The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. It was first pronounced by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, in 1982.
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was first pronounced by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1994, to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade, from 2005 – 2015, with the theme of “A Decade for Action and Dignity.” People from different nations are encouraged to participate in observing the day to spread the UN’s message on indigenous peoples. Activities may include educational forums and classroom activities to gain an appreciation and a better understanding of indigenous peoples.
By resolution 49/214 of
23 December 1994, the United Nations 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. The date
marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on
Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of
Artwork by Rebang Dewan, a Chakma (an indigenous Tibeto-Burman population of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in
) boy from Bangladesh , was chosen as the visual identifier of the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues. It has also been seen on material to promote the
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It features two ears of
green leaves facing each other and cradling a globe resembling planet earth.
Within the globe is a picture of a handshake (two different hands) in the
middle and above the handshake is a landscape background. The handshake and the
landscape background are encapsulated by blue at the top and bottom within the