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UNESC urge Mons to be member of UNPII
Thu 10 May 2007,
IMNA
Mon ethnics have been urged to become members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). During a demonstration outside the United Nation in New York on May 8, on the occasion of the 250th Hongsawatoi Fallen Day, the United Nations (Economic and Social Council) urged Mons to enroll as members UNPFII.
Broddi Siguroarson, of the Division for Social Policy and Development said at a meeting with three Mon representatives, that Mons should be members of UNPFII. After which Mon representatives could place a report about the situation in Monland at the May 2008 annual meeting.
Some ethnics remain depressed and do not keep reporting their situation because the UN had not yet solved their problem. This should not be so for Mon ethnics, Broddi Siguroarson said.
A representative Nai Rot Rot said they will discuss the issue of becoming a member of UNPFII in the Mon community.
The Mon community in America demonstrated in front of the United Nations and the Burmese embassy in Washington D.C. United States.
Nai Janoi Marm, Nai Pala, and Nai Mot Deep also met Aarn Cope (Burma Desk Officer) and W.Keith Luse (Senior Professional Staff member) committee on Foreign Relations, the United States Senate.
According to Nai Janoi Marn, "We were urged to report regularly important happenings in the Mon community. They also hope to accept more refugees from Malaysia and Thailand." The demonstrators sent the history of Monland including that on 250th Hongsawatoi Fallen Day and other reports such as 'No Land to Farm' and 'Catwalks to the Barracks' prepared by HURFOM.
Aarn Cope said, "The US government is interested to invest in education and civil society. The US government will help as much as it can to improve the human rights situation in Burma. An ethnic conference will be held if necessary".
This is the first meeting with UN officers by the Mon community in United States since 1993.
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