Morung Express News
Mokokchung | April 25
A team from the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) today held an informal interaction with citizens of Mokokchung from different fields at Hotel Metsuben conference hall here today.
The AIPP team was led by its Secretary General Gam Shimray and founding member of NPMHR and 1st Secretary General, Luingam Luithui – who is also the author of Nagaland Files – and others teammates. The team held intellectual interaction with representatives from Senior Citizens Forum, concerned citizens of Mokokchung, church leaders, academicians, retired bureaucrats etc.
The meeting informally discussed about the Naga political issues – the past and present – the disunity of the Naga society, the Framework Agreement, the international support to the Naga cause etc. During the interaction which was moderated by academician Dr. Lanu Longkumer. The concerned citizens raised different questions, to which Luingam Luithui (1st AIPP secretary general) responded to their queries from his experiences.
The Secretary General of AIPP, Gam Shimray, while giving a brief highlight about the AIPP, said it is a regional organization founded in 1988 by indigenous peoples’ movements.
A look at the AIPP website further disclosed 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, AIPP has 47 members from 14 countries in Asia with 14 National Formations, 15 Sub-national Formations and 18 Local Formations. Of this number, 6 are Indigenous Women’s Organizations and 4 are Indigenous Youth Organizations. Its vision is for indigenous peoples in Asia to fully exercise their rights, distinct cultures and identities in a way that enables 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.
