Important Days & Events MCQs

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, dedicated to indigenous issues and plays a key role in organizing related events.

The day aims to raise awareness about the rights of indigenous peoples, including their rights to culture, identity, language, employment, health, and education, and to recognize their significant contributions to global diversity.

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is celebrated every year on August 9th to promote and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population.

Louis Daguerre, a French artist and photographer, is credited with inventing the Daguerreotype, the first publicly available photographic process.

The date was chosen because on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the Daguerreotype process as a gift 'free to the world'.

World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19 every year to inspire photographers across the planet to share a single photo with a purpose.

The day aims to recognize the sacrifices made by humanitarian workers and to raise awareness about the challenges they face in conflict zones.

The day commemorates the August 19, 2003, attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 22 people, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

World Humanitarian Day is observed on August 19 every year to pay tribute to humanitarian workers killed and injured in the course of their work.

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed August 9 as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in December 1994, marking the date of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982.