Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership organisation the running with the attributes of non-violence and democratic value. The members of this organisation comes from minorities, and unrecognised or occupied territories who have joined with the aspiration of protection and to promote their human and cultural rights, to preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions of their internal conflicts.

It is basically organisation that is pro-democratic which was established with an aim to facilitate the voices of unpresented, marginalised nations and people to worldwide.

Principles of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

• Equal right to self-determination;

• Adherence to the internationally accepted human rights standards as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments;

• Adherence to the principles of democratic pluralism and rejection of totalitarianism and religious intolerance;

• Promotion of non-violence and the rejection of terrorism as an instrument of policy; and

• Protection of the natural environment.

Above all the principles are ratified under the formal agreement between members. The exercise of this principle can result in a variety of outcomes, ranging from political independence to full integration within an existing state.

Criteria for Membership in Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)

• Believe in the equality of all Nations and Peoples and the inalienable right to self-determination

• Adhere to internationally accepted human rights standards

• Adhere to the principle of democratic pluralism and reject totalitarianism or any form of religious intolerance

• Reject terrorism as a form of policy

• Have respect for all Peoples and population groups, including minority and majority populations within territories inhabited by the participant but belonging to different ethnic, religious or linguistic groups