“Let us all listen to the voices of indigenous
peoples, and act as their partners to protect indigenous rights, particularly those of indigenous children”.
— UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Cuzco, Peru, November 2003
At its Second Session (May 2003), The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues decided to organize an indigenous youth art competition for the design of a logo for the Forum and to present the results to the Forum at its fourth session, in 2005, with the highest participation of indigenous children, including illiterate children”.
The logo will be the visual identity of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and will be published on the web site of the Permanent
Forum, on letterhead and used on publications. The winning design will be presented during the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum in
New York in May 2005. Twenty selected entries will be exhibited at United Nations Headquarters in May 2005.
Requirements for the competition
Who can participate?
Indigenous Girls and Boys all around the world between 7 – 18 years old
Requirements for the logo:
The entry should be made on paper or canvas A4 size, you could use ink, pencil, charcoal, crayon, water colour, marker, or any material
that you might have available in your environment. Please, do not frame the art work. Each design should be accompanied by a brief
description of the meaning at the back of the entry.
Personal information:
Each entry should have the following information on the back: name, age, gender, indigenous people to which the child belongs, full
address, country, phone number, fax, email and other alternative contact information.
Prize:
The wining artist will receive a special recognition by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during the session in
May 2005.
Judging the competition:
The Bureau of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will judge the entries assisted by the Department of Public
Information and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum.
Criteria for evaluation of entries:
Artistic expression, usefulness as a logo design for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and how well the design captures the mandate or part of the mandate of the Forum.
Deadline:
Please send the design, with entry form, before 1 December 2004 to the following address:
Secretariat of the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
United Nations Headquarters, 2 UN Plaza
Room DC2-1772
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (1) 917-367-5100
Please keep checking thePFII website for updates on the logo competition at:
www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii
