UN Forum puts spotlight on healthcare for Indigenous Peoples More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the latest session  of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)  – the platform that has placed their concerns at the centre of international debate over the past 25 years.  “ From the Amazon to Australia, and Africa to the Arctic, you are the great guardians of nature, a living library of biodiversity conservation, and champions of climate action ,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the opening ceremony.  Health inequities persist   Delegates – many wearing traditional clothing – convened in the General Assembly Hall where an Inuit leader from Canada, Aluki Kotierk, was re-elected chair of the forum by acclamation.  Although Indigenous People make up six per cent of the global population, they account for nearly…