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BurmaNet News June 19, 1996
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The BurmaNet News: June 19, 1996
Issue # 446
Noted in Passing:
SLORC can always play the China card. - Kei Nemoto,
a Burma specialist (see CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
article)
HEADLINES:
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DASSK: A KEY POLITICAL EVENT 8 YEARS AGO
ABSDF: NEW KARENNI REFUGEES FLEE FORCED RELOCATION
ABSDF: BEYOND RANGOON IN THAILAND
REUTERS: BURMA ARRESTS BODYGUARD
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (title lost)
NATION: SLORC REASSURES ASEAN OVER TURMOIL IN BURMA
REUTER: MALAYSIA TELLS THE WEST TO STAY OUT
REUTER : I.L.O. TO INVESTIGATE FORCED LABOUR BY SLORC
UPI: NEW CITY SQUARE FOR RANGOON
S.H.A.N : BATTLE NEWS BETWEEN THE SLORC ARMY AND KARENNI
NATION: THAILAND SIGNS YETAGUN GAS DEAL WITH RANGOON
ANNOUNCEMENT: INVITATION FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY
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DASSK: A KEY POLITICAL EVENT 8 YEARS AGO
June 18, 1996 (reprinted in The Nation)
Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi
In Burma the number eight is not generally held to be in any way
special, although as Buddhists most of the people of the country
know of the noble eightfold path and the eight victories of the
Lord Buddha.
But eight years ago, in 1988, the number eight unexpectedly
acquired a potent political significance. On August 8 of that
year, 8-8-88, a general strike was declared and public
demonstrations that had been taking place throughout the nation
for several days took on massive proportions.
Participating in these peaceful demonstrations were people of all
ages, from the different strata of society: students, farmers,
labourers, civil servants, including members of the armed forces,
Buddhist monks, Christians, Muslims, intellectuals,
professionals, businessmen, small traders, housewives and
artists. Their united demand was for change: They wanted no more
of the authoritarian rule, initiated by a military coup in 1962,
that had impoverished Burma intellectually, politically, morally
and economically.
The discontent that had been simmering in the country for years
had come to a boil in March 1988 after an incident in a tea shop
led to the killing of a university student by members of the
security forces. Students held demonstrations demanding an open
investigation into the death, and when it became evident that
these demands would not be met by the authorities more protests
broke out in June.
The country was in ferment and in July U Ne Win, the chairman of
the BSPP, U San Yu, the president, and a number of the nation's
top leaders resigned. At the dramatic emergency congress where
the resignations were announced, the outgoing chairman declared
that a decision should be made as to whether the country should
continue under one-party rule or whether it should opt for a
multi-party system. He also made the ominous remark that when the
army shot? it shot straight.
Within a matter of days it became sufficiently clear that the new
administration under President U Sein Lwin had no intention of
abolishing one party dictatorship. The frustrations that the
people of Burma had been holding back for some two decades
erupted and they poured out on to the streets in a great,
spontaneous demonstration of their desire for a governing system
that would respect their will. The movement for democracy had begun.
It is never easy to convince those who have acquired power
forcibly of the wisdom of peaceful change. On the night of Aug 8
the army moved to crush the demonstrations, shooting down
thousands of unarmed people, including children, throughout the
land. The killings went on for four days but the demonstrations
continued and the president, U Sein Lwin, resigned. The next
president, Maung Maung, was the first head of state Burma had
known in nearly three decades who had not come into government
from the ranks of the military.
For a while the people hoped their demands for democracy would be
met speedily. However, on Sept 18 troops once again fired on
unarmed demonstrators and the military took over the
administration of the country.
The new junta assumed what has often been described as an
Orwellian title: the State Law and Order Restoration Council or
Slorc. The Slorc proclaimed that it was not interested in holding
on to power for long and that it would establish multi-party
democracy in Burma within a short period of time. Political
parties were required to register with the Multi-party Elections
Commission which was charged with the responsibility of
organising free and fair elections.
More than 200 parties registered, among them the National League
for Democracy (NLD).
>From the beginning the path the NLD had to tread was far from
smooth.
The enthusiastic support of the public which led to NLD offices
springing up even in the remotest villages brought upon the party
the unfriendly attention of the authorities. Slorc had announced
that the military powers would observe a strictly neutral
position but it soon became evident that the National Unity
Party, as the BSPP had decided to restyle itself, was very much
the favoured political organisation.
Harassment and intimidation became everyday matters for members
of the NLD. But we learned to cope and amid teething pains our
party became stronger by the day.
In building up the NLD our chief concern was to establish a
close, mutually beneficial relationship with the general public.
We listened to the voice o the people that our policies might be
in harmony with their legitimate needs and aspirations.
We discussed with them the problems of our country and explained
why, in spite of its inevitable flaws, we considered democracy to
be better than other political systems. Most important of all, we
sought to make them understand why we believed that political
change was best achieved through non-violent means.
Letters from Burma is a series of weekly articles containing Aung
San Suu Kyi's reflections on the social, cultural and political
scene in Burma today.
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ABSDF: NEW KARENNI REFUGEES FLEE FORCED RELOCATION
June 18, 1996
About 600 new Karenni refugees, who have fled Burma due to forced
relocation orders issued by the Slorc, recently arrived at the border area
of Mae Hong Son province.
These newly arrived refugees, including infant children and
pregnant women, are currently staying in make - shift shelters giving them
little protection from the monsoon rains.
More than 2,000 Karenni villagers from 98 villages in Shar Taw
township, Karenni State were ordered to relocate from their native
villages to Shar Taw town itself. These villages, including Daw Saw Kho,
Daw Par, Htee Saw Ku, Daw Hle Khu, Thaw Soe Le, and Daw Hel Da villages
are situated between the Salween River and Pun Creek in Karenni State.
The order dated May 31, issued by Slorc IB (54), LIB (337) and
(530), all based in Karenni State, commanded the local villagers to move
to Shar Taw town by June 7 or face arrest if they failed to comply. This
order was intended to cut all ties between the local people and Karenni
forces. Slorc resumed their offensive against the Karenni National
Progressive Party (KNPP) last March after the cease - fire was broken.
Slorc has commonly used the "four cuts" strategy in order to prevent the
local people from supporting the ethnic forces.
"Villagers from Htee Saw Ku were arrested while they stopped to
help one woman in the group give birth on the way to the border," said U
Ngar Yel, 38, villager from Daw Hle Khu. All the people arrested were
taken to Shar Taw town. Later they were a small piece of land in the
muddy paddy fields, according to him. He himself had abandoned three
acres of land, two bullocks and paddy back in his village.
Slorc troops burnt down the abandoned villages of Daw Mu Hta, Daw
Hle Khu and Daw Mu Ma last week. Many Slorc columns have been sent to the
area in order to prevent the people from escaping into Thailand.
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ABSDF: BEYOND RANGOON IN THAILAND
June 19, 1996
Beyond Rangoon is being shown at seven theaters in Bangkok after
a long debate between the Thai authorities and Thai theater contractor.
While Burma is getting attraction as a tourist destination by the Thai
citizen because of the three popular Thai TV drama series, we are using
"Beyond Rangoon" as a tool among the Thai movie-goers. Thai students will
distribute the leaflets starting from tomorrow at the two major cinema
halls asking Thai audiences to boycott "Visit Myanmar Year" and
support the struggle for democracy in Burma led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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REUTERS: BURMA ARRESTS BODYGUARD
June 18, 1996
RANGOON (Reuter) - One of Burmese democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi's bodyguards was arrested after he left Suu Kyi's
residence last week, an opposition source said Tuesday.
An official with Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy
(NLD) party told Reuters that Hlaing Eva was arrested after he
left Suu Kyi's Rangoon compound Thursday.
``He went out to the bazaar at around 8 p.m. and he was
arrested,'' the NLD official said.
He said Hlaing Eva, one of Suu Kyi's many NLD bodyguards,
has not been heard from and the party does not know if he has
been charged or where he is being held.
The NLD official also said two of Suu Kyi's personal
assistants, Win Htein and Aye Win, were still being held by the
military government.
Win Htein and Aye Win were two of more than 250 NLD members
who were arrested by the military government last month in a
sweeping crackdown against democracy politicians ahead of a
controversial congress of senior NLD members.
Many of those who were arrested have since been freed but
several dozen remain in custody, NLD sources said.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (title lost)
June 18, 1996 by Cameron W. Barr
BANGKOK -- After a week-long tour of East Asia by two American
envoys, it seems clear that any international action to ease the
standoff between democracy activists and the military-run Burmese
government will take place on Asian terms - with lots of
behind-the-scenes consensus-building.
Former United States Ambassador William Brown and a onetime member
of the National Security Council, Stanley Roth, were careful at a
weekend press conference here to emphasize that they came to explore
``shared concerns'' over Burma.
``We came to consult with friends and allies in the region as to how
one might best deter a possible deterioration leading to violence and
bloodshed in the area,'' Mr. Brown said.
The two Americans met with leaders in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. All but Japan are members of
the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), a group that has
adopted a policy of ``constructive engagement'' toward Burma.
ASEAN members, said Brown, ``are rightfully sensitive about the fact
that they are a unique organization and that they have their own
particular ways in achieving their objectives.''
At the same time, Burma has become something of a cause celebre on
American college campuses, and several members of Congress want a tough
approach on Burma. The Burmese regime has been widely criticized for
denying human rights.
But Asian officials and commentators have been quick to discourage
Washington from a heavy-handed approach that they say would further
isolate the Burmese government, which in recent years has been pursuing
a policy of economic opening and free-market reforms after decades of
stagnation.
It is not clear that the Clinton administration is eager to take
much of a stand on Burma, although Mr. Roth said the US ``was prepared
to take additional steps - bilateral, political, diplomatic, but
possibly on the economic side as well'' - if the situation were to
deteriorate. Some American companies have taken advantage of Burma's
economic opening, but the level of US investment is low compared with
that of Asian countries.
Brown appeared to offer Burma something of a peace offering,
praising what he called ``some improvement on the question of forced
labor in Burma.`` There are many Burmese exiles in Thailand, however,
who would dispute his assertion. He also noted that the US and Asian
countries are pushing for compromise, which he said ``requires movement
on more than one side.''
In recent days Asian officials reportedly have suggested that Suu
Kyi ought to alter her tactics and positions in order to reach an
accommodation with the regime.
From ASEAN countries, as well, there are mixed signals. Thai
officials, for example, were uncharacteristically critical of the
detentions. Last week senior officials from ASEAN countries recommended
that Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas visit Burma to express the
group's concerns. ``The ASEAN countries have come to an agreement that
they are concerned about the present developments, which seems to be
leading only to a showdown. We don't want to see that,'' said Saroj
Chavanaviraj, deputy permanent secretary in Thailand's Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, in an interview last week.
But Mr. Alatas refused to visit because of time constraints,
according to Mr. Saroj. Nonetheless, the episode showed that ASEAN may
gradually become more dynamic on political issues. As it is, ASEAN has
a reputation for staying out of member countries' internal politics.
Perhaps the single most uncomfortable thing for ASEAN is China,
whose military and economy are beginning to feel threatening to
Southeast Asia. The Chinese have close relations with the Burmese
regime, and analysts in Asia worry that alienating Burma could give
China a close ally in Southeast Asia.
``SLORC can always play the China card,'' says Kei Nemoto, a Burma
specialist at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. That is one
reason ASEAN has been trying to draw Burma into its fold, and the
regime has said it is interested in trying to join the group by the end
of the century.
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NATION: SLORC REASSURES ASEAN OVER TURMOIL IN BURMA
June 18, 1996
RITA PATIYASEVI
KUALA LUMPUR - Burma yesterday gave the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations assurances that it will adhere to the group's
policies to foster regional stability and use peaceful means to
deal with its internal problems.
Burma's Foreign Minister U Ohn Gyaw and Foreign Minister Amnuay
Viravan made their remarks during a bilateral meeting yesterday,
two days after Washington's special envoys concluded a week-long
Asian tour to discuss ways to coordinate the best approach to the
current political turmoil in Burma.
Amnuay said after the meeting that Burma was well aware of its
status and future role in Asean and will follow a policy that
promoted regional stability.
Ohn Gyaw insisted that the ruling State Law and Order Restoration
Council (Slorc) was promoting political dialogue with the
opposition New League for Democracy (NLD) party.
Amnuay said U Ohn Gyaw had earlier sent him a letter denying the
situation in Burma was serious and blaming the media for
exaggerating.
"The Burmese government does not want to have a confrontation
with the opposition wing and at present has not detained any
opposition members," Amnuay quoted U Ohn Gyaw as saying.
Amnuay said Ohn Gyaw continued by saying the authorities would
only jail those who have committed offences. "So far no one has
done anything wrong, so no one has been detained," the Burmese
minister was quoted as saying.
NLD leader "Aung San Suu Kyi can conduct meetings but she must
not cause any trouble," Amnuay quoted U Ohn Gyaw as saying.
The two ministers yesterday discussed Amnuay's visit to Burma on
Aug 5.
Amnuay said his visit was in response to an invitation from the
Slorc's First Secretary Khin Nyunt.
Kyodo yesterday reported that Ohn Gyaw also explained the recent
political tension in his country to Indonesian Foreign Minister
Ali Alatas at a bilateral meeting after a ministerial conference
of Asean and Mekong countries.
Alatas said he conveyed to Ohn Gyaw Asean's decision to admit
Burma and India as new members of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF),
which was launched in Bangkok in 1994 as a loose consultative
grouping on security in the Asia-Pacific region.
Alatas said Ohn Gyaw "was quite prepared to fulfill the
requirements that were needed for [Burma's] entry as a new member
of the ARF".
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REUTER: MALAYSIA TELLS THE WEST TO STAY OUT OF ASEAN-
BURMA BUSINESS
June 18, 1996
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuter) - Malaysia's Foreign Minister said
Tuesday the West had no business in telling Southeast Asian nations that
Burma should not be allowed to join the region's foremost economic and
political grouping, ASEAN.
``We are able to decide what is in the best interest of ASEAN and I don't
think we need to be told by anyone,'' Abdullah Badawi was quoted as saying by
the national Bernama news agency.
Abdullah, speaking after talks with visiting Burmese Foreign Minister Ohn
Gyaw, was commenting on the recent bid by a group of U.S. envoys to
discourage ASEAN governments to admit Burma into the grouping.
ASEAN, formed in 1967, groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Cambodia and Laos are observers
in the grouping and Burma is expected to be accorded the same status in July.
U.S. officials, in a recent tour of ASEAN nations, have warned that Burma
could destabilize the region if allowed to join the grouping before its
ruling junta and pro-democracy forces achieved reconciliation.
``This is a matter for Myanmar (Burma) whether it wishes to join ASEAN or
not, and it is a matter for ASEAN whether Myanmar should be a member of
ASEAN,'' Abdullah said. ``(It) is not a matter for others to decide.'
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REUTER : I.L.O. TO INVESTIGATE FORCED LABOUR BY SLORC
June 18, 1996
from: julien moe <moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
GENEVA, June 18 (Reuter) - Workers' representatives will ask the
International Labour Organisation to create a special commission of inquiry
into use of forced labour in Burma, delegates to the agency's annual assembly
said on Tuesday.
They said the request to hit Burma with what is effectively the ILO's
most severe sanction short of expulsion was expected to be accepted at a
meeting on Thursday.
The ILO, which has a tripartite structure that gives equal weight to
workers, employers and governments, last created a commission of inquiry in
the 1980s into labour standards in Romania during the rule of late dictator
Nicolae Ceausescu.
The ILO's own committee of experts into member states' application of key
labour standards was to report to the assembly later on Tuesday and was
widely expected to accuse Burma of using forced labour.
The commission of inquiry, made up of human rights experts and jurists,
will probably hold its first meeting in November.
A U.N. human rights investigator, Yozo Yokota, reported in April that
forced labour was still widespread in Burma. Human rights activists say the
worst abuses occur in large construction and infrastructure projects.
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UPI: NEW CITY SQUARE FOR RANGOON
June 18, 1996
From: John Scherb <mcs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
RANGOON, Burma, June 18 (UPI) - A Malaysian company has signed a
contract with Burmese authorities to build a modern city square in
central Rangoon at an estimated cost of $85 million, the official
news media reported Tuesday.
The build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract was signed Monday in
Rangoon between the Teknik Cekap SDN BHD company of Malaysia and the
Yangon City Development Committee (formerly the Rangoon Municipal
Corp. ), according to the government-run New Light of Myanmar
newspaper.
The projected city square will comprise luxury apartments,
company and banking offices, a shopping mall, a movie theater, and
medical clinics, the paper said.
The report did not specify when the buildings were scheduled for
completion but said the Malaysian company will operate the square
for 30 years after completion before handing it over to the Yangon
City Development Committee.
The project is one of the largest to be announced so far under
the military government's economic expansion policy, which has been
financed largely by foreign capital.
Singaporean, Thai, Chinese and Malaysian investors have been
among the first to inject large amounts of investment money into
Burma, leading to a hotel building boom in Rangoon.
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S.H.A.N : BATTLE NEWS BETWEEN THE SLORC ARMY AND KARENNI
( KAYARNG OR PADAUNG ) TROOPS
June 6, 1996
On 30.05.96, SLORC No. 516 LIB and 247 LIB and Karenni or Kayarng ( Padaung )
troops ( said to be wearing badges depicting buffalo and gourd; some wore
ear-rings; all spoke Kayarng and Burmese, no one spoke Shan ), 500-600 strong,
clashed at a place east of Taunggyi on the Taunggyi-Keng Tung motor road. It
lasted more than 6 hours and both sides suffered heavy casualties. This Karenni
( Kayarng or Padaung ) group had gone up to northern Shan State just after the
surrender of the MTA to the SLORC. It is speculated that they had gone up to
meet the leaders of SSNA-SURA for mutual understanding, mutual assistance and
cooperation.
The SLORC army got the news about their return heading south towards the
Shan-Karenni border, and lay in wait for them at the road section where they
were supposed to cross. But, at the end of the 6 hour-clash, the Kayarng managed
to pierce through the Burmese blockade and continued south. They were said to be
in the Loi Lai range area northwest of Murng Pan, preparing to continue south,
in early May. The Burmese were also trying to pursue them and block their way
from many different directions.
The SLORC army has launched an operation to chase and mop up some remaining
resistance forces in southern and central Shan State and during the time from
early Feb. to mid April had suffered heavy casualties in numerous skirmishes
with this Kayarng group and the SURA group, led by Maj.Yord Serk, who
had broken away from the MTA and still refuses to surrender, it is said.
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NATION: THAILAND SIGNS YETAGUN GAS DEAL WITH RANGOON
Price to PTT should be no more' than current Yadana gas
June 18, 1996
by Watcharong Thongrung
The Nation, AFP
RANGOON - Thailand and Burma have signed a preliminary agreement
on gas export sales from the Yetagun filed in the Burmese Gulf of
Mataban, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) has announced.
At a ceremony in Rangoon yesterday, Thai Industry Minister
Chaiwat Sinsuwong, and Burmese Minister of Energy U Khin Maung
Thein "expressed their support for continued negotiations"
between state-owned PTT and the developers of the Yetagun field,
a PTT statement said.
The developers are Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, Texaco
Exploration Myanmar Inc, Premier Petroleum Myanmar Ltd and Nippon
Oil Exploration Myanmar Ltd. (TN)
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ANNOUNCEMENT: INVITATION FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY
June 15, 1996
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
In a letter to me written on the eve of his departure for England
en route home to Burma last fall, an old friend and former USIS Rangoon
associate of mine wrote:
"There are many things in short supply in
Myanmar, but experts and Western-trained academicians
are the most important, essential ones who are very
badly needed now... I hold to the firm view that we may
contribute to the continuation of the present dreadful
conditions there if we do not do something to ensure that
there will exist in the coming years there a cadre of
responsible, Western-educated...scholars, scientists,
engineers, and administrators... Bad as the situation is,
and it cannot be much worse, there can be no hope for
Myanmar's future and our capacity to deal with [it]
effectively, if there is...no one left in important places in
the country with any knowledge of the possibilities of
social, economic and political life on the Western
Democratic model and no perception of the advantages of
Western technological and economic enterprise..."
He went on to urge that, together with like-minded Burmese here and
abroad, we work to "prepare talented and patriotic students to
participate in the reconstruction of Burma."
In the spirit of his call for efforts directed at promoting
democracy as well as sound economic and social development in Burma
through education, we would like to discuss with you the formulation of a
concrete plan of action which could be implemented with funding from
private and public sources over the next few years. It is therefore my
pleasure to invite you to participate in a day-long program of
consultations to be held on Friday, July 26 in the Leo R. Dowling
International Center here on the IU Bloomington Campus. To provide you
with an overview of the July 26 program of consultations, I am enclosing
a tentative program agenda. Also enclosed for your convenience in
responding to this invitation is a tear-off REPLY FORM, which we ask that
you complete and return at an early date.
Coincidentally, the consultations will take place on the occasion
of a visit to the campus of an eloquent advocate of democracy in Burma,
the Dalai Lama. His Holiness is scheduled to deliver an address on
campus at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26. At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July
27, His Holiness will consecrate the site of a Buddhist temple on the
grounds of the Tibetan Cultural Center, which is located in a beautiful
setting on the south side of Bloomington.
I very much hope that it will be possible for you to be with us for
the program of consultations on July 26 and that you might also stay on
to hear the address of the Dalai Lama and perhaps to witness the
ceremonies consecrating the site of the Buddhist temple on July 27, as
well.
Sincerely,
[signed]
Kenneth A. Rogers
Associate Dean and Director
*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%
NOTE: Reply to this invitation should be sent to iuburma@xxxxxxxxxxx and
taylward@xxxxxxxxxxx
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T E N T A T I V E A G E N D A
for a program of consultations regarding
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATION: BURMA'S FUTURE
at Indiana University
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday, July 26, 1996
Leo R. Dowling International Center
111 South Jordan Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. -- Coffee, tea, light refreshments
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. -- Welcome and Introductions - Dean of
International Programs, Patrick O'Meara
(Indiana University)
10:15 a.m. - l2 noon -- Discussion Session
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. -- Discussion Session
2:l5 - 2:30 p.m. -- Break - light refreshments
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. -- Conclusions and recommendations -
discussion led by Associate Dean of
International Programs, Kenneth A. Rogers
(Indiana University)
7:00 p.m. - Address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Indiana
University Auditorium (near the IMU)
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