The Naga People Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) raised the issue of a just and honourable settlement of the political demands of the Naga National Movement in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and called upon the UN Special Rapporteur to visit the Naga areas.
Athili Sapriina, executive member of the NPMHR, in a statement to the 7th session of the Permanent Forum on May 2, urged agencies like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) that having a direct bearing on the people, to undertake a more participatory process "in planning, implementation and monitoring of projects, which otherwise gives primacy to the Nation States which refuses to involve Indigenous Peoples."
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