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BKK POST: January 26, 1998:Charter



BKK POST: January 26, 1998:Charter drawn

              Cheewin Sattha 
              Mae Hong Son

              Burmese resistance group leaders attended a two-week
              brainstorming session in the nation's Khaya State to draw up
              their draft constitution.

              The event, which ended yesterday, was organised by the
              National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB), the umbrella
              organisation for the opposition groups, said a border official.

              About 40 representatives from leading resistance groups,
              including the Shan State Army and the Karenni National
              Progressive Party, attended the meeting opposite Khun Yuam
              district. 

              After the draft is completed, the NCUB plans to send copies to
              other ethnic minority groups in Burma and foreign organisations.

              The source said the Burmese government has been drafting the
              new charter for five years but there has so far been little
              progress, prompting anti-Rangoon groups to do their own. 

              The ruling junta has also tried to convince some ethnic groups
              such as the Shan United Revolutionary Army to surrender. 




                                     




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