International Day of the World's Indigenous People, 9 August 2005


LATEST PRESS RELEASES ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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23 July, 2008
SG/SM/11715-HR/4957-OBV/711PROTECT, PROMOTE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

18 June, 2008
Note No. 6157NEW YORK FESTIVALS/UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT RADIO AWARDS ON GLOBAL HEALTH, CHILDREN’S PROTECTION, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH TO BE PRESENTED 19 JUNE

2 May, 2008
HR/4953PERMANENT FORUM HAILS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION, PLEDGES TO MAKE IT ‘A LIVING DOCUMENT’, AS SEVENTH SESSION CONCLUDES

1 May, 2008
HR/4952SPEAKERS ADDRESS FUTURE ROLE OF PERMANENT FORUM IN ENSURING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS GIVEN EQUAL WEIGHT WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

30 April, 2008
HR/4951INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FACE GROWING CRISIS AS CLIMATE CHANGE, UNCHECKED ECONOMIC GROWTH, UNFAVOURABLE DOMESTIC LAWS FORCE THEM FROM LANDS, FORUM TOLD

29 April, 2008
HR/4950PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES WAYS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE COUNTRIES’ IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON RIGHTS

28 April, 2008
HR/4949PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNDER UNIVERSAL REVIEW MECHANISM

23 April, 2008
HR/4947DUMPING OF TOXIC WASTE ON INDIGENOUS LANDS, DAMAGE FROM MINING, DEFORESTATION AMONG ISSUES, AS INDIGENOUS FORUM DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON PACIFIC REGION

22 April, 2008
HR/4946INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MUST BE INCLUDED IN GLOBAL NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE, SAY SPEAKERS IN PERMANENT FORUM

21 April, 2008
HR/4944BOLIVIA’S PRESIDENT URGES DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON ‘HOW TO LIVE WELL’, AS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES OPENS TWO-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

SG/SM/11524-HR/4945SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SAYS INDIGENOUS PERMANENT FORUM ASSUMES NEW ROLE IN TRANSLATING DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS INTO ‘LIVING’ TEXT

18 April, 2008
HR/4943CLIMATE CHANGE, BIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO BE FOCUS OF UNITED NATIONS FORUM, 21 APRIL – 2 MAY

Note No. 6143EXHIBIT OF INDIGENOUS ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHS OPENS 22 APRIL, INDIGENOUS CINEMA 21 APRIL AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

22 October, 2007
GA/SHC/3891GLOBAL WARMING, INCREASING EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DISPOSSESSING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF ANCESTRAL LANDS

13 September, 2007
GA/10613-HR/4932ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION ‘MAJOR VICTORY’ FOR UNITED NATIONS IN LONG HISTORY OF DEVELOPING HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, SAYS CHAIR OF UN FORUM

GA/10612GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; ‘MAJOR STEP FORWARD’ TOWARDS HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL, SAYS PRESIDENT

SG/SM/11156-HR/4931SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION ‘TRIUMPH’ FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD

6 September, 2007
NGO/626-PI/1794CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ WATER SECURITY, LAND USE, AMONG ISSUES AS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS SERIES OF ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS

7 August, 2007
HR/4930-OBV/642INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON 9 AUGUST TO RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

3 August, 2007
SG/SM/11115-HR/4929-OBV/640SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, SAYS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IS TIME TO REMEMBER THEIR SUFFERING, IN ORDER TO ACT WITH URGENCY TO ADDRESS IT


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