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Article: -UN: Press briefing on International Day of the World's Indigenous People
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- M2 Presswire
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- August 5, 1998
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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 August 1998-UN: Press briefing on International Day of the World's Indigenous People (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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At a Headquarters press briefing today to discuss events in New York on 5 and 6 August to commemorate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Elsa Stamatopoulou, Deputy Director of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said progress had been made by the indigenous movement that arose in the 1970s. In the field of human rights, the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, which was established in 1982, continued to attract unprecedented participation compared with ...