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07/30/2009: "After 60 years of fighting, arrogance, suffering, learning, understanding and some compassion the Government of India returns to the harsh stand of Jawarhlal Nehru, the first prime Minister of the Union of India and responsible for unleashing the war upon the Naga Peoples"

Naga International Support Center, NISC www.nagalim.nl
A human rights organization

Press Release
Amsterdam, July 30 2009

After 60 years of fighting, arrogance, suffering, learning, understanding and some compassion the Government of India returns to the harsh stand of Jawarhlal Nehru, the first prime Minister of the Union of India and responsible for unleashing the war upon the Naga Peoples

To resolve this violent long term conflict in this case goodwill, on both sides, is direly needed. And though two times during the sixty years the Government of India and the Nagas did show resilience and determination to honourably come to terms with each other, now after 12 years of cease fire and subsequent talks for peace, the Government of India unilaterally announced it changed the agreement and well known conditions on which basis the peace talks are held.

Why is it that this Government of India by word of mouth of the honourable Home Minister Chidambaram before (Shirui incident) and during a recent Lok Sabha session has to state that a solution is possible but ‘within’ the Constitution of India?

The Naga International Support Center reminds the entire Government of India presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that to be credible is to be trustworthy. And, a trustworthy government honours its agreements.
What Government of any nation does not want to be trustworthy, if only because it acts on behalf of its own people?

Given the above sense of responsibility and accountability, in this case on the issue of human rights and on the issue of the signed United Nations covenant on the right to self determination of all peoples the Naga International Support Center dearly requests the Government of India to reconsider its stand on the Indo Naga conflict.

- Government of India: Do honour the agreement between the Government of India and the Naga Peoples and earnestly take steps to resolve this long overdue conflict for too many people have suffered beyond comprehension, both Nagas and Indians.



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