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US Announces its Support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
from Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Friday, 14 January 2011, 10:12 am
 
For the full announcement on Dec. 16, 2010, please visit:
http://ifg.org/programs/indig/USUNDRIP.html

Excerpt:

Victory came last Thursday after a more than 30-year-long hard fought battle by indigenous peoples and non-indigenous ally organizations, including IFG, for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples. As you know, passage of the UN Declaration has been a top priority for IFG over the past 4 years. We are very grateful for this enormous success.

The United States is the last of the four countries that voted against the UN Declaration to reverse its position. President Obama announced last Thursday, "The aspirations [the Declaration] affirms -- including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples -- are one we must always seek to fulfill...But I want to be clear: What matters far more than words -- what matters far more than any resolution or declaration -– are actions to match those words."


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