Obama reverses Bush on UN Indigenous Rights Declaration
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The United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007. Four nations tried to bring it down voting against: New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and the United States. Australia and New Zealand reversed their positions, endorsing the declaration in 2008, and Canada also has recently indicated an interest in reversing its position in a qualified way. President Obama’s UN Ambassador, Ms. Rice says the United States will join the the reversal.
[In April, the Obama administration announced that it is reviewing its position on the declaration. To that end, the State Department will be holding a series of consultations around the country with Native American tribes, nongovernmental organizations (like Cultural Survival), and other interested parties. The department is also soliciting written comments from those unable to attend the consultations and has launched a website for this purpose. Click here to go to the web page where the locations and dates of the consultations will be posted. Written comments should be emailed by July 15 to this address: Declaration@state.gov] – Cultural Survival.org
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Hope the review works out positively. Good step forward.
fourdinners LOL you’re right man!
Being indigenous I’m all for it!!!!
The US was against giving rights to indigenous people? We’ll give rights to everyone else. I’m glad Obama is fixing this embarrassing moment in our history.