forum for Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples Council has important role to play in sustainable development Date: February 4, 2003 Summary: The Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum created by the United States and other Arctic states, works with indigenous peoples to ensure that traditions of utilizing the environment and its renewable resources for survival remain economically viable and do not conflict with sustainable use, according to a January 31 State Department fact sheet. Text: Fact Sheet U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Washington, DC January 31, 2003 The Arctic Council Regional cooperation has an important role to play in enhancing sustainable development in line with principles agreed upon in the Rio-process. This paper introduces the Arctic Council, a regional body that has developed in the decade since Rio and one that may be an interesting model for other parts of the world. A forum for governments and indigenous people The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum established by the Arctic states, that is to say, the countries with an outreach above the Arctic Circle: Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States.

52. Permanent Forum 2002 Membership - Indigenous Peoples - OHCHR indigenous experts Mr. Antonio JACANAMIJOY (Colombia) Mr. Ayitégau KOUEVI (Togo OleHenrik MAGGA (Norway) Ms. Zinaida STROGALSCHIKOVA (russian Federation) Mr http://193.194.138.190/indigenous/membership.htm

Main General Information Calendar of meetings Working groups ... Funding Media Project Private Sector Fellowship programme List of organizations UN system Permanent Forum 2002 membership from indigenous organizations Results of the ECOSOC nominations / elections Indigenous experts Mr. Antonio JACANAMIJOY (Colombia) Mr. Ayitégau KOUEVI (Togo) Mr. Willie LITTLECHILD (Canada) Mr. Ole Henrik MAGGA (Norway) Ms. Zinaida STROGALSCHIKOVA (Russian Federation) Mr. Parshuram TAMANG (Nepal) Ms. Mililani TRASK (USA) Mr. Fortunato TURPO CHOQUEHUANCA (Peru) State-nominated experts Mr. Yuri A. BOITCHENKO (Russian Federation) Ms. Njuma EKUNDANAYO (Democratic Republic of Congo) Mr. Yuji IWASAWA (Japan) Mr. Wayne LORD (Canada) Ms. Otilia LUX de COTI (Guatemala) Mr. Marcos MATIAS ALONSO (Mexico) Ms. Ida NICOLAISEN (Denmark)

53. Aboriginal Connections - An Indigenous Peoples Web Directory: What's New L'auravetl'an . The idea came as result of the dire situations ofindigenous peoples of russian Federation. (Last Modified 28Nov http://www.aboriginalconnections.com/links/New/28-Nov-2002.html

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54. Rangifer.net: Human Role In Reindeer/Caribou Systems - Caribou And Reindeer Even We, the leaders of the Aleut International Association, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference,the russian Association of indigenous peoples of the North, and the http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arctic/rangifer/news/aldeclaration.html

You are here: Rangifer.net Events and news Events and news - Declaration of the Arctic Leaders Summit Declaration in Russian Home page of Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) 16 September 1999 We, the leaders of the Aleut International Association, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and the Sámi Council: Being deeply concerned for the health and welfare of our peoples; Noting the very high level of social pathologies among our peoples, exemplified by the situation of Aleuts of the Kommander Islands, particularly alcohol and substance abuse, high infant mortality rates, low life expectancy and the very serious psychological and physical effects of these pathologies; Noting that persistent toxic substances generated and used in industrial and agricultural regions of the globe enter the Arctic, contaminating the environment and food chain upon which we so intimately depend, raising serious concerns about public health; Recognizing that environmental degradation in the Arctic has immediate and long-term effects on indigenous peoples through economic, social and demographic stressors;

55. NATIVE-L (December 1995): Re: Siberian Indigenous Peoples experience in terms of relations with the russian, Soviet and Sakha Republic's governmentsof the Small peoples of the North (minority indigenous groups and http://aises.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/9512/0082.html

Re: siberian indigenous peoples Shauna Lea McLarnon mclarnon@ugrad.unbc.edu Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:14:38 -0800 (PST) Articles sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next article: Previous article: Jennifer Norris: "Re: Medicine Wheels" Maybe in reply to: Shauna Lea McLarnon: "siberian indigenous peoples" Next in thread: Pirkko Vishnevskij: "Re: siberian indigenous peoples" This may be of interest to everyone who has been kind enough to respond to my original inquiry. In response to this letter- please see below: ftneb@aurora.alaska.edu (BUNCE NORA E) writes: I just thought I would assure you that I have done exactly this. When I posted the letter, I was merely trying to establish contact with other people who had either done research in the area, wished to do research in the area, or who had an interest in the area in any capacity. My posting was not, however it might have appeared, my first and only effort in trying to learn more about the region, its peoples, and the experiences, wishes and priorities of those peoples. I have been back in Canada now for about 2 months, working on my thesis. Previous to this, I spent four

56. NATIVE-L (May 1996): Indigenous People Of The North Protest In Russia housing, food and education, demand the start of a negotiation process between theGovernment of the russian Federation and indigenous peoples of the north as http://aises.uthscsa.edu/natnet/archive/nl/9605/0155.html

Indigenous People of the North Protest in Russia smills1138@aol.com Tue, 21 May 1996 22:22:55 -0400 Articles sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next article: fr. John Hascall: "Keweenaw Bay Red Alert" Previous article: Gary S. Trujillo: "Re: Big Mountain Emergency" From: rich@pencil.math.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) Date: 22 May 1996 01:51:00 GMT /* Written 4:56 PM May 19, 1996 by glas:mishaj in igc:env.siberia */ /* "INDIGENOUS PEOPLE PROTEST IN RUSSIA" */ RUSSIAN FEDERATION ASSOCIATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH, SIBERIA AND FAR EAST 117876 Moscow, ul. Stroitelei, 8, k. 2, kom. 707 tel: (095) - 930 - 7078 No. 34 18.March.1996 TO: The Directors of Regional Branches of the Russian Federation Association of Indigenous People of the North, Siberia and Far East Socioeconomic conditions among indigenous people of the north have declined dramatically in recent years. In addition to long standing issues, there are new problems associated with high levels of unemployment, deteriorating living conditions, increased sickness and limited educational opportunities. These

57. THE SAAMI COUNCIL: Indigenous Peoples: Land Environment And Sustainable Developm three other States encompassing the Saami, where the Saami are the only indigenouspeople, within the russian borders there are many other indigenous peoples. http://www.suri.ee/doc/saamide.html

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Working Group on Indigenous Populations Fifteenth session, 28 July-1 August 1997 Item 5 of the provisional agenda REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS PERTAINING TO THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Note by the Secretariat Addendum Information received from indigenous peoples and non-governmental organizations l. In resolution 1982/34 of 7 May 1982, the Economic and Social Council authorized the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to establish annually a working group on indigenous populations to review developments pertaining to the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous populations, together with information requested annually by the Secretary-General, and to give special attention to the evolution of standards concerning the rights of indigenous populations. The Sub-Commission, in its resolution 1996/31 of 29 August 1996, requested the Secretary-General to invite indigenous and non-governmental organizations to provide information, in particular on matters relating to environment, land and sustainable development. The Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1997/32 of 11 April 1997 urged the Working Group to continue its comprehensive review of developments and welcomed its proposal to highlight specific themes of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. In accordance with the resolutions, appropriate communications were sent. The present document contains replies received as of 10 June 1997 from indigenous and non-governmental organizations concerned with the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous populations.

58. Some Finno-Ugrian Links russian Association of indigenous peoples of the North (RAIPON). TraditionalCulture of the European NorthEast of Russia (Encyclopaedia in russian). http://www.suri.ee/link.html

Some Finno-Ugrian links (by Johanna Laakso , Helsinki University) Minority languages of Russia on the Net : A list of resources also in Russian Ethnolinguistic Minorities in Russia: Internet Resources (Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center) ... Indigene Voelker im Hohen Norden Russlands by Joachim Otto Habeck Uralic languages by Kazuto Matsumura Finno-Ugric Placenames at GeoNative Databank for Endangered Finno-Ugrian Languages Uralaj lingvoj kaj gentoj (in Esperanto) L'auravetl'an Indigenous Information Center Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) Traditional Culture of the European North-East of Russia (Encyclopaedia in Russian) Department of Finno-Ugrian Studies of the University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopiston suomalais-ugrilainen laitos) Finsk-Ugriska institutionen (Uppsala Universitet) (Department of Finno-Ugric Languages of Uppsala University) Division of Uralic languages of Tartu University Uralistik in Deutschland (by Dr. Michael Katzschmann, in German) (University of Groningen) Finno-Ugrian Society (Finland) Societas Uralo-Altaica (SUA) (Germany; in German)

59. Bio: Stefan Bauer on Methods and Approaches to Ethnography in the russian North , Max NGOs, Vienna,Austria 1998 (28-30 October) Conference on indigenous peoples and Ecology http://www.sub-arctic.ac.at/bauer.htm

About Us Book: Cracks in the Ice Current Articles, Books and Reports ... Sitemap S tefan Bauer M.A. Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology), University of Vienna, Austria Contact information email: stefan.bauer@gmx.at Biographical facts - 1990 studying geodesy at the Technical University of Vienna - 1991 until 1993 studying Slavic Studies with focus on Russian and Ethnology, Social- and Cultural Anthropology as a second subject - since 1993 studying Ethnology, Social- and Cultural Anthropology, Russian and Serbo-Croatian languages and Eastern European History as second subjects - graduated January 2003 Research areas Russian Arctic and Subarctic, Siberia and the Russian Far East, Russian Indigenous NGOs, Soviet ethnography and history Current work - preparing master thesis at the University of Vienna Topic: The Severnye Prostory. Content Analysis with focus on the presentation of indigenous cultures. - Working Group Arctic and Subarctic: publication of the contributions to the conference "Siberia and the Circumpolar North, Contributions by Anthropologists and NGOs" (working title: Cracks in the Ice, Current Arctic Anthropology)

60. HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES also clearer at the regional level for the 95 groups with a right to claim a placeon the official List of indigenous peoples of the russian Federation, though http://www.un.org/rights/indigenous/may23.htm

23 May 2002 HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES The opening of dialogue between indigenous peoples, and between those peoples and governments, was among the most important accomplishment thus far of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, members of that body from the Russian Federation told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing this morning. "Representatives of indigenous peoples must be heard by their Governments," said Yuri Boitchenko, a government nominated expert of the Forum. "The lack of direct dialogue has led to conflict situations in varying degrees." At the forum, such dialogue had encompassed economic development, the environment, culture, education, health and human rights, common concerns of all the indigenous peoples of the world, he said. Joining Mr. Boitchenko at this morning's briefing to address the progress of the Forum's first historic session, which ends tomorrow, were Zinaida Strogalschikova, an indigenous nominated expert of the Forum, and Oleg Zaporotski, a representative of the Itelmen of Kamchatka. Edoardo Bellando of the United Nations Department of Public Information introduced the speakers.

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