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Subject: International Day of World's Indigenous People
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:59:00 +0100
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## author     : yachaywasi@igc.org
## date       : 20.07.98
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NGO Committee on the International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4th Annual Commemoration of the
International Day of the World s Indigenous People
August 5 and 6, 1998 at UN Headquarters
Free and Open to the Public (registration required)

Tuesday, August 4:
11:00 am             Press Conference (United Nations Room 226)

Wednesday, August 5:
11:30 am             World Sacred Pipe Ceremony (at UN Visitor s
Entrance Plaza - Free access)

3:00-6:00 pm       UN Panel Discussion and Dialogue: "Education and
Language" with Indigenous and UN representatives  (Conference Room 4)

Thursday, August 6:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm    Human Rights Training Workshop facilitated by
Indigenous and UN representatives   (Conference Rooms 4, A & B)

Sponsored by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, in cooperation with the NGO Committee on the International
Decade of the World s Indigenous People, UNESCO and the UN Department of
Public Information

AMONG SPEAKERS:
Elsa Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Deputy to the Director, NY Office of High
Commissioner on Human Rights
Dr. Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred Buffalo
Calf Pipe of the Lakota People
Ingmar Egede (Inuit), Director, International Training Center for
Indigenous Peoples (ITCIP), Greenland
Jose Luis Piaora, Elder and community leader from the Venezuelan Amazon

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The official date August 9 of the International Day of the World s
Indigenous People was approved in 1994 by the UN General Assembly to be
observed annually. It is the anniversary of the first meeting of the UN
Working Group on Indigenous Populations which took place in 1982. Its
commemoration in celebrated in Geneva and worldwide.

In New York City, it has become a two-day event at UN Headquarters.
Besides the World Sacred Pipe Ceremony with guests this year including a
delegation from the Amazon, the panel discussion will focus on "Rights

to Education and Language", theme for the current year of the
International Decade of the World s Indigenous People (1995-2004). Past
years were "Land and Natural Resources", "Health", .

This year, a Workshop on how to access Human Rights mechanisms will take
place on second day of event.

For media accreditation, please, contact United Nations 1 or 2 weeks
before event:
     Tel: 212-963-6934, 6936, 6937       FAX: 212-963-4097
United Nations Press Release will follow

For participation and access to the United Nations bldg, please, inform,
before July 30:
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations, Room S-2914, New York, NY 10017
     Tel: 212-963-5930      FAX:  212-963-4097

Contact:  Marie Samuel, Yachay Wasi
         NGO Committee on the International Decade of the
World s          Indigenous Peoples
         Tel: 212-567-6447, 212-460-2064   FAX: 212-477-5574
         e-mail: yachaywasi@igc.org


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