Mokokchung, April 25 (EMN): A team from the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) led by its Secretary General Gam A Shimray and founding member of the NPMHR and its first Secretary General Luithui Luinjam–who is also the author of Nagaland Files–on Tuesday held an informal interaction with citizens of Mokokchung from different fields at Hotel Metsuben in Mokokchung town.
The team had interactions with the representatives from the Senior Citizens Forum, concerned citizens of Mokokchung, and church leaders, academicians, and retired bureaucrats, among others.
Among many topics, the meeting discussed Naga political issues, the disunity of the Naga society, the Framework Agreement, and ‘international support to the Naga cause’ etc.
During the course of interactions, moderated by academician Dr Lanu Longkumer, a number of the participants raised various questions to which Luithui Luinjam responded from his experience.
The secretary general of the AIPP, Gam A Shimray, give a brief highlight about the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), and said it was a regional organization founded in 1988 by indigenous peoples’ movements.
The AIPP website informs that the Pact is committed to the cause of promoting and defending indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights and articulating issues of relevance to indigenous peoples.
At present, the AIPP has 47 members from 14 countries in Asia with 14 national formations, 15 sub-national formations and 18 local formations. Of this, six are indigenous women’s organizations and four are indigenous youth organizations.
In its vision, further disclosed that Indigenous peoples in Asia are fully exercising their rights, distinct cultures and identities, are living with dignity, and enhancing their sustainable management systems on lands, territories and resources for their own future and development in an environment of peace, justice and equality.
