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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

TO BE OBSERVED ON 9 AUGUST AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Each year, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August) is observed at United Nations Headquarters with a ceremony and a cultural presentation.  This year’s observance will take place at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, 9 August, in the General Assembly Lobby (46th Street and First Avenue).

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‘LIVES IN TRANSITION:  EXPRESSIONS OF REFUGEE YOUTH’

AT HEADQUARTERS, 28 JULY – 30 SEPTEMBER

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UNITED NATIONS GUIDES RECEIVE NEW UNIFORMS, DONATED BY NEW YORK-BASED LE MONTI

The United Nations is receiving a new donation of uniforms for its tour guides from Le Monti, a clothing company based in New York.  Le Monti is donating two full sets of uniforms for each of the 60 United Nations tour guides in New York over the next two years.

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‘LIVING WITH RISK’, GLOBAL REVIEW OF DISASTER-REDUCTION INITIATIVES,

TO BE LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 JULY

over 200 young leaders from junior chamber international to meet

on Millennium Goals at un headquarters, 9 – 10 july

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United Nations Population Award Ceremony

The United Nations Population Award was started in 1983 and is presented annually to individuals and institutions for their outstanding work in the field of population and in the improvement of the health and welfare of individuals.  Winners are selected by an Award Committee made up of representatives of United Nations Member States.

The 2004 Award winners are:

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un university to mark publication of two books

with headquarters panel on 8 july

The United Nations University-Office in New York, together with UNU-Institute for New Technologies, will hold a panel on 8 July 2004 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium to mark the release of two books:

STUDY ON POTENTIAL OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE TO BE PRESENTED TO

SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT United Nations ON 25 June

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Olympic Torch Relay Event at United Nations Headquarters on Saturday, 19 June

On Saturday, 19 June 2004, the United Nations, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations and the City of New York, will host a special event to mark the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay and the Olympic Truce.

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photo exhibition at United Nations on ‘homelands in exile’ opens 15 june