BBC : UN to send envoy to Burma

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Wednesday, July 29, 1998 Published at 19:25 GMT 20:25 UK 

World: Asia-Pacific

UN to send envoy to Burma 

The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, says he plans to send an
envoy to Burma as the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi continues a
solitary protest against the military government. 

She has spent a sixth day in her car at a checkpoint outside Rangoon,
complaining that she's been prevented from visiting her supporters. 

Mr Annan urged the Burmese authorities to allow her freedom of movement. 

He said the UN had requested a visit by his envoy at a suitable date in the
near future. 

The Burmese government says negotiations are underway to resolve the
situation. 

It has rejected a request by foreign diplomats who have voiced concern
about Aung San Suu Kyi's health, to talk to her. 



>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service