United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)

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Source/publisher: Burma Partnership
Date of entry/update: 2013-01-08
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Description: "On 19 April 2017, the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) was formed by the 4th Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) Pangkham summit with the task of ?discussing with the government of Union of Myanmar regarding the issues of peace-building in Myanmar.” Its 27 authorised representatives belong to seven Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) non-signatories of the Arakan Army (AA), the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Ta?ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) and the United Wa State Army (UWSA). The FPNCC membership was declared to be open to qualified EAOs, political parties on ethnic affairs as well as high-profile individuals. Today, the 30,000-member UWSA is the strongest Ethnic Armed Organisation in the country (and also the strongest non-state army of the world); its members are heavily armed with sophisticated Chinese-made weapons..."
Creator/author: Liu Yun.
Source/publisher: IAPS Dialogue (University of Nottingham)
2017-10-06
Date of entry/update: 2017-12-08
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Language: English
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Description: "Kachin ... leaders in Myanmar say government forces are continuing to push towards their strongholds near the border with China. But other ethnic minorities are now rallying in support of the Kachin Independence Army. Myanmar?s ethnic minority and rebel army representatives met in the northern Thai city Chiang Mai. They did not agree on everything, but the United Nationalities Federal Council was indeed united when it came to the situation in Kachin State. Al Jazeera?s Wayne Hay reports from northern Thailand..."
Source/publisher: Al Jazeera
2013-01-11
Date of entry/update: 2013-01-15
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Language: English
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Description: "The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) herewith issue a statement on resolution adopted by the following member and affiliate organizations in the annual meeting held from the 7th to 10th of January 2013 in a place on Thai-Burma border...The member organizations of UNFC, as a united entity, have decided to have comprehensive cease-fire and peace-talks with the government of Myanmar/Burma and would not accept any cease-fire and peace talks between the government and individual member organizations from now on. The UNFC, therefore, officially notifies the government of Myanmar/Burma that the UNFC is a sole negotiation body to the government in terms of comprehensive cease-fire and peace talks with the UNFC member organizations..."
Source/publisher: United Nationalities Federal Council
2013-01-10
Date of entry/update: 2013-01-15
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Language: English
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Description: Min Thu Ta ? The General Secretary of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), Nai Hong Sar, said that despite an agreement reached between Presidential Minister U Aung Min?s peace negotiating team and a UNFC delegation, political dialogue could be delayed due to the Burmese military offensive in Kachin State. IMG 0105 ?Because [the government army] has escalated the fighting against the Kachin [troops], the [political] dialogue could be held up. It is also difficult to answer whether the dialogue will be held in the country or abroad. The government is doing the opposite of what it said [it would] and showing its dishonesty as its army has intensified the fighting,” said Nai Hong Sar in an interview with IMNA last Thursday.
Source/publisher: IMNA News
2013-01-07
Date of entry/update: 2013-01-08
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Language: English
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Description: "Leaders of an umbrella organization of ethnic parties, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), formed a peace talk group last week in preparation for future negotiations with the Burmese government. Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, UNFC secretary Nai Hang Tha said, ?There are eight representatives within the group which includes Mon, Shan, Karenni, Chin, Arakanese, Karen, Kachin and Pa-O people. Nai Hang Tha explained that he will head the group with Colonel Lapai Hla, from the Kachin Independent Army (KIA), acting as deputy. ?We are prepared to talk about equal rights for ethnic people in the country. We will also talk about reforming the new constitution so that a genuine federal union will exist [in Burma],? he said. ?We will ask [the government] to stop their military offensives launched in ethnic areas and announce a nationwide ceasefire. If possible, we will ask them to have tripartite dialogue,? he added..."
Creator/author: LAWI WENG
Source/publisher: "The Irawaddy"
2011-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2013-01-08
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Language: English
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Description: United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) members that have signed ceasefire agreements with Naypyitaw ?will be reviewing their agreements". United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) members that have signed ceasefire agreements with Naypyitaw ?will be reviewing their agreements? unless the offensive against the Kachin Independence Organization / Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA) is suspended, according to a report coming out of the UNFC ad hoc meeting held on the Thai-Burmese border, 7-9 May. Out of the 11 members, 5 have concluded truce: Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), Chin National Front (CNF), Karen National Union (KNU), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and New Mon State Party (NMSP). (SHAN)"
Source/publisher: Democracy for Burma
2012-05-11
Date of entry/update: 2012-09-01
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Language: English
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Description: "United Nationalities Federal Council. (UNFC), the newest coalition formed in a 5-day conference last week on the Thai-Burma border could well become the only non-Burman ethnic alliance worth talking about, according to some co-founding members The Committee for the Emergence of Federal Union (CEFU), the core group that organized the conference, 12-16 February, declared its dissolution following the founding of UNFC. It was formed by three former ceasefire groups: Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Shan State Army (SSA) ?North? plus three non-ceasefire groups: Karen National Union (KNU), Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and Chin National Front (CNF) in November. By contrast, other existing coalitions, notably the National Democratic Front (NDF), formed since 1976, and the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC), formed since 2001, are bound to be ?history soon?, according to sources who request anonymity. For the NDF, the reason is all of its member organizations, except for Arakan Liberation Front (ALP), have decided to join the UNFC..."
Source/publisher: Democracy for Burma
2011-02-21
Date of entry/update: 2012-09-01
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Description: "While the Burmese Government continues to seek peace with the various ethnic resistance movements individually at the local levels, the United Nationalities Federal Council ? Union of Burma (UNFC) is working in the political process to ensure that any state-level talks are held through a common framework. However, there remain a number of concerns to be addressed by member organisations in recognizing a common policy that will benefit all relevant ethnic actors..."
Source/publisher: Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (Briefing Paper No. 6 )
2012-05-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-05-11
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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