Mr. Quelvin Otoniel Jiménez Villalta:

I thank the committee members very much for listening to us and for their interest in the reality we are living through. It is not only true for us as indigenous communities in Guatemala but for people around the world. We have been talking here about the importance of protecting human rights through this binding treaty but the treaty can also protect the rights of Mother Earth and create conditions to protect the environment so that we can all stop losing our quality of life. The impunity with which these corporations are acting is killing life and biodiversity around the world. It is against the very life of the world. This is not just about the future generations of indigenous communities but about all of us on this planet.