Translation of "Les revendications territoriales autochtones " (French → English) :

whereas Sino-Philippine relations have experienced a gradual deterioration since the 2008 corruption allegations regarding Chinese assistance, and more importantly following China’s growing assertiveness regarding its territorial claims in the South China Sea.

It should be noted that unlike a national park, which does not allow for aboriginal land claims within the park area, a national park reserve designation allows the government to continue land claim negotiations.

Designation as a national park would not allow for Aboriginal land claims against the area that it encompasses; accordingly, designation as a national park reserve allows the governments to continue these land claim negotiations.

risk that the intended recipient would use the military technology or equipment to be exported aggressively against another country or to assert by force a territorial claim, or

These include the confluence of Bantu/Nilotic, Arab, Egyptian and Abyssinian cultures; the large number of wars over secession, autonomy or territorial claims (many of them related to ethnic or religious identity), control of resources and disputed borders; the regional impacts of population growth, climate change and related pressures on natural resources; the friction fuelled by competition for the water resources from the Nile; the high proportion of nomadic pastoralists, bound largely by ethno-linguistic ties rather than political borders, who are among the most marginalised groups in the region; a culture of militarism and cert ...[+++]ain vested interests in war economies; and the neglect, underdevelopment and insecurity of border areas in the region.

The devolution of province like powers will not affect any settlement of an aboriginal land claim because the federal government will retain the capacity of regaining the authority transferred to the Yukon government if it is necessary to settle an aboriginal land claim.