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UNC asks Centre, State to work more for peace
Declare ceasefire, Naga body urges
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Imphal, January 19 2024:
As killings continue, the United Naga Council (UNC) Peace Committee has once again urged both the Government of Manipur and the Central Government to be serious in their measures to stop the violence immediately.
The UNC Peace Committee said killings have saddened everyone and it feels that there is a strong need for the Central Government and the State Government to be serious in their measures.
The Naga body peace committee also said, "We are greatly saddened by the killings" .
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In a statement issued to Newmai News Network today, the UNC Peace Committee reiterated its earlier statement that "it has been at a loss and short of words" to make any comment on the ongoing violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo community.
The UNC Peace Committee, however, "strongly believes" that to any problem, there should be a solution anywhere and everywhere.The UNC Peace Committee further said that seriousness of the Central Government and the State Government on the prevailing situation in Manipur is the need of the hour.
It can be mentioned here that the UNC Peace Committee has been working hard to stop the violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo community.
In last November, the Naga peace committee had said, "Since both the warring communities are facing difficulties to come together to a dialogue table at this moment towards making a sort of a 'joint declaration' to halt violence, the committee feels that, somehow someone, either the Meitei community or the Kuki-Zo community, must show magnanimity by unilaterally declaring to halt violence" .
In this regard, the Naga peace committee had fervently appealed to both the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo community to be brave and magnanimous enough to unilaterally declare "ceasefire" .
The Naga peace committee had also stated two months ago that such unilateral declaration for "ceasefire" is actually an act of bravery and magnanimity, and not otherwise.
"If one community unilaterally declares 'ceasefire', the other will follow suit," the UNC Peace Committee had stated.
"The act of the one who first declares 'ceasefire' will be considered as a historic move and be remembered for generations to come", the Naga peace committee had also said.
The United Naga Council (UNC) Peace Committee said they had met leaders of the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo community separately.
Which transpired in the meetings were not disclosed.
However, the Naga peace committee has been persuading both the warring communities to stop the violence.
In September last year, the Naga peace committee had also urged both the State Government and the Central Government to "tirelessly work without fear and favour to ensure the rule of law".
The UNC Peace Committee had also urged both the Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo community through various media platforms to refrain from further engaging in "hostile acts and to hold an immediate ceasefire from intermittent firing" .
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