PRESS BRIEFING ON EVENTS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Pictured (left to right) are: Esmeralda BROWN, Chairperson of the Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) Committee on the International Decade; Elsa STAMATOPOULOU, Deputy Director of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Marian AWWAD, of the united Nations Department of Public Information (DPI); Roberto Mucaro BORRERO, a historian and a leading authority on the Taino Indian culture of Puerto Rico; and Nina SIBAL, Director of the New York Office of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).