The United Nationalities Federal Council ( my, ညီညွတ်သောတိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးများဖက်ဒရယ်ကောင်စီ;

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UNFC) is a

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of five opposition groups in Myanmar. In 2011, the council was formed by 11 opposition groups that campaigns for the rights of various

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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. Six of the UNFC's members have successfully made or are in the process of making peace negotiations and permanent

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agreements with the government. The group's armed wing is the Federal Union Army (FUA).

Membership

The UNFC currently has five members.

Ceasefire members

Chin National Front The Chin National Front ( my, ချင်းအမျိုးသားတပ်ဦး; CNF) is a Chin nationalist political organization in Myanmar. According to its website, its armed wing, the Chin National Army (CNA), fights the government of ...

(suspended in November 2015) *

Karen National Union The Karen National Union ( my, ကရင် အမျိုးသား အစည်းအရုံး; abbreviated KNU) is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), that claims to represent the Ka ...

(resigned in September 2014) *

Karenni Army The Karenni Army ( my, ကရင်နီ တပ်မတော်; abbreviated KA, KnA or KiA) is the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and operates in eastern Kayah State (also known as Karenni State), Myanmar (Burma ...

* Lahu Democratic Union *

New Mon State Party The New Mon State Party (NMSP) ( mnw, ဗော်ဍုၚ်မန်တၟိ; my, မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ ) is an opposition party in Myanmar. Its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), has fought the gove ...

* Pa-O National Organization (suspended in November 2015) * Shan State Army - North

Non-ceasefire members

Arakan Army The Arakan Army ( my, ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်, Rakhaing Tattaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United Lea ...

Kachin Independence Army The Kachin Independence Army (KIA; Kachin: ''ShangLawt Hpyen''; my, ကချင်လွတ်လပ်ရေးတပ်မတော်) is a non-state armed group and the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), a pol ...

(resigned in May 2017) *

Ta'ang National Liberation Army The Ta'ang National Liberation Army ( my, တအောင်း အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော်; abbreviated TNLA) in Myanmar (Burma), is the armed wing of the Palaung State Liberati ...

(resigned in 2016) * Wa National Organisation (resigned in May 2017)

Leadership

* Chief: Nai Hong Sar (NMSP) * Vice-chief: Naing Han Tha (NMSP) * Secretary: Khu Oo Yel (KNPP) * Co-secretary: U Tun Zaw (ANC)

References

External links

UNFC website
History of Myanmar (1948–present) Internal conflict in Myanmar Political party alliances in Myanmar Politics of Myanmar Rebel groups in Myanmar {{Myanmar-stub