Because its roots run so deeply into the religious and
cultural subsoil of history — because we have been forcefully reminded over the past few months that the deepest currents of world - historical change are religious and cultural — analyzing the causalities that brought us to September 11, 2001 is no simple business.
For example, the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights urged State parties «to consult and seek the consent of the indigenous peoples concerned prior to the implementation of timber, soil or
subsoil mining projects and on any public policy affecting them, in accordance with ILO Convention No. 169.