Obama backs U.N. indigenous rights declaration

[ProSense]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was giving a belated U.S. endorsement to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, drawing hearty applause from a gathering of native Americans.

The U.N. declaration recognizes rights of indigenous groups, like American Indians, in such areas as culture, property and self-determination.

"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," Obama said as he announced U.S. support for the declaration in opening the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Interior Department.

The United States had been one of a handful of nations to hold back from endorsing the declaration in the past.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BF3RF20101216

[me b zola]

1. This is positive!

and what I expect from a Democratic President. :thumbsup:

[arcane1]

2. "The United States had been one of a handful of nations to hold back"

Well that's sadly unsurprising :(

Good move, Obama!

[Kingofalldems]

3. K and R

[SkyDaddy7]

4. So, I guess only so-called bad news about Obama...

Gets attention around DU these days? SAD!

This should be on the "Greastest Threads"...Instead it has 3 comments & 7 recs.

[bemildred]

5. I am happy to be able to appaud Obama for a change. nt