“We have nowhere else to go. Losing this land will mean the extinction of our community.”
February 1, 2022 Press Release from Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum
February 1, 2022 Press Release from Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum
By Nati Garcia (Maya Mam, CS Staff)
February 13, 2022, marks the 11th annual celebration of World Radio Day as proclaimed by UNESCO. This year's theme is "Radio and Trust."
Proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day, February 13 became World Radio Day (WRD).
Con el objetivo de celebrar a la radio como un medio poderoso que ha permitido a la humanidad mostrarse en toda su diversidad, el Día Mundial de la Radio fue proclamado en el 2011 por los Estados miembros de la UNESCO y adoptado por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en el 2012 como Día Internacional.
Fecha límite para presentar propuestas: 7 de marzo 2022
Países elegibles: México, Guatemala, Belice, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Bolivia, Perú, Colombia, Ecuador, Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, India, Filipinas, Indonesia, Camboya, Congo, Kenia, Botswana, Namibia, Sudáfrica y Estados Unidos.
Deadline for Submission: March 7, 2022
Eligible countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Nepal, India, Botswana, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Congo, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and USA.
In November 2021, Cultural Survival submitted a Report on the Adverse Impact of Climate Change on the Full and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (CS Staff)