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Uproar ensues following disturbing revelations at United Nations summit: 'We were shown a complete disregard'

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Delegates from over 170 countries gathered in Busan , South Korea , for a United Nations -led summit on plastic waste.

The International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Plastics "systematically sidelined" Indigenous leaders experienced "heartache and deep pain" when they learned the revised draft of the treaty eliminated references to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples .

Indigenous communities often live near polluting facilities, with plastic waste disproportionately affecting their food sources.