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United Nations Declaration on the in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by
Rights of Indigenous Peoples States in accordance with the Charter,
Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal
(A/RES/61/295) to all other peoples, while recognizing the
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly right of all peoples to be different, to consider
on 13 September 2007 themselves different, and to be respected as
The General Assembly, such,
Taking note of the recommendation of the Affirming also that all peoples contribute to
Human Rights Council contained in its the diversity and richness of civilizations and
resolution 1/2 of 29 June 20061, by which the cultures, which constitute the common heritage
Council adopted the text of the United Nations of humankind,
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and
Peoples, practices based on or advocating superiority of
Recalling its resolution 61/178 of 20 peoples or individuals on the basis of national
December 2006, by which it decided to defer origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural
consideration of and action on the Declaration differences are racist, scientifically false,
to allow time for further consultations thereon, legally invalid, morally condemnable and
and also decided to conclude its consideration socially unjust,
before the end of the sixty-first session of the Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the
General Assembly, exercise of their rights, should be free from
Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the discrimination of any kind,
Rights of Indigenous Peoples as contained in Concerned that indigenous peoples have
the annex to the present resolution. suffered from historic injustices as a result of,
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107 plenary meeting inter alia, their colonization and dispossession
13 September 2007 of their lands, territories and resources, thus
The General Assembly, preventing them from exercising, in particular,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the their right to development in accordance with
Charter of the United Nations, and good faith their own needs and interests,
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