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U.S. will sign UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
On December 16, 2010, President Obama announced that the United States will sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was adopted by the UN in September 2007, with only Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States voting against it.
Among many other rights, the Declaration affirms that indigenous people are entitled to the human right to health: