On behalf of: Alfred Boneshirt; Coordinating
Commission
Phone: (605)747-2591
Fax: 605-747-5536
Funding assistance is requested for gas, food and motel
expense
to enable 6 to 8 delegates to attend the 5th Annual Commemoration of the
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples sponsored by the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in
cooperation with the International Labour Organization, the NGO Committee
on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People and
the UN Department of Public Information.
Funds may be sent to:
Alfred Boneshirt
BOX 283
Mission, SD
57555
For further information call Alfred Boneshirt at
605-747-2591
Thank you.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
5th Annual Commemoration of the
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Monday, August 9, 1999 at UN Headquarters
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human
Rights in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, the
NGO
Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous
People and
the UN Department of Public Information.
This year’s events are organized around the theme of
"Indigenous Peoples and their Relationship to Land".
The commemoration will begin with a traditional Sacred Pipe Ceremony
for Peace carried out by Dr. Arvol Lookinghorse (Lakota) and other
cultural events from 11:30 am thru 1 pm on the morning of 9 August
1999. The morning session does not require registration....
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIRING U.N. REGISTRATION
*AUGUST 9 - 3pm - A dialogue on the theme "Indigenous Peoples and
their
Relationship to Land" with Indigenous and United Nations
representatives
(International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Program
and
the World Bank) is planned for the afternoon of August 9 in Conference
Room
4, from 3 - 6 pm.
*AUGUST 10 - A Human Rights workshop is planned with the
participation of
UN system and Indigenous representatives in Conference Room 4, from 10 am
-
1 pm.
- - A workshop on "Indigenous Peoples and Lobbying Governments"
from 3 - 4
pm - TBA
The Commemoration will close with a Cultural event and Reception from 4
-
5:30 pm in the Main Lobby of the Visitor’s Entrance at United
Nations
Headquarters.
For participation and access to the United Nations building, please,
confirm
by July 31, 1999:
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Room S-2914, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-963-5931 FAX: 212-963-4097
BACKGROUND
August 9, 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 is celebrated
in
Geneva and worldwide. In New York City, it has become a two-day event at
UN
Headquarters. Besides the Sacred Pipe Ceremony for Peace, the panel
discussion will focus on "Indigenous Peoples and their Relationship
to
Land", theme for the current year of the International Decade of the
World’s
Indigenous People (1995-2004). Past years’ themes were "Land and
Natural
Resources", "Health", "Education and
Language"…
