international day of the world’s indigenous people 9 august 2005*, united nations headquarters, ny 12.30pm, united nations lobby
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
9 August 2005*, United Nations Headquarters, NY
12.30pm, United Nations Lobby
Programme of Activities
Welcome and Spiritual Ceremony
Peruko Ccopacatty (Aymara/Quechua, Lake Titicaca, Peru)
Message of the Secretary General, Kofi Annan
Message of the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
and Coordinator of the Second International Decade of the World's
Indigenous People, Jose Antonio Ocampo
Message of the Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum,
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot, Philippines)
Cultural Presentation: Indigenous Dance from Peru
Grupo Revelacion and Grupo Raices
**Short Story, Poetry Reading and Closing Song
Barbara James Snyder (Washoe/Paiute, Nevada)
Master of Ceremonies:
Roberto Múcaro Borrero (Taíno, Puerto Rico), Chairperson,
NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous
Peoples
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
9 August 2005*, United Nations Headquarters, NY
3:00pm, Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
United Nations
PANEL DISCUSSION
“The Cause of Indigenous Peoples is Ours”
Panelists:
Elsa Stamatopoulou, Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues; Connie Taracena, Permanent Mission of Guatemala;
Elizabeth Gibbons, UNICEF; Roberto Borrero, NGO Committee on the
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
FILM SCREENING: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED NATIONS
(Film by Rebecca Sommer for UNSPFII, 2005)
Organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues DSPD/UNDESA, the United Nations Department of Public
Information and the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the
World’s Indigenous Peoples.
(Programme subject to change)
*The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is officially
commemorated on 9 August annually in recognition of the first meeting
of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in
Geneva in 1982.
**Short Stories and Poetry read with the permission of author Edna
Gordon (Seneca, Cattaraugus)
Additional Programs in Commemoration of the International Day of the
World’s Indigenous Peoples will take place at the American Museum of
Natural History on Sunday 7 August, 2005. For more information on
these programs, which are free with suggested museum admission and
open to the general public, contact the American Museum of Natural
History at (212) 769-5758 or see their website at
http://www.amnh.org/programs/special/global/index.html?src=p_sp