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Barack Obama: “It is our collective duty to continue striving for a world where nobody is left behind, forgotten, or mistreated.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2016
It is our collective duty to continue striving for a world where nobody is left behind, forgotten, or mistreated.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 9553—Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week

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