E/CN.4/1995/78 page 21 (a) The establishment of a special constituency which will enable the black communities to have a minimum of two seats in the Congress of the Republic; (b) The right of collective ownership for communities occupying uncultivated land in rural areas adjoining Pacific basin watercourses; (c) Rights relating to subsoil resources; (d) The right to an education consistent with the needs and cultural aspirations of these communities; (e) The participation of the black communities in the basic machinery for defining social policy, such as the territorial planning boards (Consejos Territoriales de Planeación) and the executive boards of the regional autonomous assemblies (Consejos Directivos de las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales); etc. 95. In accordance with the provisions of transitional article 56 of the Constitution, Decrees Nos. 1088 and 1809 of 1993 were adopted, regulating the right of indigenous communities to self-government according to their own customs, as proclaimed by article 330 of the Constitution. Article 330 provides as follows: "In accordance with the Constitution and the laws, the indigenous territories shall be governed by councils constituted and regulated according to the customs of the communities they represent and performing the following functions: 1. Ensuring the implementation of laws and regulations relating to land use and the settlement of the territories concerned; 2. Devising economic and social development policies, plans and programmes for their territory, in unison with the National Development Plan; 3. Encouraging and ensuring the proper use of public investment in their territory; 4. Raising revenue and distributing resources; 5. Watching over the conservation of natural resources; 6. Coordinating programmes and projects implemented by the various communities in their territory; 7. Cooperating in the maintenance of public order in their territory, in accordance with the instructions and decisions of the national Government;

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