<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><h1 class="" style="margin:8px 0px 4px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:21px;clear:both;color:rgb(51,51,51)">UN members endorse Indigenous Peoples rights</h1><h5 class="" style="margin:15px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;font-size:10px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press</span></h5><h5 class="" title="2014-09-22T15:12:30Z" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:10px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Updated 3:12 pm, Monday, September 22, 2014</h5><div><br></div><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22px">UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/search/?action=search&channel=news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=property&query=%22United+Nations+General+Assembly%22" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(137,94,171);text-decoration:none">United Nations General Assembly</a> on Monday approved a document strengthening the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide.</p><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22px">The Outcome Document was endorsed by consensus at the start of the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.</p><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22px">The gathering brought together more than 1,000 delegates from indigenous communities along with various heads of state and UN officials.</p><p style="font-size:15px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22px">Secretary-General <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/search/?action=search&channel=news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=property&query=%22Ban+Ki-moon%22" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(137,94,171);text-decoration:none">Ban Ki-moon</a> said indigenous people are "central to our discourse of human rights and global development" and have an important role in the push for a more sustainable use of natural resources.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:22px"><font face="georgia, serif">Access full article below: </font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UN-members-endorse-Indigenous-Peoples-rights-5772854.php">http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UN-members-endorse-Indigenous-Peoples-rights-5772854.php</a></font><br></div></div></div>