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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples – 09 August
August 10 , 2018
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- The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed across the world on August 9.
- Its aim is to strengthen international cooperation for solving problems faced by indigenous peoples in areas such as human rights, the environment, education, health and social development.
- The theme of the 2018 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was ‘Indigenous peoples’ migration and movement’.
- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) through its Resolution on ‘Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ proclaimed the year 2019 as the ‘International Year of Indigenous Languages’.
- The UNGA on December 23, 1994, proclaimed 9 August as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples through its resolution.
- The date marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 1982.
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