Theme: “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict”

Participation in the annual session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is open to Member States, the UN and other intergovernmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs) from the seven socio-cultural regions*, academia accredited to the Permanent Forum and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in consultative status with ECOSOC.  Indigenous parliamentarians and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) may also be invited to attend.

Online registration is mandatory for all participants by the deadlines. Registrations by email cannot be accepted.

Important dates:

• Accreditation in iCSO: 15 December 2025 – 30 January 2026
• Registration in INDICO: 9 – 27 February 2026

Provisional agenda

1. Election of officers.

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

3. Discussion on the theme “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict”.

4. Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

5. Dialogues:

(a) Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples;

(b) Dialogue with Member States;

(c) Dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;

(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022);

(e) Interregional, intergenerational and global dialogue;

(f) Dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities;

(g) Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system.

6. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues.

7. Provisional agenda of the twenty-sixth session of the Permanent Forum.

8. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twenty-fifth session.