MYANMAR MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE

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Would some one please post then names of the "scholars" sent from the
US, Germany and France? 

> 
>  MYANMAR HOLDS MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE
> 
>  Xinhua, Yangon, 16 December 1999.A MYANMAR MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE,
> SPONSORED BY THE COUNTRY'S UNIVERSITIES HISTORICAL RESEARCH
> DEPARTMENT, IS BEING HELD HERE AND IS PARTICIPATED BY MYANMAR
> AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS.
> 
> AT THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY, THE SCHOLARS
> WILL EXCHANGE VIEWS AND HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON CULTURAL HERITAGE OF
> MYANMAR HISTORY AND TRADITIONS AND CULTURE, LESSONS TO LEARN AND
> CHALLENGES OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
> 
> SPEAKING AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE, MYANMAR MINISTER
> OF EDUCATION U THAN AUNG SAID FOSSILS OF HUMAN BEINGS WERE RECENTLY
> FOUND IN PONDAUNG AND PONNYA REGIONS, THE COUNTRY'S SAGAING
> DIVISION, CALLING FOR CONTINUATION OF THE WORK TO RECOVER THE
> VALUABLE RECORDS OF THE PAST.
> 
> HE HOPED THAT THE NEW MEANS TO BE FOUND BY THE MYANMAR AND
> INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS AT THE PAPER READING SESSION OF THE
> CONFERENCE WILL HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND OVERCOME THE
> CHALLENGES OF THE NEW CENTURY.
> 
> SCHOLARS FROM AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, BANGLADESH, CHINA, FRANCE, GERMANY,
> INDIA, JAPAN, MYANMAR, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED STATES, THAILAND AND
> VIETNAM ARE SCHEDULED TO READ 44 PAPERS AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDING
> THAT ON MYANMAR'S PAST 2,000 YEARS.