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Interior Secretariat to Sign Agreement to Strengthen Indigenous Rights

60218083. México, 18 Feb 2016 (Notimex-Segob).- El Secretario de Gobernación, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, encabezó la firma de la Carta Compromiso por los Derechos Humanos con la Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior. NOTIMEX/FOTO/SEGOB/COR/POL/

In order to promote and strengthen the rights of the indigenous communities, the Interior Secretariat (Segob), the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous People (CDI) and the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) will sign a cooperation agreement.

National Public Advocate Luis Raúl González Pérez. Photo: Notimex/Juan Carlos Pérez.

The meeting, titled “Agreement to Ensure Indigenous Communities’ Human Rights,” will he held in the municipality of Mezquital, in Durango, where most of the indigenous population of the state is concentrated.

CDI Director Nuvia Mayorga Delgado. Photo: Notimex/Bernardo Moncada.

Interior Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, National Public Advocate Luis Raúl González Pérez and CDI Director Nuvia Mayorga Delgado will lead the meeting, which will also be attended by more than 3,000 representatives from the indigenous communities.