U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Summary: Bringing together more than 1,500
people from some 500 indigenous
groups worldwide, the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues will hold
its second session at Headquarters
from 12 to 23 May, focusing on the
theme “indigenous children and
youth”.Meeting for the first time since its historic inaugural session last
year, the Forum has chosen the theme to focus attention on the
idea that the survival and prosperity of indigenous peoples is
linked to the physical and mental health of indigenous children.
Unless children are educated in indigenous languages, cultures
and values, a Forum document points out, indigenous peoples
and their unique and precious cultures will not survive in the
globalized world.

Organisation: 
UN - United Nations
UN - United Nations
UN - United Nations
UN - United Nations
Web: 
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/hr4658.doc.htm
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