“During yesterday’s meeting, we made the decision to increase the WGEC members [and] we want people from all the different ethnic groups and organizations to participate and represent themselves,” said Nai Han Thar. WGEC will add six members from social service, youth, and women’s organizations, bringing the total to twenty.

WGEC plans to start meetings and workshops this November with hopes to hold an ethnic conference abroad and inside Myanmar, the latter pending government approval. WGEC chose fourteen committee members from nineteen ethnic armed groups.

During the conference in Chiang Mai, representatives drew up a ‘Six-Point Ethnic Peace Road Map’, which includes the following:

(1) Meeting of armed and civil society organizations, including ethnic arm groups, political parties, women and youth organizations, and all civil societies to lay down points to be included in the ‘Framework for Political Dialogue’

(2) Meeting with government representatives and ethnic armed group’s representatives to establish the ‘Framework for Political Dialogue’ with an international watch group to justly implement and inform the public of the agreements formed during the discussion

(3) After the finalization of ‘The Framework for Political Dialogue’ hold conferences in all the states and regions to create a broader representation of ethnic peoples

(4) Hold a national conference with all ethnicities, including representatives from all ethnic arms groups, representatives of political parties, and representatives of women and youth organizations.

(5) Hold a Panglong-style conference to allow an equal number of representatives from political parties, ethnic representatives, and government leaders to discuss how to establish a “genuine union” that guarantees the rights of all ethnic peoples.

(6) Secure a precise timeframe for the peace process
The UNFC believes that searching for solutions through "Triangle Discussions" between the government, democratic parties, and ethnic armed groups can bring about peace in Myanmar.