United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
AbbreviationUNPFII, PFII
Formation28 July 2000 (2000-07-28)
TypeIntergovernmental organization, Regulatory body, Advisory board
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersNew York, USA
Head
Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Anne Nuorgam
Parent organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council
WebsitePFII on www.un.org
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Plenary meeting of UNPFII (2015)
Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe, a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, speaks at the body's 2015 session.
Brenda White Bull, descendant of Sitting Bull, speaks at UN about fight against Dakota Access and State Violence, 25 April 2017.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII or PFII) is the UN's central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of the world's indigenous peoples. There are more than 370 million indigenous people (also known as native, original, aboriginal and first peoples) in some 70 countries worldwide.

The forum was created in 2000 as an outcome of the UN's International Year for the World's Indigenous People in 1993, within the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995–2004). It is an advisory body within the framework of the United Nations System that reports to the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).


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