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Indigenous Art.


The Third Committee, in its fifty-seventh session, adopted three resolutions on indigenous people: the "International Decade of the World's Indigenous People"; "Indigenous people and issues"; and the "Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues". One of the objectives of these resolutions is to strengthen international cooperation to solve the problems faced by indigenous people in human rights, the environment, development, education and health.

On 31 January 2003, the United Nations Postal Administration The abbreviation UNPA can also refer to several other UN-related entities.
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is the postal agency of the United Nations. It issues postage stamps and postal stationery in dollar denominations for the United Nations offices in New
 introduced a new stamp series on the theme "Indigenous Art", beginning with the art of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies.  and the Caribbean, designed by Rorie Katz and Robert Stein Stein , William Howard 1911-1980.

American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for pioneering studies of ribonuclease.
 (United Nations). Eighteen commemorative stamps A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person. Most postal services of the world issue several of these each year, often holding first day of issue ceremonies at locations connected with the subjects.  on this theme will be issued in a mini-sheet format.
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Title Annotation:and Forum on Indigenous issues
Publication:UN Chronicle
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Mar 1, 2003
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