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PREC: ROUTINE
CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED
LINE1: RAAUZYUW RUEHGVA4094 1881244-UUUU--RHEHAAX.
LINE2: ZNR UUUUU ZZH
LINE3: R 061244Z JUL 00
LINE4: FM USMISSION GENEVA
OSRI: RUEHGV
DTG:
ORIG: USMISSION GENEVA
TO: RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0216
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4985
INFO: RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 7315
SUBJ: SHALALA-KRAUSS MEETING IN GENEVA
TEXT: UNCLAS GENEVA 004094
DEPT FOR WHA/BSC, IO/T (BLACKWOOD)
HHS FOR os (HOHMAN), OSOPHS (NOVOTNY, VALDEZ), IHS
(TRUJILLO)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL, CI
SUBJECT: SHALALA-KRAUSS MEETING IN GENEVA
REF: SANTIAGO 001658
1. SUMMARY: SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DONNA E.
SHALALA, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR MOOSE, MET FOR
APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES WITH MINISTER OF PLANNING ALEJANDRA
KRAUSS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 27. THEY HAD A FRIENDLY AND
INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION WHICH FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON HEALTH
REFORM AND SERVICES FOR INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. SECRETARY
SHALALA SHARED WITH MINISTER KRAUSS THE U.S. EXPERIENCE IN
PLACING NATIVE AMERICANS AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS. SHE INVITED MINISTER KRAUSS TO VISIT THE UNITED
STATES, PARTICULARLY TO SHARE EXPERIENCES ON SERVICES FOR
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS AND RELATED ENGAGEMENT IN SETTING
PRIORITIES. SECRETARY SHALALA SAID THAT A FORMAL INVITATION
WOULD BE SENT TO MINISTER KRAUSS. END SUMMARY
2. MINISTER KRAUSS GAVE TO SECRETARY SHALALA A COPY OF A
LETTER, DATED MAY 31, 2000, FROM PRESIDENT RICARDO LAGOS
ESCOBAR TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CHILE. THIS LETTER
ARTICULATES ESCOBAR'S COMMITMENT TO A NEW POLICY TO DEAL WITH
UNDERLYING ISSUES OF CHILE'S INDIGENOUS POPULATION BASED ON
THEIR OWN DECISION-MAKING POLICIES. THE LETTER STATES THE
COMMITMENT OF THE ESCOBAR ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE 50,000
HECTARES OF LAND TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR GROUPS, BY THE
END OF 2000. THE LETTER ALSO STATES COMMITMENT TO WATER
RIGHTS "REGULARIZATION" IN SEVERAL REGIONS WHICH ARE HOST TO
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES; REINFORCEMENT OF BILINGUAL
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION; DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERCULTURAL
Relations
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