In 1994, the General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (resolution 49/214 of 23 December). The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.  

Already in 1990, the General Assembly proclaimed 1993 the International Year of the World's Indigenous People (resolution 45/164), and in 1993, the Assembly proclaimed the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, starting on 10 December 1994 (resolution 48/163). The goal of the Decade is to strengthen international cooperation for solving problems faced by indigenous people in such areas as human rights, the environment, development, education and health. The Coordinator of the Decade is the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; its theme is "Indigenous people: Partnership in action"



<p><b><font size=+1>Links to UN and UN System sites:</font></b>
<p><b>United Nations:</b>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/m-indig.htm">Global Issues
on the UN Agenda</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.un.org/Photos/hgindig.htm">Indigenous people: a photo exhibit</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/indigenous/index.asp">Indigenous peoples (UN Cyberschoolbus)</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/">Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues</a>
<br>
----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.un.org/rights/indigenous/mediaadv.html">1st session, New York, 12-24 May 2002</a>
<br>----&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/pfii2.htm">2nd session, New York, 12-23 May 2003</a></li>


</ul>

<p><b> International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ifad.org/media/events/2003/ip.htm">Indigenous Peoples</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ifad.org/events/gc/26/docs.htm#ip">Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development</a></li>
</ul>

<p><b>International Labour Organization (ILO):</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/ampro/mdtsanjose/indigenous/">Indigenous Peoples</a></li>
</ul>

<p><b>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.undp.org/csopp/CSO/NewFiles/ipundp.html">Indigenous Peoples</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.undp.org/csopp/CSO/NewFiles/ipundppol.html">Policies and Procedures</a>
<br>---- <a href="http://www.undp.org/csopp/CSO/NewFiles/policiesip.html">Guidelines for Support</a></li>
</ul>

<p><b>Unesco:</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/index.shtml">International Decade of the World's Indigenous People</a></li>
</ul>

<p><b>UNHCR:</b>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/ind_main.htm">Indigenous People</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/ind_sub.htm#decade">International
Decade of the World's Indigenous People</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs9.htm">The Rights of Indigenous
Peoples</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/FramePage/Subject+indigenous+En?OpenDocument">Documents
on Indigenous People</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/9/vfindige.htm">Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/9/vfinddec.htm">Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of
the World's Indigenous People</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/ind_wgip.htm">Working
Group on Indigenous Populations</a></li>
</ul>

<p><b>WIPO:</b>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.wipo.int/globalissues/cultural/index.html">Cultural Expressions</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.wipo.int/traditionalknowledge/introduction/index.html">Intellectual
Property and Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Creativity</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>World Bank:</b>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/25f4d9175af3f956852567cc0077f43b?OpenDocument">Indigenous Peoples</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/f0eb151669712593852567cc0077f6a4?OpenDocument">World Bank and Indigenous Peoples</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/index.htm">Indigenous Knowledge
for Development&nbsp;</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/6caf9017daaa3d308525682c00796118?OpenDocument">Indigenous 
Peoples Country Profiles</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/8a9d866fc6ac983e852567cc0077f2e4?OpenDocument">Indigenous
Peoples Fund</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/0a614492623b3dc88525684300791efd?OpenDocument">Indigenous Peoples Topics</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/28354584d9d97c29852567cc00780e2a/cd80126d22b3bfa8852567cc0077f26c?OpenDocument">Policies and 
Guidelines</a></li>

<li>
<a href="http://www.developmentgateway.org/topic/index?page_id=3678">Development
Gateway - Indigenous Peoples</a></li>
</ul>

<p><br><b><font size=+1>Additional resources:</font></b>
<p><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>The additional resources links on this
page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily
represent an endorsement by the United Nations.</font>
<p><a href="http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/corp/identity.htm">The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 
Studies</a>
<p><a href="http://conaie.nativeweb.org/">Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador</a>
<p><a href="http://www.cwis.org/">Center for World Indigenous Studies</a>
<p><a href="http://www.culturalsurvival.org/">Cultural Survival</a>
<p><a href="http://www.rigobertamenchu.org/">Fundaci&oacute;n Rigoberta Mench&uacute; Tum</a>
<p><a href="http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/tavera/">Gu&iacute;a preliminar de fuentes documentales etnogr&aacute;ficas 
para el estudio de los pueblos ind&iacute;genas de Iberoam&eacute;rica</a>
<p><a href="http://www.nuffic.nl/ik-pages/">Indigenous Knowledge Page</a>
<p><a href="http://www.indianlaw.org/">Indigenous Law Resource Center</a>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/sds/IND/index_ind_e.htm">Indigenous Peoples and Community Development</a>
<p><a href="http://www.ibin.org/">Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network</a>
<p><a href="http://www.indigenouspeople.net/">Indigenous Peoples' Literature</a>
<p><a href="http://www.iwgia.org/">International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs</a>
<p><a href="http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/indigenous/">Latin American Network Information Center - Resources on Indigenous Peoples</a>
<p><a href="http://intelligent-internet.info/law/ipr2.html">Researching Indigenous Peoples Rights Under International 
Law</a>
<p><a href="http://www.ciesin.org/TG/PI/RIGHTS/indig.html">Rights of Indigenous People</a>
<p><a href="http://www.survival-international.org/">Survival International</a>
<p><a href="http://www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html">The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies</a>
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