In the backdrop of human rights violations, forced labor, forced dislocation, forced conscription and forced conversions perpetrated by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces against the Nagas in the Sagaing Division, youths collectively came together to raise these concern and formed the Naga Youth Organization (NYO) in 2002 in New Delhi. The NYO initially was formed under the auspices of Naga National League for Democracy (NNLD) the sole Naga political organization which is actively working from locations in India for the restoration of Democracy in Burma. However the NYO is purely a non-political entity rather a youth organization formed to highlight and generate interaction amongst the Naga youth looking to strengthen solidarity among the various ethnic nationalities working for the restoration of democracy in Burma.

Aims and Objectives

1. To represent the voices of the Naga Youth living in Burma
2. To strive for cultural, economic, environmental and political justice of the Nagas
3. To seek for a democratic and just solution to the Naga political process
4. To promote self-reliance and self-assertion as the working principle of the Naga Youth
5. To struggle for basic human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
6. To support all democratic movements around Burma in particular and in the international arena
7. To express and encourage solidarity among those suffering in Burma

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