International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated annually on 9 August to raise awareness of the needs of indigenous peoples globally.
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the UN General Assembly decided that the Day would be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
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date: 9 August 2022
location: worldwide
www: https://www.un.org/en/observances/indigenous-day