Pictures: Demonstrators block the entrance leading to the climate conference in Belem, Brazil
A United Nations statement said that the demonstration "Peaceful and poses no danger" One of the demonstrators raised a banner reading: "Our struggle for our land is a struggle for our lives". He belongs to the Mutduruku tribe, which is protesting against major construction projects in the Amazon and is requesting a meeting with the Brazilian president. Conference President Andre Correia do Lago and General Director Anna Toni came to the venue to negotiate with the demonstrators. And on Tuesday, dozens of indigenous demonstrators stormed the conference site. The conference’s executive secretary, Simon Steele, criticized the violation in a complaint addressed to the The Brazilian presidency, but Brazil rejected the complaint and said that the responsibility for protecting the interior of the site falls on the UN body.
About sixty demonstrators cut off The entry to the UN Climate Conference (Climate demonstrations in Brazil
The statement called on the conference participants to enter through a side door.Storms into the conference venue
