UNPFII 2008-2010
Membership
The Permanent Forum is comprised of sixteen independent experts, functioning in their personal capacity, who serve for a term of three years as Members and may be re-elected or re-appointed for one additional term.
Eight of the Members are nominated by governments and eight are nominated directly by indigenous organizations in their regions.
The Members nominated by governments are elected by ECOSOC based on the five regional groupings of States normally used at the United Nations (Africa; Asia; Eastern Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Western Europe and Other States).
The Members nominated by indigenous organizations are appointed by the President of ECOSOC and represent the seven socio-cultural regions determined to give broad representation to the world’s indigenous peoples.
The regions are Africa; Asia; Central and South America and the Caribbean; the Arctic; Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia; North America; and the Pacific—with one additional rotating seat among the three first listed above. The rotating seat is taken by Africa during the 2005-2007 term.
UNPFII Members 2008-2010
Eight government nominated members of the Permanent Forum were recently elected by the Economic and Social Council. The President of the Economic and Social Council also appointed eight members of the Permanent Forum who were nominated by indigenous peoples' organizations. They will serve for a period of three years, starting 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2010. The newly elected members are:
1. Mr Simeon Adewale Adekanye, (Nigeria)
2. Mr. Lars-Anders Baer, (Sweden)
3. Ms. Elisa Canqui Mollo, (Bolivia)
4. Mr. Bartolomé Clavero Salvador, (Spain)
5. Mr. Michael Dodson, (Australia)
6. Ms. Tonya Gonella Frichner, (United States of America)
7. Ms Paimaneh Hasteh, (Islamic Republic of Iran)
8. Mr. Hassan Id Balkassm, (Morocco)
9. Ms. Margaret Lokawua, (Uganda)
10. Mr. Carlos Mamani Condori (Bolivia)
11. Ms Liliane Muzangi Mbela, (Democratic Republic of Congo)
12. Mr A A Nikiforov, (Russian Federation)
13. Mr. Carsten Smith, (Norway)
14. Mr. Pavel Sulyandziga, (Russian Federation)
15. Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, (Philippines)
16. Ms Xiaomei Qin, (China)
Documents
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Election of eight members from among candidates nominated by Governments and appointment of eight members by the President of the Economic and Social Council E/2007/9/Add.2
Note by the Secretary General
