Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
EU Transparency Register
80014376860-01 First registered on 03 Oct 2011
Goals / Remit
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership-based organization established to empower the voices of unrepresented and marginalized peoples worldwide and to protect their fundamental human rights.
The peoples represented within the UNPO membership are all united by one shared condition: they are denied equal representation in the institutions of national or international governance. As a consequence, their opportunity to participate on the national or international stage is limited, and they struggle to fully realize their rights to civil and political participation and to control their economic, social and cultural development. In many cases, they are subject to the worst forms of violence and repression.
UNPO is a unique presence in the international arena in that it is built and primarily funded by its members. This gives it a strong connection to those suffering the consequences of the exclusion that the organization seeks to address. And it means that UNPO is able to address issues that often remain hidden because UNPO has the freedom to raise issues that others cannot due to political or funding constraints.
The organization consists of a General Assembly of members, which serves as a deliberative body for decision making, solidarity and standard setting among unrepresented nations and peoples, and a number of Foundations established to provide secretariat services for the General Assembly and to improve the respect for the rights of unrepresented peoples everywhere through research, education and public campaigns.
UNPO History
UNPO was conceived of in the late 1980s by exiled leaders of people living under communist oppression, Linnart Mäll of the Congress of Estonia, Erkin Alptekin of the Uyghur people, and Lodi Gyari of Tibet, together with Michael Van Walt van Praag, the international law advisor of the 14th Dalai Lama. A key goal was to replicate the powerful message of nonviolence and interethnic tolerance in the face of oppression exhibited by the Tibetan people and championed by the 14th Dalai Lama and to provide a forum in which others are encouraged and supported to adopt similar approaches.
The UNPO was formally founded in February 1991 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, by representatives of movements belonging to Australian Aboriginals, Armenia, Crimean Tatars, Cordillera, East Turkestan, Estonia, Georgia, the Greek Minority in Albania, Kurdistan, Latvia, Palau, Tibet, Taiwan, Tatarstan and West Papua. They were joined just a few months later by representatives from Abkhazia, Aceh, Assyria, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, South Moluccas, Bougainville, Chechnya, Kosova, Zanzibar, and the Mairi and Iraqi Turkmen people.
Since then, UNPO's membership has grown steadily from its original founders, with membership from more than 45 peoples worldwide, comprising over 300 million people lacking true representation in domestic or international forums. Since its founding, many members have achieved their movement's goals and found a formal seat for their people at the national or international level and have, thus, left the organization as their peoples are no longer considered to be "unrepresented". More history of the organization, including charts of its past and current membership, can be found on its Wikipedia page.Main EU files targeted
UNPO follows the foreign policy of the EU, especially in regards to human rights and minority rights in the EU's relations with third countries. UNPO also follows the EU development and humanitarian agenda.
Address
Head Office
Thomas Schwenkestraat 30
The Hague 2563 BZ
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Rue du Pépin 54
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Mar 2020
Name Start date End Date Francesca FELTRIN 09 Mar 2024 07 Mar 2025 Shima SILAVI 15 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2024 Shima SILAVI 16 Nov 2022 15 Nov 2023 Ms Lucia Parrucci 19 Oct 2022 01 Feb 2023 Ms Lucia Parrucci 20 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022 Ms Lucia Parrucci 11 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021 Mr James MACKLE 13 Jul 2019 11 Jul 2020 Mr James MACKLE 02 Feb 2019 01 May 2019 Ms Lucia Parrucci 23 Nov 2018 23 Nov 2019 Ms Julie Duval 23 Nov 2018 26 May 2019 Mr Fernando BURGÉS 06 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Mr James MACKLE 06 Oct 2018 02 Feb 2019 Ms Mona SILAVI 14 Apr 2018 01 Nov 2018 Ms Julie Duval 03 Jan 2018 23 Nov 2018 Ms Lucia Parrucci 28 Nov 2017 23 Nov 2018 Ms Mona SILAVI 27 Oct 2017 14 Apr 2018 Mr Lukas Maries van Diermen 27 Oct 2017 13 Apr 2018 Mr Tommaso NODARI MOCENIGO SORANZO 14 Oct 2017 05 Oct 2018 Mr Fernando BURGÉS 13 Oct 2017 06 Oct 2018 Ms Lucia Parrucci 09 Jun 2017 28 Nov 2017 Mr Lukas Maries van Diermen 05 Apr 2017 04 Oct 2017 Ms Julie Duval 10 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018 Ms Lucia Parrucci 08 Dec 2016 07 Jun 2017 Mr Tommaso NODARI MOCENIGO SORANZO 25 Oct 2016 14 Oct 2017 Mr Fernando BURGÉS 25 Oct 2016 13 Oct 2017 Ms Lucia Parrucci 05 Sep 2016 08 Dec 2016 Ms Johanna Green 23 Feb 2016 05 Nov 2016 Mr Tommaso NODARI MOCENIGO SORANZO 29 Oct 2015 25 Oct 2016 Mr Fernando BURGÉS 29 Oct 2015 25 Oct 2016 Ms Johanna Green 19 Feb 2015 17 Feb 2016 Ms Iva Petkovic 19 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Johanna Green 19 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Ms Alix Bricteux 11 Oct 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Maud Vanwalleghem 13 Sep 2013 12 Sep 2014 Ms Maud Vanwalleghem 21 Aug 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr Robert Andrew SWAN 24 Jan 2012 01 Dec 2012 Mr Marcos STEUER 27 Feb 2012 01 Sep 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia,
Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front,
Freedom Front Plus,
Democratic Solidarity Party of Ahwaz,
Ambazonia Governing Council,
Assyrian Universal Alliance,
Balochistan National Party,
Barotse National Freedom Alliance,
Cultural Conservation Act, Malian Association for the Preservation of Bellah Culture,
Kelc’h An Dael,
Assemblea Nacional Catalana,
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti,
Crimean Tatar “Milli Mejlis”,
DC Statehood Congressional Delegation,
World Uyghur Congress,
Gilgit-Baltistan Democratic Alliance,
Initiative pour la Résurgence du Mouvement Abolitionniste,
Congress of World Hmong People,
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan,
Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan,
Mouvement for the Self-determination of Kabylia,
Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation,
Federal Lezghin National and Cultural Autonomy,
Alliance for and Independent Madhesh,
National Socialist Council of Nagalim,
Ogaden National Liberation Front,
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People,
Oromo Liberation Front,
Direction aux Affaires Savoisiennes,
World Sindhi Congress,
Government of Somaliland,
Republic of South Moluccas,
Southern Azerbaijani Alliance,
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center,
The Sulu Foundation of Nine Ethnic Tribes Inc.,
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy,
Central Tibetan Administration,
Balochistan People’s Party,
Homeland Study Group Foundation. -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The UNPO has worked closely with elected representatives and international nongovernmental organisations to raise awareness of minority and marginalised nations and peoples around the world.
This has included participating in and facilitating briefings, hearings, conferences, and the distribution of information materials within the European institutions.
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 23 Mar 2021 Location video - conference Subject Review of the EU regulation on a generalized scheme of preference Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Situation in Iran Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Isaac Valero Ladron (Cabinet member)