But no action has been taken to implement the declaration, and very little has been done to help women in ethnic minority communities, the WLB says.
But in scores of meetings since, they have failed to act on specified confidence-building measures which could implement the declaration.
Egypt has proposed an amendment, diplomats say, that would allow countries to avoid implementing the declaration if it clashed with national laws, religious or cultural values.
Bennett said on Tuesday that the government intends to do "nothing less than adopt and implement the declaration in accordance with the Canadian constitution," citing Section 35 of the document as a "robust framework on Indigenous rights".
Led by 71 heads of State and Government and 88 other senior officials, mostly at the ministerial level, the World Summit adopted a Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and a Plan of Action for implementing the Declaration in the 1990s.
If unthinkingly implemented, the Paris declaration could make matters worse and people poorer.Dan Smith Secretary General, International AlertLondon.
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She said the outcome document was "action-orientated", containing concrete commitments to implement the UN declaration.
The new administration proceeded to implement the Balfour Declaration, announcing in August a quota of 16,500 Jewish immigrants for the first year.
She said a major sticking point for governments implementing the UN declaration was the clause to obtain prior consent from indigenous groups before projects are given the green light.
Mulcair and Trudeau also pledged to fund education reforms, ensure that government decisions respect treaty rights, and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, a 2007 document to protect indigenous people from discrimination.
