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of related phenomena, as well as assistance in the drafting of coordinated domestic and
regional legislation, the strengthening of institutions for the protection of human rights
and civil society, and in the revision of educational and media programmes and systems;
(b)
OAS should also promote intercultural tourism centred on the following
elements: the existence of a shared physical heritage, the vitality of authentic cultural and
spiritual practices and forms of expression and their profound interactions in time and
space. Intercultural tourism can make it possible to combat discrimination through the
rehabilitation of identities that have historically been denied or scorned, to check the
tendency inherent in modern mass tourism to treat culture as folklore, and to foster the
fundamental link between land and culture, and land and origins, which lies at the heart
of the demands made by the indigenous communities and those of African descent.
Notes
1
Institut national de statistiques du Honduras, recensement national de 2001.
2
Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, Informe sobre el estado de los derechos
humanos en Honduras, 2003, p. 6.
3
Discours d’investiture du 27 janvier 2002.
4
PNUD, Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano, Honduras 2003, p. 15.
5
Secretaría de Gobernación y Justicia/Banco Mundial, Perfil de los Pueblos Indígenas y Negros
de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 2002.
6
Chiffres fournis par l’Association des pêcheurs plongeurs handicapés de la Mosquitia.
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