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UN expert calls for culturally sensitive reforms for indigenous people in Australia
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Monday, 08 March 2010
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Despite recent advancements in tackling the human rights of indigenous people in Australia, an independent United Nations expert today called on the country's authorities to develop new social and economic initiatives and to reform existing ones to allow respect for cultural integrity and self-determination.

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