The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) will meet in Barcelona for its XVII General Assembly on April 21-22, 2023.
UNPO is an international organization made up of minorities, non-sovereign or occupied territories and indigenous peoples.
He is also an active member of several international bodies, such as the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Catalonia is one of the member territories, as well as Brittany, the Crimean Tatars and Tibet. It has been represented through the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, ANC, since 2018.
During the last general assembly held in Washington D.C., the former president of the pro-independence organization Elisenda Paluzie was elected vice-president of UNPO. He still holds the position.
Nations and peoples not represented
The ANC will be responsible for hosting the XVII General Assembly of the Organization.
He will also lead two days of meetings and an event of his own on Thursday, April 20 in the aula magna of Casa Convalescència, which will take place at 7:30 pm.
It will be a round table with members of stateless nations and peoples, which will be open to the public and press with prior registration. Another advantage is that it can be followed in streaming on the entity’s channel.
UNPO’s visit to Barcelona is another sign of international recognition. It is also an opportunity to make visible the struggle of stateless peoples for their right to the defense of human rights and self-determination.
About UNPO
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international organization representing indigenous peoples, minorities and non-sovereign or occupied territories that are not represented in international bodies.
It was founded in 1991 in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has more than forty members worldwide.
The Organization’s mission is to defend the human rights, democracy and sustainable development of the populations it represents.
To this end, it promotes dialogue and cooperation among its members and works to ensure that the international community pays attention to the situations affecting these populations.
UNPO members include indigenous communities, ethnic and religious minorities, as well as non-sovereign or occupied territories.
These include Tibet, the Crimean Tatars, French Brittany, Iraqi Kurdistan. Also the Mapuches of Chile and Argentina, the Rohingyas of Myanmar, the Tamils of Sri Lanka and the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, among others.
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization has consultative status with the UN, which allows it to participate in the meetings and debates of the UN General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies.
