Imphal: The United Naga Council (UNC) has petitioned the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to intervene against unilateral land transfers, cross-border violence and extrajudicial executions.
The apex Naga body in Manipur seeks an urgent halt to an alleged plan to cede indigenous ancestral territory to Myanmar.
In its memorandum, the UNC urged UN Special Procedures mandate holders to halt the unilateral exchange of territory in the Chandel/Kabaw Valley sector and freeze the re-demarcation at Choro Khunou pending Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC).
The council accused the Ministry of External Affairs of using a $3.22 billion fencing project and arbitrary “unresolved pillar” designations at Choro Khunou, Molcham and Moreh to bypass tribal consultation.
Furthermore, the UNC called for a UN team to be deployed under the Minnesota Protocol to investigate the May 7, 2026, heavy-weapons attack by the Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) on Naga border villages (including Z Choro, Namlee-Wanglee and Kaka), alongside the May 13 extrajudicial executions.
It also demanded that the Government of India honour the August 3, 2015, Indo-Naga Framework Agreement without bartering ancestral lands.
Addressing the civil unrest and hostage crisis, the UNC documented 18 civilian abductions, noting that six Naga men were murdered after being transferred to the KNF-P, an armed faction tied to an active Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement.
Highlighting political complicity, the Naga body stated that the commander of the implicated network, ST Thangboi Kipgen, is married to Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen, which it argues creates severe political pressure and compromises the integrity of local investigations.