A high-level conclave of Kuki-Zo civil society organisations, legal experts, and leaders of groups under Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreements concluded in Shillong with a collective declaration demanding the creation of a Union Territory with a legislature under Article 239A, backed by constitutional protection under Article 244.

The "Declaration of the Shillong Conclave" marks one of the strongest unified statements yet from the Kuki-Zo community amid the prolonged ethnic conflict in Manipur between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo groups. The gathering called for a broad-based, participatory political dialogue with the Centre to secure peace and justice for those displaced by the violence since May 2023.

The conclave underscored that the "immediate political resolution of the Manipur impass

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