MESSAGE TO THE KACHIN PEOPLE

The Kachin National Organization (KNO) was formed on 9th September 1999 in order to continue Kachin's unfinished independence struggle from the brutal military regime. The KNO will continue to support by all means to all the Kachin political organizations fighting for the freedom and rights of the Kachin people.

The Kachin National Organization joined and became an active member of the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) since 2004 for formation of genuine federal union with the other ethnic nationalities.

The reason many young Kachins abroad today volunteer to join the KNO is that SPDC and KIO ceasefire which has yielded no political progress but has torn apart the Kachinland by extraction of natural resources. The problems such as HIV/AIDS, prostitutions, Chinese illegal migrant workers, human trafficking and the lost of land to drug barons who are investing black money in extraction of natural resources in Kachinland.

The another major disappointment and concern for Kachin peoples today is that the SPDC is building more military battalions in Kachinland with a clear intention to continue and establish military occupation.

Moreover, SPDC has no political will to give a chance to solve political problems with ceasefire Kachin political organizations inside Kachinland. Instead, the SPDC lures some Kachin ceasefire groups’ leaders with fortunes and created a corrupt prototype of SPDC.

As a result of ceasefire, followed by privatization of the extraction of natural resources in the Kachinland, more Kachin local people have been increasingly forced out of their land and become jobless. On the other hand, more and more young people have to leave their homeland and seek for better life and education abroad, especially in their neighboring countries. In such circumstances, the KNO was formed with a clear vision of leadership toward the freedom of Kachin people.

Finally, we, the KNO strongly urge young and adult Kachin nationals living abroad to join, support and shared aspiration with the KNO.



Kachin National Organization
Email: knoffice_uk@yahoo.com
          kno_office@yahoo.com
Website: www.kachinland.org