New UNPFII chair calls for protection of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge

Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, chair of the seventeenth United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), attends the eighteenth session of UNPFII at the UN headquarters in New York, April 22, 2019. "Traditional knowledge is at the core of our identity, our culture, our languages, our heritage and livelihoods, and must be protected," said the newly elected chair of the eighteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)