UNPO at the UN
Participation is open to all Nations and Peoples who are not adequately represented at the UN and whose representative body, as defined in Article 6 of this title fulfils all requirements set out in this title. Prospective participants have to:
1) Believe in the equality of all Nations and Peoples and the inalienable right to self-determination
2) Adhere to internationally accepted human rights standards
3) Adhere to the principle of democratic pluralism and reject totalitarianism or any form of religious intolerance
4) Reject terrorism as a form of policy
5) Have respect for all Peoples and population groups, including minority and majority populations within territories inhabited by the participant but belonging to different ethnic, religious or linguistic groups
The prospective participant has to be a Nation or People, possessing the will to be identified as a Nation or People and is bound to a common heritage which can be historical, racial, ethnic, religious or territorial. The prospective participant can also be a section of a People, constituting a minority, living on a portion of its ancestral territory, incorporated into a State other than a State represented by that People. According to article 7 of the UNPO Covenant, as amended in October 2006:
A Nation or People, through its Representative Body, may apply to become a Participant in the Organization by submitting the following information to the Secretariat for consideration of Membership to the Organization by the Presidency:
a) a brief history of the Nation or People;
b) the reasons for the desire to become a Participant in the Organization;
c) adequate evidence of the recognition of the Representative Body as an organ of leadership by the people it claims to represent;
d) a formal declaration of adhesion to the present Covenant and the principle of non-violence;
e) evidence of the democratic character of the Representative Body’s leadership structure;
f) the statute of the Representative Body;
g) the latest annual financial- and activity report of the Representative Body.
h) payment of the application fee.
For enquiries on membership or to request the Application form, please email: membership@unpo.org
