As I mentioned, I started not even three years ago. It was more than two and a half years ago.
At the United Nations we have had support, in individual cases, from a special procedure group in OHCHR, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. They have been very supportive in individual cases we have submitted to them of human rights violations against ethnic minorities. But we have not had access to the rest of the UN. because of the limited resources we have--my organization, other ethnic minority groups, and human rights activists. It's a huge issue for a few people or one or two organizations to tackle.
In a general sense, I attended a minority forum and I had time to address the forum. Other than that, we have not had a chance. We are working on it. I am going to a German conference to raise the issue of racism, but other than that, we have not.
Actually, I had plans to go back and speak to the Canadian mission, to Joe Hinton and others in the mission, to see if they would support us in getting a seat so we would have the right to speak at the General Assembly and at other events. We could bring more attention if the Canadian government would be willing to support us and also guide us. We are limited in resources, with the minimum resources to tackle the issue. First bring awareness in the international community, then see where we go from there.