Posted on 12/16/2010 6:42:50 PM PST by jazusamo
President Obama announced Thursday that the U.S. would reverse the position of the Bush administration and become the last nation to drop its opposition to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Mr. Obama made the announcement to enthusiastic applause at the second White House Tribal Nations Conference, a gathering attended by representatives of the nation's 565 recognized American Indian tribes.
"The aspirations it affirms - including respect for the institutions and rich cultures of native peoples - are ones we must always seek to fulfill," Mr. Obama said at the conference, held at the Interior Department. "But 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. And that's what this conference is about."
The nonbinding declaration recognizes the rights of indigenous peoples to self-determination, as well as their institutions, cultures and traditions, and prohibits discrimination against them. When the document was introduced in 2007, 143 countries voted to approve it, 11 abstained, and four - the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia - voted to oppose it.
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John R. Bolton, a U.N. ambassador under President George W. Bush, called the announcement "exactly the kind of mushy, feel-good multilateralist gesture one would expect from President Obama."
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Mr. Deer, who has been involved in the drafting and promotion of the declaration since 1987, said the Obama administration's decision to sign the document makes the declaration a "consensus document of the U.N.," lending it greater heft in international discussions and forums.
He dismissed the warnings of critics who say the document could be used to argue for massive land transfers back to North America's Indian tribes, but agreed that the declaration offers support for reparations.
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So ? the native of Kenya is telling us who were actually born here in the USA that we are not “ Natural Born Citizens “ ?
I guess all us white interlopers need to pack up all our industrialized sh*t, all our modern ammenities, and all our advanced technology and move back to Europe.
Heads Up: Native Hawaiian Bill Is Back
What about the Neandertals? I’ll speak for them if no one else will. All you Homo Sapiens are homos. Get off my planet.
Yep, I didn’t even think about Hawaii. I’d bet Akaka had some heart to hearts with Zer0 about this.
People move and anybody born anywhere is a native of the place.
The Leftist and racist occupation of mendaciously rationalizing the redistribution of the white man's well earned wealth is despicable to the max.
“Canada hedged its support by adding that the declaration would be endorsed “in a manner fully consistent with Canada’s Constitution and laws,” a caveat that was included over the objections of that country’s tribal leaders.”
By having “hedged its support”, is Canada concerned that an unqualified “acceptance” of this declaration might be construed somewhere down the road as its having signed on to an international treaty? This makes me wonder what Obama has in store for the U.S.
“The Leftist and racist occupation of mendaciously rationalizing the redistribution of the white man’s well earned wealth is despicable to the max.”
Nice post.
I honestly don’t know but it sounds like it.
I don’t trust anything Zer0 does and especially this type thing.
Only problem with that is that is Europe is turning into a 3rd world, refugee, and muslim dumping ground. Europeans are in the same boat as US/California. Same in Australia too. Demographics is destiny. Having babies is the new 21st century warfare method for conquering territory. Babies beats tech weapons.
But even as a ‘sovereign nation,’ they can’t
ship cigarettes from their reservations in NY.
Definition: All of the people at any location when the first white man arrived.
Where on the planet are whites considered to be “indigenous” and worthy of protection from invading cultures?
Mine in 1630
FUBO! I was born in the US and that makes me a Native American! I wish that the Kenyan imposter and his minions would take their so called reparations and shove it!
“But even as a ‘sovereign nation,’ they can’t
ship cigarettes from their reservations in NY.”
I did not know that.
So the Native Kenyan speaks and tells all of us that we were never natural born citizens and have no rights here in the USA, only indigenous Indians and Mexicans.
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