Description:
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:
2013-07-16
Grouping:
- Websites/Multiple Documents
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Language:
English