To achieve genuine national reconciliation all parties and individuals must work together...The present crisis in Burma occurs in all parts of Burmese life and is most apparent in the current political standoff between the military government and its political opposition. Today, Burma faces the following obstacles to national reconciliation: one, the regime is not representative of the people; two, a decades old civil war; three, political tension between the regime and the opposition; four, the military rules without a constitution; five, widespread human-rights abuses; six, rapid inflation; seven, a poor education system; and eight, unemployment and lack of food and medical care, etc..."