Baku, April 16, AZERTAC
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has today kicked off its twenty-third session under the theme “Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth", according to the official website of the UN.
According to the President's notes, this first session was notably an opportunity for the subsidiary body to elect by acclamation the members of its Bureau. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (Chad) will serve as President, while Keith M. Harper (United States), Aluki Kotierk (Canada), Hannah McGlade (Australia), Hanieh Moghani (Iran) and Rodrigo Eduardo Paillalef (Chile) will serve as Vice-Presidents. Suleiman Mamutov (Ukraine) will be the Rapporteur of this session.
During the afternoon, the debates focused on the six areas of action of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights) in relation to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.