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self-determinationProcess by which a group of people, usually possessing a degree of political consciousness, form their own state and government. The idea evolved as a byproduct of nationalism. According to the UN charter, a people has the right to form itself into a state or to otherwise determine the form of its association with another state, and every state has the right to choose its own political, economic, social, and cultural systems. Moreover, the administering authorities of dependent territories are enjoined to ensure political advancement and the development of self-government in those territories. self-determination the right of a nation or people to determine its own form of government without influence from outside How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Junction City residents and Lane County Republican Party Chairman Bob Avery challenged an application by Seeking Out Democracy to operate a craft and farmers' market on a city-owned parking lot after learning that SOD is affiliated with the Rural Organizing Project, which works "to create communities accountable to a standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all people, the need for equal access to justice, and the right to self-determination. Moreover, the UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was adopted in 1960, which states that all peoples have a right to self-determination and that colonialism should be brought to a speedy and unconditional end. 7 on PBS) about the American Indian activists and their families who occupied Alcatraz Island in November 1969--an act that came to symbolize Indians' right to self-determination. |
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