Zomi Innkuan USA granted special Consultative Status at the United Nations

USA, DEC 11, 2014 -- Zomi Innkuan USA has become the first Zomi (Zo people) civil society organisation, campaigning to improve unity and brotherhood among the Zomis residing in the United States of America and around the world, to be recognised officially by the UN, with special consultative NGO status. At its Substantive Session of July 2014, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) granted Zomi Innkuan USA special consultative status at the UN, joining a total of more than hundreds NGOs in the Indigenous issues.

Zomi Innkuan USA can now designate official representatives to the UN headquarters in New York and the UN offices in Geneva and Vienna. In the words of the UN – “the regular presence of your organisation will allow your organisation to implement effectively and fruitfully the provisions for this consultative relationship.”

Go Sawm Khup, Zomi Innkuan USA President said: “Zomi Innkuan USA is delighted to have been invited officially to join the NGO community at the UN. It is testament to the work that Zomi Innkuan USA has done over the last ten years that we are now considered to have a valid place at the international policy making table. We join the likes of the Institute for Policy Studies in advocating for reform-- to improve the well-being, unity and oneness among the Zomi (Zo people) effectively.”

"It is open for all the Zomi (Chin+Kuki+Mizo+Kachin) Indigenous people to become members of the Organization at any level. It may, however, be noted that all local political parties and other NGOs are usually invited to participate in all our activities," said one activist.

Zomi Innkuan USA is an umbrella organization of Zomi (Zo people) throughout the United States and all around the globe. There are more than twenty local organizations affiliated each other in different U.S. states and more than fifteen international organizations around the globe.

~  KHALVONTAWI MEDIA

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