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Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
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HeadquartersThe Hague, Netherlands
Membership691 population groups
Leaders
Marino Busdachin
(since 2003)
EstablishmentFebruary 11 1991
Population
• Estimate
c.200 million
  1. Last updated in February 2007.

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 which lack representation internationally.

UNPO aims to protect the members' human and cultural rights, preserve their environments, and to find non-violent solutions to conflicts which affect them. UNPO provides a forum for member aspirations and assists its members to participate at an international level.

UNPO members are generally not represented diplomatically (or only with a minor status, such as observer) in major international institutions, 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 Covenant;

All Members are required to sign and abide by the UNPO Covenant. They must affirm that they support the principle of nonviolence in their people’s struggle for a peaceful solution and that they apply the democratic methodology as their guiding principle.

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

Members

in the Americas

in Africa

in Asia

in Europe

in Oceania & Australasia

Former members

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

  • three former independent republics occupied by the Soviet Union:
  1. three Baltic republics which considered themselves never legally having acceeded as Stalin annexed them by force:
    1. Estonia
    2. Latvia
    3. Lithuania
  2. two Transcaucasian republics:
    1. Armenia
    2. Georgia
  • other:
  1. East Timor, former Portuguese colony, annexed by Indonesia
  2. Palau (or Belau), formerly part of the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Secretaries-General

Michael van Walt van Praag 1991-1997
Tsering Jampa 1997-1998
Helen S. Corbett 1998-1999
Erkin Alptekin 1999-2003
Marino Busdachin 2003 to date

See also

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