RegionalChief
Bill Erasmus
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Assembly
of First Nations Finance
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Health & Social Development
Mission Statement
"We, as First Nations peoples accept our responsibility
as keepers
of Mother Earth to achieve the best quality of life and health
for future
generations based on our traditions, values, cultures and languages.
""We are responsible to protect, maintain, promote,
support, and
advocate for our inherent, treaty and constitutional rights,
holistic
health and the well being of our nations. This will be achieved
through
the development of health system models, research, policy analysis,
and communication, and development of national strategies for
health
promotion, prevention, intervention and aftercare."
International Cooperation
Fire Arms
To address Confederacy of Chiefs Resolutions #42/2000 and #6/2001,
the AFN developed a national process with the Canadian Firearms
Center
developing
a methodology respecting Aboriginal and Treaty Rights as well
as Safety and Security that included an AFN Firearms Coordinator,
First
Nation regional representation and the Canadian Firearms Centre
on a
Joint Technical Working Group. An agreement has been reached
with CFC
officials on a Process for a First Nations Approach to Firearms
that could
be implemented on a phased-in basis starting in the Northwest
region.
The commencementof the activity is currently underway with the
recent
hiring of a First Nations Technical Coordinator and a meeting
of the Joint
Technical Working Group. In Resolution #44/2002 the AFN
was directed
to negotiate the extension of the January 1, 2003 registration
date and
complete the First Nations approach to Firearms process and
report back
to the next Confederacy of Nations Meeting and if the AFN is
unable to
re-negotiate the deadline or the process, that a legal action
be prepared
and brought back to the next Confederacy meeting. A detailed
report on
the progress of these efforts including a legal strategy was
included as
a separate report in the May 2003 Confederacy Information kits.
Economics
Veterans
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