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Unpo Brochure 2009
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UNPOs Founding Members in front of the
Peace Palace, The Hague, 1991
UNPO Chairman Erkin Alptekin
witnesses the signing of the covenant
by representative of Scania GranHansson in 1993. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
visits UNPO in 1994
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Founded in 1991 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, UNPO is unique as aninternational organization in that it is built entirely by its Members. Represen-tatives of Armenia, Australian Aboriginals, the Cordillera, the CrimeanTatars, East Turkestan, Estonia, Georgia, the Greek Minority in Albania,Iraqi Kurdistan, Latvia, Palau, Taiwan, Tatarstan, Tibet and West Papua con-vened to found an organization that would embody, promote, and affirm thevalue of the five principles enshrined in the UNPO Covenant: nonviolence,human rights, democracy and self-determination, environmental protection,and tolerance.
Through this strong connection to those suffering the consequences of theexclusion the organization seeks to address, UNPO has since grown into aprominent and respected international forum. UNPO has been awarded the1991 Tolerance Award, 1992 Social Innovation Award (The Body Shop),
1998 Petra Kelly Peace Award (Heinrich Bll Foundation) and was nomi-nated for the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize and 1994 Right to Livelihood Award.
UNPOs membership has also grown steadily from its original fifteen foun-ders, representing now almost 70 Members worldwide. Although the workof UNPO adapts continually to meet the challenges of its Members and thenature of the international political climate, each Member remains commit-ted to respecting the principles of the UNPO Covenant.
UNPO General Assembly in front of the Peace Palace in 2005
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UNPO works closely with its members in developing effectiveprogramming which will support the central aims and goals ofthe organization. Effective participation plays an important rollin all of UNPOs activities, with the dual goals of raising aware-ness of members internationally and allowing UNPO membersto participate in international dialogue. UNPO collaborates andmaintains close relations with the United Nations and the Euro-pean Union, supporting participation of its Members in interna-tional forums.
Through UNPO, Members have opportunities to present theircases to international bodies such as: the United Nations Hu-man Rights Council, the United Nations Permanent Forum onIndigenous Issues, and European Union institutions.
UNPO Membersconcerns are broughtbefore internationalbodies such as the
7th session of the HRCin Geneva.
Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, Presidentof the World Uyghur Congress
(WUC), and leaders of theUyghur community take partin an intensive program of
lectures, discussions, work-shops and meetings at the
European Parliament.
UNPO arranges training programs and seminars on topics ofmajor concern to its Members. These events always bring to-gether international experts in relevant fields and representa-tives of governments, international organizations and NGOs.Participants are normally trained in human rights, democracy,self-determination, nonviolent methodology and internationallaw. The purpose of these programs is to provide UNPOMembers with tools and knowledge to effectively participate ininternational institutions which can promote their causes.
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Responding to requests from Members, UNPO has organized fact-finding or diplomatic missions to Member areas. The objective ofUNPO missions has been to investigate and report on UNPO Membersituations or to facilitate a peaceful outcome of disputes. UNPO mis-sion reports are distributed to concerned international actors and ac-tion programs are developed as a result.
UNPO Assistant General Secretary for Eastern Europeand Former Soviet Union, Dr. Linnart Mall, and UNPOchairperson, Mr. Erkin Alptekin, in a UNPO Mission toChechnya to monitor elections in 1997.
Charles Uwiragiye,Representative of theBatwa, in a mission toinvestigate the 1994
Genocide in Rwanda.
UNPO ConsultantMichael Gibb and H.E.President Barzani.
UNPO visited Kurdistan-Iraq as a guest of theKurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) inJuly 2007.
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Abkhazia
Aboriginals of Australia
Afrikaner
Ahwazi
Assyria
Balochistan
Batwa
Buffalo River Dene Nation
Burma
Buryatia
Cabinda
Chechen Republic of IchkeriaChin
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Circassia19
Cordillera
Crimean Tatars
East Turkestan
Gilgit BaltistanGreek Minority in Albania
Hmong
Hungarian Minority in Romania
Inkeri
Inner Mongolia
Iranian Kurdistan
Iraqi KurdistanIraqi Turkmen
Kalahui Hawaii
Karenni State 21
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Khmer Krom
Komi
Kosova
MaasaiMapuche
Mari
Mon
Montagnards
Nagalim
Ogoni
OromoRehoboth Basters
Sanjak
Scania
Shan
Sindh
Somaliland
South MoluccasSouthern Azerbaijan
Southern Cameroons
Taiwan
Tibet
Tsimshian
Tuva
UdmurtVhavenda
West Balochistan
Zanzibar
Last update: 19-01-2009
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