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Appointment of Indigenous UNPFII members (2008-2010)

April 20, 2007

The President of the Economic and Social Council has appointed eight members of the Permanent Forum who will serve for a period of three years, from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2010. These eight members were nominated by indigenous peoples organizations.

The President of the Economic and Social Council has appointed eight members of the Permanent Forum who will serve for a period of three years, from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2010. These eight members were nominated by indigenous peoples organizations.

The members are the following:

Mr. Hassan Id Balkassm (Morocco), Ms. Margaret Lokawua (Uganda), Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines), Mr. Lars-Anders Baer (Sweden), Ms. Elisa Canqui Mollo (Bolivia), Mr. Pavel Sulyandziga (Russian Federation), Ms. Tonya Gonella Frischner (United States of America) and Mr. Michael Dodson (Australia).

Members nominated by Member States have not yet been elected.

(From the UNPFII Web site, http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/  )