Newly elected members to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for 2026 - 2028

On 16 June 2025, the President of ECOSOC informed through a note verbale of the decision to appoint eight members nominated by Indigenous Peoples’ organizations to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for a 3-year term beginning 1 January 2026. The confirmation of the appointments will take place at the ECOSOC Management Segment (29-30 July 2025). They are:
Ms. Amina Amharech (Morocco)
Ms. Aluki Kotierk* (Canada) 
Ms. Patricia Gualinga Montalvo (Ecuador) 
Ms. Lea Nicholas-Mackenzie (Canada) 
Mr. Edward Porokwa (Tanzania)
Ms. Emma Rawson-Te Patu (New Zealand) 
Ms. Valentina Sovkina* (Russian Federation) 
Ms. Jennifer Tauli Corpuz (Philippines)

At the 14th plenary meeting of ECOSOC, held on 4 April 2025, the Council elected the government-nominated members to UNPFII for a 3-year term beginning 1 January 2026. They are: 
Ms. Anne Chantal Nama (Cameroon)
Ms. Nan Li* (China)
Ms. Aili Keskitalo** (Norway) 
Mr. Valts Ernštreits (Republic of Latvia)
Mr. Suleiman Mamutov* (Ukraine)  
Mr. Rodrigo Eduardo Paillalef Monnard* (Chile)  
Mr. Diego A. Tituaña Matango (Ecuador)
Ms. Brenda Gunn (Canada)  

* Re-elected
** Elected at the ECOSOC’s 22nd and 23rd meeting on 10 June 2025
 

The term of office of the new members of the Permanent Forum begins on 1 January 2026 and expires on 31 December 2028.

Pursuant to resolution 2000/22, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) established the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as a subsidiary organ of the Council. The Forum consists of 16 members, serving in their personal capacity as independent experts on Indigenous issues for a period of three years, with the possibility of re-election or reappointment for one further period. Eight members are nominated by Governments and elected by the Council according to a specified pattern set out in decision 2016/205, Election 4, and eight members are appointed by the President of the Council following formal consultation with the Bureau and regional groups through their coordinators on the basis of broad consultations with Indigenous organizations.