Second meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issu

["Raquel Isaula" <raquel@rds.org.hn>]

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To:             	raquel@rds.org.hn
Subject:        	Second meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Date sent:      	Mon, 12 May 2003 18:23:38 -0400

The second meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 
will
take place from 12 to 23 May 2003 at United Nations Headquarters in
New York. The theme for this upcoming second session is on 
"Indigenous
Children and Youth".  

The members of the Permanent Forum have chosen this theme in 
order to
focus the attention on the survival of indigenous peoples. That it is
the physical and mental health of indigenous children who will ensure
the survival growth and prosperity of the peoples from whom they 
come.
 

Without ensuring that they are appropriately educated in their
indigenous languages, cultures and values with indigenous pedagogy 
as
the basis of their learning, indigenous peoples and their unique and
precious cultures will not survive in this globalized world.
Essentially, if that is not fostered and nurtured all exisiting
cultures and peoples loose something precious.
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Gabriel Mariaca Indigenous Peoples Guide Development Gateway
gateway@fondoindigena.org
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