U.N. panel says it can't consider Shoshone claim, blames U.S. (secrecy)

[NVMojo]

It's ok for the Bush admin to keep their bullcrap secret but not the rest of the country.

GENEVA (AP) - A United Nations' anti-racism panel said Friday that it could not yet consider an appeal by an American Indian tribe that the U.S. government stole its ancestral land because the United States has withheld requested information.

The U.S. government has failed to submit the information because it believes the case of the Western Shoshone is "an old one" and that the U.N. panel is not competent to hear it, according to a summary of the hearing released by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

But committee member Patricia Nozipho January-Bardill of South Africa said the case could be taken up again next week when a Shoshone representative is set to appear before the Geneva-based group.

The U.S. mission to U.N.'s European headquarters, however, said it would respond to the accusation in its next periodic report to the panel, which has yet to be received, according to the summary of the hearings held behind closed doors.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/feb/24/022410405.html

[burrowowl]

1. GO! Shoshone!