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Article: Inuit Petition Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Oppose Climate Change Caused by the United States of America

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December 7, 2005
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MONTREAL, Canada, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sheila Watt- Cloutier, the elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), today submitted a petition to the Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking relief from violations of the human rights of Inuit resulting from global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions from the United States of America. The Commission, which was created in 1959 by the Organization of American States, has a long and distinguished history of protecting human rights, particularly those of indigenous peoples. The full text of the petition is available at http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/ .

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