In 1994, the UN General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous People should be observed on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. Ten years later, in 2004, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, aimed at strengthening "international cooperation for the solution of problems faced by indigenous people in such areas as culture, education, health, human rights, the environment, and social and economic development".