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Ilhan Omar: I introduced a resolution calling on the Senate to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.

On the recordMarch 22, 2021
I introduced a resolution calling on the Senate to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Omar highlights the U.S. failure to ratify key human rights treaties.

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