The Party for National Unity and Democracy (Commonly: PUND–Salama, fr:

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

Parti pour l’unité nationale et la démocratie) is a small political party in the West African State of Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

. Its slogan "Salama", is an Arabic loan word meaning "Peace" in the Hausa language

Hausa language

Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...

. The party was one of two parties active in the National Assembly of Niger

National Assembly of Niger

The unicameral National Assembly of Niger is the country's sole legislative body. The National Assembly may propose laws and is required to approve all legislation.-History:...

 during the Third Republic (1993-1996) which relied on a base among the Tuareg and other communities of the north of the nation.

It won three seats in the 12 January 1995 elections

Nigerien parliamentary election, 1995

A parliamentary election was held in Niger on 12 January 1995. The last election of the Third Republic of Niger, they were called following a split in the ruling coalition, but resulted in a government divided between the party of the President and an opposition coalition holding the National...

 where it joined the Alliance of the Forces of Change

Alliance of the Forces of Change (Niger)

The Alliance of the Forces of Change was one of the two large political coalitions which contested for power in Niger from 1991 to 1996.-Formation:...

 coalition of President Mahamane Ousmane

Mahamane Ousmane

Mahamane Ousmane is a Nigerien politician. He was the first democratically elected and fourth President of Niger, serving from 16 April 1993 until his ouster in a military coup d'état on 27 January 1996. He has continued to run for President in each election since his ouster, and he was President...

, the first and last time it achieved national office.