On the occasion of the 119th anniversary of the Chin-Lushai Conference, the umbrella organisation for Zo tribes across the region resolved here on Sunday to appeal to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly to take necessary steps for adoption of the UN Declaration by the Indian Parliament.
Zoro is an organisation that stands for re-unification of all Zo tribes scattered across the Northeast region, including Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Since its formation in 1988 at Champhai in eastern Mizoram, Zoro has been struggling to bring the Zo tribes, divided by the British, under one single administrative unit.
''The Britishers convened the famous Chin-Lushai Conference at Fort Williams in 1892 and decided to amalgamate the Chin-Lushai country.
The process of bringing Zo people, who are now divided in three countries of India, Myanmar and Bangladesh, under a single administrative unit is not realised till today,'' R Thangmawia, Zoro president, said in his speech on Sunday.
Zoro had been observing the anniversary of Chin-Lushai Conference every year since the last two decades.
Zoro is optimistic that its objective can be achieved within the framework of Article 36 of UN Declaration 2007. (UNI)
