International Day of the World's Indigenous People 9 August

International Day of the World's Indigenous People 9 August

By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. In 2004 the Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade by resolution 59/174. The goal of this Decade is to further strengthen international cooperation for the solution of problems faced by indigenous people in such areas as culture, education, health, human rights, the environment, and social and economic development.

In April 2000, the Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution to establish the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues which was endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 2000/22 of 28 July 2000. The mandate of the Permanent Forum is to discuss indigenous issues related to culture, economic and social development, education, the environment, health and human rights.

Links to UN and UN System sites:

United Nations
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Global Issues on the UN Agenda - Indigenous people
Task Force on Indigenous Women (IANWGE)
Indigenous peoples (UN Cyberschoolbus)
Indigenous children in Australia (UN Works)

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
Working Group on Indigenous Populations

International Fund for Agricultural Development
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development

International Labour Organization
Indigenous Peoples

United Nations Development Programme
Indigenous Peoples
Community Action 2015

Unesco:
Action in favour of indigenous peoples
Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples (CD-Rom)
World Intellectual Property Organization
Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore

World Bank Group
Indigenous Peoples - a partnership for development
Global Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Knowledge Program

Additional resources: The additional resources links on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily represent an endorsement by the United Nations.

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Cultural Survival
Development Gateway - Indigenous Issues
Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee
Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network
Inter-American Development Bank - Indigenous Peoples and Community Development
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Latin American Network Information Center - Resources on Indigenous Peoples
Survival International