UN to investigate plight of US Native Americans for first time

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/un-investigate-us-native-americans
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The UN is to conduct an investigation into the plight of US Native Americans, the first such mission in its history.

The human rights inquiry led by James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on indigenous peoples, is scheduled to begin on Monday.

Many of the country's estimated 2.7 million Native Americans live in federally recognised tribal areas which are plagued with unemployment, alcoholism, high suicide rates, incest and other social problems.

The UN mission is potentially contentious, with some US conservatives likely to object to international interference in domestic matters. Since being appointed as rapporteur in 2008, Anaya has focused on natives of Central and South America.

A UN statement said: "This will be the first mission to the US by an independent expert designated by the UN human rights council to report on the rights of the indigenous peoples."

[vaberella]

1. Now they care?

The US government has been on the war path of extermination of these people for the past 300 some odd years. UN...give me a fuckin' break. I'm just grateful we have a President who's worked hard to make their lives better. The UN is worthless in this.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, malaise.