Commissioner Eugenio A. Insigne was elected to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last week during the 32nd meeting of the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the 2008 Substantive Section of the Economic and Social Council.
Insigne will be among 16 independent experts who will compose the Permanent Forum, an advisory body to the ECOSOC. He will represent the Asia and Pacific region filling up the seat vacated by China’s representative, Xiaomei Qin, beginning Jan. 9, 2009 up to Dec. 31, 2010.
Eugenio A. Insigne is a full-blooded Tinggian from the Province of Abra. He was born on October 15, 1952 in Mt. Province.
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