Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international organization. Its members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect their human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them. UNPO provides a legitimate and established international forum for member aspirations and assists its members in effective participation at an international level.

UNPO members are not represented in major international fora, such as the United Nations. As a result, their ability to participate in the international community and to have their concerns addressed by the global bodies mandated to protect human rights and address conflict, is limited.

UNPO is dedicated to the five principles enshrined in its Charter Nonviolence, Human rights, Self-determination and democracy, Environmental Protection, and Tolerance.

Note: In spite of the "UN" in its acronym, UNPO is not related to the United Nations.

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation - Members

in the AMERICAS

• Buffalo River Dene Nation
• Lakota (Dakota, Nakota, or Sioux Indians)
• Mapuche
• Nahuals del Alto Balsas
• Nuxálk

in AFRICA

• Cabinda
• Batwa (Pygmies)
• Maasai
• Ogoni
• Oromo
• Somaliland
• Southern Cameroons
• Vhavenda
• Zanzibar

in ASIA

• Aceh (on Sumatra); see also Free Aceh Movement
• Ahwazi
• Assyrians; see also Assyria
• Bashkortostan
• Buryatia; see also Buryat
• Chin
• Chittagong Hill Tracts
• Chuvash; see also Chuvashia
• Cordillera
• East Turkestan
• Mon
• Montagnards
• Nagalim
• Iraqi Turkoman
• Karenni State (Kayah State)
• Khmer Krom
• Kurdistan
• Mari; see also Mari El
• Shan
• Sindh
• South Moluccas
• Taiwan (represented by the DPP)
• Tatarstan
• Tibet; see also Government of Tibet in Exile and Tibetan people
• Tuva

in EUROPE

• Abkhazia
• Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia
• Circassia; see also Circassians
• Crimean Tatars
• Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Gagauzia
• Greeks in Albania
• Hungarians in Romania
• Ingushetia
• Inkeri (Ingrian Finns); see also Ingria
• Komi
• Kosovo
• Kumyk
• Rusyns
• Sanjak
• Scania (Skåneland)
• Udmurt; see also Udmurtia

in OCEANIA & Australasia

• Aboriginals of Australia
• Bougainville
• Ka Lahui Hawai'i
• Maohi
• West Papua (represented by the OPM)

 

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation - Former members

The following former members of the UNPO have since gained United Nations (UN) recognition:

1. Armenia
2. East Timor
3. Estonia
4. Georgia
5. Latvia
6. Palau