International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022, Virtual commemoration, 9 August
On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided, in its resolution 49/214, that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the first meeting, in 1982, of …
Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues presents Report of the 21st Session to ECOSOC
The report of the 21st session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2022) was presented by the Chair of the Forum to the Economic and Social Council Management Meeting on 22 July 2022.
President of ECOSOC appoints eight members to the Permanent Forum for term January 2023 – December 2025
On 12 July 2022, in a communication issued by the President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile announced the appointment of eight members, nominated by Indigenous Peoples’ organizations to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for …
Statement from the Chairperson and Members of the UNPFII on the arrest of Leonidas Iza Salazar, President CONAIE, Ecuador
Statement from the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Dario Mejia Montalvo and Expert Members Irma Pineda Santiago, Lourdes Tibán Guala and Freddy Condo Riveros on the arrest of Leonidas Iza Salazar, President of Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas …
Statement by the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on the eviction of Maasai people from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expresses its profound concern over ongoing efforts to evict over 70,000 Maasai people of Loliondo division of the Ngorongoro district of Tanzania from the 1,500 square kilometers, which are legally registered village …
Miembros anteriores de las oficinas
Miembros anteriores de las oficinas 2002-2022
21st Session – 2022
- Presidencia: Mr. Dario Jose Mejia Montalvo (Colombia)
- Vicepresidentes – Ms. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (Chad), Mr. Geoffrey Roth (USA), Ms. Anne Nuorgam (Finland), Mr. Aleksei Tsykarev (Russian Federation), Mr. Phoolman
21st Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2022)
Theme: “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.
Date: 25 April-6 May 2022.
Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The 2022 session of the Permanent Forum will be …
ECOSOC Elections of Government Nominated PFII Members 2023–2025
At the 10th plenary meeting of ECOSOC (Decision E/2022/213), held on 13 April, the Council elected the government-nominated Members to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for a 3-year term beginning 1 January 2023 and concluding on 31 December 2025. …
