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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : adopted by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

March 2008

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First Nations Summit; United Nations; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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"61/295. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The General Assembly,

Taking note of the recommendation of the Human Rights Council contained in its resolution 1/2 of 29 June 2006, by which the Council adopted the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

Recalling its resolution 61/178 of 20 December 2006, by which it decided to defer consideration of and action on the Declaration to allow time for further consultations thereon, and also decided to conclude its consideration before the end of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly,

Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as contained in the annex to the present resolution.

107th plenary meeting
13 September 2007" ("Resolution," p.4, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples).