The wording of the declaration was circulated to invitees well before the meeting, they said.
The nation celebrates the Fourth of July as its birthday, even though Congress voted for independence on July 2. On the Fourth, the founders approved the wording of the Declaration of Independence, which they signed a month later.
The resolution, drafted by Britain, France and Germany, sets the stage for a verification process that could be every bit as contentious as the tussle this past week over the wording of the declaration.
Delegates at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York have spent the last fortnight debating the wording of a declaration that would condemn violence against women.
The wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4.
Negotiations about the conditions and the wording of the declaration are still going on.
On July 4, 1776, the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved and sent to the printer for publication.
The wording of the declaration mirrors wording in the 1992 "Statement by Atmospheric Scientists on Greenhouse Warming," which described the climate science findings as "highly uncertain" while also arguing an increase in carbon dioxide would have "beneficial effects on most crops".
And there was a wrangle over the wording of the final declaration, as Muslim nations objected to the references to gays, drug users and prostitutes.
Delegates from more than 100 countries met through the week to draft an agenda and work on the wording of a final declaration for the racism conference, which is to open Aug. 31 in Durban, South Africa.
While delegates have struggled over the wording of a formal declaration outlining goals and targets to be issued at the end of the conference, debate continues over whether the resources should be concentrated more on prevention or treatment, on where the money should come from and on how plain-spoken the United Nations message about AIDS should be.
