General Resolution: Adopted Unanimously on 26 June 2005 by the VII UNPO General Assembly

The VII General Assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, convened in The Hague from 24 to 26 June 2005,

Expresses gratitude

to UNPO Members and partners, including the International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and Other Minorities, the Transnational Radical Party and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy; for the invaluable support in financial and human resources to re-build and re-launch the organisation; and for giving voice to UNPO Members in international fora, including at the UN;

Welcomes

the new Members that have joined UNPO since the VI General Assembly;

Salutes

the Members of UNPO who are struggling for political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights around the world, to defend and uphold the cause of freedom, justice, peace and dignity of individuals and peoples;

Pays homage

to the voices of the victims of all forms of oppression, foreign occupation and alien or cultural domination, and other violations of International Law and Human Rights that is taking place in many parts of the world, and all those who struggle against these injustices through non-violence, dialogue and civil struggle;

Recommits itself

to the values of the right to life, freedom, justice, peace, non-violence and democracy as enshrined in the Covenant of UNPO;

Reiterates its commitment

to reject and end the indiscriminate use of violence, including all forms of terrorism;

Condemns

All states, corporations and others entities who perpetrate oppression and gross human rights violations against the Peoples who are fighting for freedom, democracy and justice;

all attempts at the execution of the War on terrorism in such a way as a pretext to criminalize struggles for freedom and justice;

Calls upon

the international community to actively support struggles for freedom, justice, non-violence and democracy in every part of the world, and particular in accordance with the specific member resolutions adopted at this VII General Assembly.

Realising

the need to re-structure our organization to effectively meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century;

Convinced

of the urgency to embark on a reform process that will reposition the organization to tap on a network of partners in order to support UNPO financially and through partnership in the major activities; and prepare an International campaign in support of the goal to obtain a Observer Status for UNPO in one of the bodies of the United Nations;

The VII General Assembly hereby decides

to appoint a Presidency of the General Assembly composed of a maximum of ten Members to work with the Chairpersons to guide, oversee and assist the Secretariat in preparing reforms and running the activities of UNPO during the transitional term until the VIII General Assembly;

to mandate the General Secretary to set up a Committee of Experts with the task of preparing, within six months, a first draft proposal for reform of the organization and to prepare a Final Draft Proposal for consideration by the VIII General Assembly, for the month of October 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan, after ample consultation with Members;

to empower the General Secretary to assign two Assistant General Secretaries, indicated by the General Secretary, to share all responsibilities and duties of the General Secretary;

to mandate the General Secretary to reconstitute the Board of the UNPO Stichting, in consultation with the Chairpersons of the General Assembly and the legal advisor.

The provisions of the Covenant relating to the functions and powers of the Steering Committee shall remain suspended until the VIII General Assembly, in order to prepare a proposal for reform of the organisation, while running the affairs of the organisation as effectively and economically as possible.