Activists prepare to celebrate rights of indigenous peoples.
The ninth of August is being celebrated as International Day of the World s Indigenous People. Nearly 1000 indigenous people from more than 110 countries participated in the Working Group on Indigenous Population, held in Geneva recently. The information provided is considered by the Working Group as strengthening ongoing efforts of the United Nations system to recognize, promote, protect and restore the rights of indigenous peoples. The Working Group also undertook standard setting activities including a review of indigenous people s relationship with natural resources, energy and mining companies. This is the decade of the Indigenous People.