Malemgi yelhoumee singgi numit amasung Manipur gi sakkhangbidraba yelhoumee Meitei/Meetei

9th August 2020

Ningsingba yai United Nations (UN) ki Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the promotion and protection of Human Rights ki 1982 da ahanba meefam famba houba numit 9th August pu UN General Assembly gi resolution 49/214 na chahi khudinggi “ International Day of the Indigenous Peoples” haina observe touragani haina laothokhi.

Numit adudagi houjik faoba UN yaona malemgi mafam ayambada chahi khudinggi August 9 bu malemgi yelhou-meesinggi numit oina ningsingduna thouramsing pangthoktuna lakli. Masigi mathakta UN na chahi chahigi oiba theme su laothorakpa yaori. Laibak thibadi houjik houjik Covid 19 gi laichatna maram oiduna kumsi chahigidi United Nations na virtual event oina pangthokli.

STDCM su yelhou-meesinggi numit asi pikpa chaoba thidana 2014 dagi observe touduna lakli. Adubu kumsigidi Covid laitchatna maram oiduna Committeegi thoumeesinggi oiba, President ki liching makhada Whatsapp ta online discussion oina touduna numit asi chamna observe touduna pangthokhre.

United Nations na 9th August ki kumsigi theme si “ Indigenous Peoples’ languages” haina piri. Aduga mathang numit August 10 da “COVID 19- and Indigenous Peoples’ resilience” haiba atoppa theme amadasu virtual event/discussion pangthokani hairi.

STDCM gi oina UN na piriba theme asigi mathakta local theme “ Meitei/Meeteis- the unrecognised Indigenous People of Manipur” haiba amaga hapchillaga khanna-neinaduna thouram pangthokhi. Khanna-neinaba aduda United Nations na indigenous people singgi rights promote toubaga loinana protect tounaba 9 August, world’s indigenous peoples’ day observe toubaga loinana Article 46 yaoba “ 61/295.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)” su UN General Assembly na 2007 da adopt toukhibabusu ningsingnakhi. Adubu pumnamaksigi onna-teinaba manba maongda Indian Constitution gi provision gi matung inna yelhoumee Meitei/Meetei bu Scheduled Tribe (ST) ki lista yaohanduna Constitution gi ngaklou piyu haibada Manipur leingakna tabidanaa natheiduna lakli.

Masidi malem gi leibaksinggi lup UN gi marginalised yelhoumee singgi haksing ngaknaba hotnaduna, recommendations sing touribasing adu thaoidabani haibada haimanba oiroi. Meitei/Meetei sing asi Manipurgi ningsingba thoktraba matamdagi leiraklaba yelhoumee singgi manungda amani.

Maram aduna Constitution nasu yaraba, UN nasu yelhoummee singgi rights ka mari leinaba thabaksing lumna loubaga loinanahabakta onthokpada pukning thougatliba pumnamaksi yengbiraga Manipur leingakna thabakta onthokpifam thok i.

Aduga United Nations ki theme gi matung inna indigenous peoples’ languages chaokhathannaba, mutkhidanaba yokhatpa haibasi lol adugi hourakfa oiriba, ngangliba yelhoumee sing adu kanbaga direct mari leinaribani hainingi.

Aroibada August 9 na lakpada malemgi yelhoumeesing yaifaba, chaokhatpa oirasanu haina taibang mapugi mafamda khuramjari.

(Waikhom Ananda Meetei)
Publicity Secretary
Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur