1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Kazushi Abe, vice president of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, speaks with reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, the day the two-day World Conference on Indigenous Peoples began there. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination.