Karen National Union -KNU

The Karen National Union (KNU) is a democratic political organisation, seeking equality and self-determination, human rights, democracy and equality in a Federal Union of Burma.  The KNU is the leading political organisation representing the aspirations of the Karen people. The KNU was founded in 1947. The main aim of the KNU is a genuine Federal Union based on equality and self-determination. Our mission is to establish a genuine Federal Union in cooperation with all the Karen, and all the ethnic peoples in the country for harmony, peace, stability and prosperity for all.

Our objectives are:
1. To gain the rights of equality and self-determination for the Karen people;
2. To establish the Karen state with a just and fair territory and self- determination;
3. To establish the Federal Union based on democracy and self-determination;
4. To gain basic rights, democracy and equality for the Karen people and all ethnic nationalities of Burma.