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By Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi
11 December 2006


A senior U.N. official concerned with the plight 1 of indigenous 2 communities around the world is in Kenya to assess the situation of pastoralist, hunter-gatherer, and other indigenous communities in the East African nation. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi.


 
Maasai warriors 3 in Selenkay Conservation Area, southern Kenya, (Jul 2005)
Among the most famous indigenous communities in Kenya is the Maasai, recognized by their red-and-blue-checkered robes, rows of bright beads 4 worn around the necks of women, and many festivities that revolve 5 around cattle.


Other equally distinctive 6 people include the Pokot, Turkana, Borana, and Ogiek.


U.N. official Rodolfo Stavenhagen describes to VOA what he has witnessed since his arrival on December 4.


He said, "Indigenous peoples in Kenya face a number of problems of which the most important one appears to be the loss and degradation 7 of their ancestral lands and their natural resources."


"Their territories - the ones that they occupied traditionally include a large number of important resources, such as forests, rangelands, water, fishing, and wildlife. Development policies at the national level have historically neglected the special needs of these communities," he continued.


 
Rodolfo Stavenhagen (May 2006)
Stavenhagen says many hunter-gatherers such as the Ogiek and pastoralists such as the Maasai have had their lands taken away from them largely through privatization of land and resources.


Indigenous people in Kenya, he says, are also much less likely to have access to education, water, political representation, and other resources.


The U.N. chief of indigenous issues says he is not yet in a position to make specific recommendations to the Kenyan government and others, since his Kenyan trip will end Thursday.


But he urges Kenyans to enshrine the rights of indigenous people in the country's next constitution, whenever that will take place.


Indigenous people are defined as those who have a long-standing attachment 8 to specific land, have distinctive lifestyles that maintain their attachment to the land, and are largely excluded from mainstream 9 culture and society.



n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
vi.(使)旋转;循环出现
  • The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
  • The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
n.降级;低落;退化;陵削;降解;衰变
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
  • Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
学英语单词
alternative trunking
antenna coverage
Arnold Schwartzenegger
asthmatic
atheldom
bearing ball grinder
boiler with slag-tap furnace
Bromsebro
calspectrin
camgirls
campanal
carborubber
categorical measure
cedar mt.
Cepodem
cloth paper
cook book
cover
defection
Dengdeng
Denson Seamount
dishin'
endsay
estelle (extended state transition language)
eupiptic
external costs
favoid
foetid-
forge-test
Fresnel region of diffraction
gamma cascade
gap alignment
Gazzuolo
genus Hippeastrum
geodolite
handjar
Harveyville
heavy workload
hichiriki
Hostinné
htc
inclined pea sorter
innocent bystander
leather coat
light shot
litsea perrottetii
loading and unloading risks
lxxvier
malditas
malignant osteomyelitis
maxidresses
mesolithics
metasulfite
microbenchmark
mixed chancre
molecular probes
monocrystallines
Natural Bridges National Monument
niece fucker
O. Dan.
old-old
optimal trade policy
parameterless procedure
particular tenant
patchworked
patyl
piezo coupler
pneumatometers
polarized lenses
poor-men
procurement card
proemptosis
proton transfer polymerization
relational operation
rhachiodynia
rokitansky-aschoff duct
rond
room-only
rubber curry-comb
run-of-mill ore
sailor pants
Shinano River
side piling
simple meningitis
spring loaded contactor
stinking badger
stoller
stonemen
synmorphes(synmorphous)
tangled stems
thermal equivalent spectrum level
thingummies
ticketh
tileset
tof-sims
toss sth around
transfer convenience
trocaire
type cylinder typewriter
uterine microbiome
weighted residue
wine-shipper