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167,000 results for "UNFC" Myanmar"; 26,300 results for "United Nationalities Federal Council Myanmar" (April 2016)
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2013-05-15
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658 results (April 2016)
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Burmanet via Google
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2016-04-22
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SUMMARY:
Founded: Feb. 16, 2011
Headquarters: Chiang Mai, Thailand...
The UNFC is the latest coalition of ethnic armed groups. It was renamed and reformed from the Committee for the Emergence of Federal Union (CEFU), founded in Nov. 2010. The UNFC wants to represent all of the ethnic armed groups during peace negotiations with the government.
Previous Ethnic Alliances:
National Democratic Front (NDF), 1976-ongoing
Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC), 2001-ongoing...
Objective:
The UNFC wants to establish a Federal Union in Myanmar. They have already formed the Federal Union Army (FUA) to protect ethnic areas..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Pece Monitor
Date of entry/update:
2013-07-16
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Link to entries on UNFC under "Non_Burman and non-Buddhist groups"
Source/publisher:
Online Burma/Myanmar Library
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2013-01-08
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The Peace Process Steering Team’s role in the peace process
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"On October 15, 2015, the government led by the then president U Thein Sein and eight ethnic
armed groups signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. The original signatories were the
PNLO, the Karen National Union (KNU), the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), the
Chin National Front (CNF), All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), Arakan Liberation
Party (ALP), the Karen Nation Union Peace Council (KNUPC) and the Democratic Karen
Buddhist Army (DKBA). The original eight groups would be later joined, in February 2018, by
the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU).
To ensure a common negotiating position the original eight groups formed the Peace Process
Steering Team on 26 March 2016 under the leadership of General Mutu Say Poe of the KNU and
General Yawd Serk of the RCSS as deputy leader. The team stated,
Purpose:
1. to provide leadership (guidance and supervision) when meeting with non-signatory
groups and the new government.
2. provide direction when making urgent decisions.
3. direct projects for the JMC (Joint Monitoring Committee) and the UPDJC (Union
Peace Dialogue Joint Committee)
Guidelines:
1. Convening of NCA signatory EAOs, together with observers and technical advisors,
totalling 79 persons;
2. Reassess NCA implementation;
3. Welcome the new government for its peace commitment and the EAOs readiness to
cooperate:
4. The necessity for all EAOs to participate and be represented in the forthcoming 2nd
Union Peace Conference;
5. Believe in the need for all EAOs’ enthusiastic participation until an agreement to form
a federal union is achieved through political negotiations;
6. The formation of EAO Peace Process Steering Team (EAO PPST); and
7. Pledge to adhere to the NCA and cooperate with the new regime and the Tatmadaw
(Military) to implement the agreement.1 Two days later on March 28 2016, at the 2nd EAO-8 summit, the Delegation for EAO Unity
(DEU) led by Khaing Soe Naing Aung with members including Padoh Kwe Htoo Win, Than Khe,
Saw Kyaw Nyunt, Lian Sakhong, Dr Sui Khar and Mi Su Pwint. The purpose of the DEU was
ostensibly to focus on further discussions with non-signatories EAOs and meetings with the then
United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) about how both
can work together under an NLD government.2
Numerous meetings have taken place between the PPST and the Myanmar Peace Centre (MPC)
prior to the election, and the NLD’s successor peace broker the National Reconciliation and Peace
Centre (NRPC). The PPST has actively involved itself in the various Union Peace Conferences
that have taken place under the auspices of the NLD government.
The first UPC saw 73 proposals made but resulted in no agreements. The second saw agreement
on 37 points, and the third UPC on 14 points. The agreement or Union Accord currently covers
political, economy, social, land and environment categories, however, a major sticking point has
been with the composition of a single armed force and the ethnic states non-cessation.
However general dissatisfaction with the peace process and perceived disagreements within the
organisation itself led to the KNU suspending its participation in the NCA process,3
. . . in order to create meaningful participation of the organization in the peace process
and to seek enough time for the creation of the unified participation of the whole
organization.4
In response to what was perceived to be a lack of movement on the peace process, General Mutu
resigned his position in the PPST in March 2019. He was replaced by KNU Secretary-General Ta
Doh Moo.
General Mutu was quoted as saying the peace process had deviated from the goal of creating a
federal democratic union that includes ethnic equality and rights of autonomy.5 He also noted
that
The ethnic armed organizations that comprise the PSST have common goals for reaching
a federal system, but their views on what kind of federal system they want differ from
those of the ethnic armies implementing the terms of the NCA.
6
The PPST also formed a working group to discuss with government officials three agenda items
outlined in a letter to Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
These issues related to earlier assurances by Min Aung Hlaing to secure peace by 2020 and by
Aung San Suu Kyi that three Union Peace Conference sessions would be held in 2019; a review
and renegotiation of all NCA mechanisms to ensure they are fair for all parties; and the
formation of a consensus among differing opinions on the degree of federalism.7
In May 2019, the PPST held its fourth conference, which included the participation of the KNU
and formed two working groups with one group responsible for addressing the deadlock and
federal issues while another group would work on the structure of all-inclusive participation.8 At
the same meeting, EAO leaders discussed the possibility of transforming the Peace Process
Steering Team (PPST) into the Peace Process Consultative Meeting (PPCM), but there were
disagreements on how or if this should take place.9..."
Source/publisher:
Euro Burma Office
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-12
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"CHIANG MAI, Thailand — After an emergency meeting in Thailand, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)—an ethnic armed alliance—has confirmed that they will attend Burma?s Union Peace Conference, scheduled to commence on Aug. 31.
Senior leaders—representing each of the ethnic armed groups that are members of UNFC—attended the meeting, which began on Wednesday and lasted one-and-a-half days.
?We will join the 21st Century Panglong [conference]?as it is just the grand opening, and the first session,” said Tun Zaw, a UNFC secretary, referring to the Union Peace Conference by its other commonly used name..."
Nyein Nyein
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2016-08-25
Date of entry/update:
2016-08-26
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Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Searches, reports and other documents about the UNFC
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"The 3 day Ethnic Conference organized by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) that ended yesterday had overwhelmingly spurned the military-drawn and adopted 2008 constitution, following a 3-hour long debate...
One participant had called the 194-page composition drafted under the close guidance of the ?retired? strongman Than Shwe as an attempt ?to prolong the military dictatorship and keep the ethnic peoples under perpetual slavery.?...
To a representative from the Women?s League of Burma (WLB), it is a ?fearsome? document, as it was written by soldiers who uphold no respect for the womenfolks...
The resolution was to draft a new constitution, despite counsel from some that it would mark a head-on confrontation with the military....
The meeting was also like-minded on several other topics:
Change, as one put it, is just ?oil on the water?s surface.? The country is just ?going through the motions? but change has yet to come
A nationwide ceasefire agreement without adequate guarantees of a political dialogue and monitoring mechanisms is unacceptable
After two years of ceasefire and peace talks, there is little trust between the two sides (?Documents captured in battles still call us ?insurgents? and stress ?total annihilation,?? said a Shan State Army representative)
The President?s 8 point guidelines for peace talks received a resounding rejection (?The government is out for negotiated surrender, not negotiated settlement,? said Dr Lian H.Sakhong)..."
Source/publisher:
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Date of publication:
2013-08-01
Date of entry/update:
2013-08-07
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EBO analysis of the UNFC position developed at its Chiangmai meeting of 29-31 July, 2013...contains article-by article analuysis plus a chart of the relative strength of the UNFC and non-UNFC forces.
Source/publisher:
Euro-Burma Office (EBO) Briefing Paper No. 4/2013
Date of publication:
2013-08-06
Date of entry/update:
2013-08-07
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All ethnic groups believe that only negotiations on the terms of the Panglong Agreement based on self-determination, federalism and ethnic equality will resolve the ethnic conflict in Myanmar. However there is no cohesive plan or body that represents all armed groups.
Presently the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) is the most active ethnic alliance. However it does not represent all of the ethnic armed groups. Several of its members are involved in the Working Group on Ethnic Coordination (WGEC), which is administered and financed by the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO). The EBO is the main organization responsible for liaising and coordinating with the MPSI.
Both the UNFC and WGEC have called for alternatives to the government?s BGF scheme and 2008 constitution. While the government claims that changes are possible by winning seats in parliament, ethnic armed groups are calling for political dialogue outside parliament.
Several of the ethnic armed groups? main demands (excluding the government?s guiding principles that were previously mentioned) are:
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Peace Monitor
Date of entry/update:
2013-05-15
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"On 20 February 2013,
the United
Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) an
11
member ethnic alliance
met with the
Burmese Government?s
Union Peace
Working Committee
(UPWC) at the Holiday
Inn, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The meeting
,
supported by the Nippon Foundation,
was
an attempt by Government negotiators to
include all relevant actor
s in the peace
process.
The UNFC
is seen as
one of the
last
remaining
actors to represent the
various armed ethnic groups in the country
(for more information see BP No.6 Establishing a Common Framework)
and has frequently sought
to
negotiate
terms as an
inclusive ethnic alliance...According to peace negotiator
Nyo Ohn Myint
, discussing
the most recent meeting, in February 2013: Primarily they will discuss framework for starting the peace process, beginning with: addressing ways
to advance political dialogue; the division of rev
enue and resources between the central government
and the ethnic states; and how to maintain communica
tion channels for further talks.
Khun Okker, who attended the meeting, suggested that the February meeting was primarily a trust building
exercise for th
e UNFC and the Government. While individual armed groups had spoken to U Aung Min
throughout their negotiation processes
and some had already built up trust with the negotiation team. He
believed that the UNFC would be more cautious in its approach in relation to the peace process, especially
considering the continuing clashes with UNFC members including the KIO and SSPP/SSA..."
Paul Keenan, Editor: Lian H. Sakhong
Source/publisher:
Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (Briefing Paper No. 12, February 2013)
Date of publication:
2013-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-03-11
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"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
Date of publication:
2011-02-21
Date of entry/update:
2012-09-01
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"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 )
Date of publication:
2012-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2012-05-11
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"Burma?s State Peace and Development Council?s Order No. 1/99 (March 1999), along with the
Supplementary Order to Order No. 1/99 (October 2000),1 outlawed forced labor throughout the
country. Despite these orders, forced labor continues. The villagers of Shan State, Karenni
State, Karen State, Pegu Division, Mandalay Division, and Tenasserim Division tell of their
experiences in the 77 accounts that follow. Life under military rule still means a life where the
rule of law is absent. Without legal recourse and continued international pressure for change,
these people have no choice but to flee..."
Source/publisher:
EarthRights International (ERI)
Date of publication:
2002-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-03-15
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