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FILE - In this June 1, 1977 file photo, President Jimmy Carter prepares to sign the American Convention on Human Rights at the Pan American Building, in Washington. From left are: Chile Amb. Maria Eugenia Oyarzun; unidentified aide; Nicaraguan Amb. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Patricia Derian, U.S. Women's Rights coordinator; Paraguay Amb. Marion Lopez Escobar; Marcelo Huergo, OAS staff; Gale McGee, U.S. ambassador to the OAS; Juan Pablo Gomez, OAS council chairman; Carter; and Alejandro Orfila, OAS secretary general (not pictured). Derian, who actively supported Mississippi public school desegregation and served as assistant secretary of state for human rights during the Carter administration, has died. Derian's son, Michael Derian, confirmed his mother died early Friday, May 20, 2016. She was 86. (AP Photo, File)
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