Press Conference on Indigenous Languages: Preservation and Revitalization
Original 00:30:09
21 Jan 2016 - Indigenous languages are key to ensuring the continuation and transmission of culture, customs, and history of indigenous peoples. But many are in danger of becoming extinct.
World Chronicle 903: Ayitegan Kouevi, Mililani Trask, UN Indigenous Forum
English 00:28:03
21 May 2003 - Judith Lessing interviews Ayitegan Kouevi, United Nations Indigenous Forum's expert on Africa, and Mililani Trask, UN Indigenous Forum's Pacific representative, for World Chronicle program 903.
World Sacred Pipe Ceremony
English 00:19:52
9 Aug 1995 - World Sacred Pipe Ceremony at UN Headquarters.
42nd Meeting of General Assembly Third Committee: 47th Session - Address by Rigoberta Menchù
Various 00:32:12
17 Nov 1992 - Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Rigoberta Menchù addresses the Third Committee of the General Assembly on the topic of human rights for indigenous peoples and communities.
Saving a Big Land
English 00:28:36
18 Apr 1975 - Man Builds, Man Destroys: A major UN series of 30 films dealing with our global environment and what man is doing to it.
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