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June 14, 2000
Issue # 1553
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NOTED IN PASSING:
"I do not see why the Army, which is in charge of security of the
project, would behave differently in the pipeline area to everywhere
else in Burma. The military authorities are like an army of
occupation in their own country"
Aung San Suu Kyi on allegations of human rights abuses related to the
Yadana pipeline project. (See LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR [FRANCE]: AN
INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADER OF THE BURMESE OPPOSITION--WHY DOES FRANCE
HELP DICTATORS?)
*Inside Burma
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR [FRANCE]: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADER OF THE
BURMESE OPPOSITION--WHY DOES FRANCE HELP DICTATORS?
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR [FRANCE]: TOTAL & THE BURMESE MILITARY
BANGKOK POST: CONTACTS WITH JUNTA FAVOURED
*Regional
INDEPENDENT BANGLADESH: YANGON FOR COORDINATED EFFORTS FOR ROHINGYA
REPATRIATION
*International
BOOK EXCERPT: FRANCIS CHRISTOPHE, "TOTAL AND THE CYBERPLOT"
REUTERS: LABOR CALLS FOR MYANMAR SANCTIONS
*Economy/Business
XINHUA: MYANMAR PRIVATE SECTOR SHARES MORE IN NATIONAL TRADE
*Other
NCGUB: WOMEN OF BURMA DAY CELEBRATION ON CAPITOL HILL?MARKS T55TH
BIRTHDAY OF DAW AUNG SUN SUU KYI
__________________ INSIDE BURMA ____________________
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR [FRANCE]: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEADER OF THE
BURMESE OPPOSITION--WHY DOES FRANCE HELP DICTATORS?
The 18th/24th May 2000 edition
About the source: Le Nouvel Observateur is a French weekly magazine
by Aung San Suu Kyi
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, the founder of the National
League for Democracy was "released" in 1995 after six years of house
arrest, but is still forbidden to leave Rangoon. She here delivers
judgement on Total's role in Burma, the influence of drugs on the
local economy, the future of the dictatorship and the attitude of
France. Le Nouvel Observateur: A French parliamentary mission came
last year to enquire on the impact of Total's gas pipeline in Burma,
and its report recommends the freezing of the Company's activities.
What do you think of that? Aung San Suu Kyi: I of course approve
such a recommendation. In the early 90's, at the development stage of
the project, Total offered the hope of substantial revenues to a
military junta that had just taken power by force, as well as beating
a path that would be followed by other investors. The Yadana pipeline
has today become a source of pride to the dictatorship. Moreover this
investment enables it to legitimize its power.
N. O. : The Burmese Army has been accused of violation of human
rights during the construction and since the putting into operation
of the pipeline. What information have you on this question?
Aung San Suu Kyi: For the past eleven years I have been authorized
neither to leave Rangoon nor to travel about the country, but I do
not see why the Army, which is in charge of security of the project,
would behave differently in the pipeline area to everywhere else in
Burma. The military authorities are like an army of occupation in
their own country. The population is imposable at will for forced
labour to build roads, bridges, clear undergrowth, carry
munitions ... The pipeline area being a zone of conflict with the
ethnic minorities, the soldiers there have unbridled rights.
N.O. : The management of Total insists that the pipeline benefits the
local population.
Aung San Suu Kyi: The pipeline benefits perhaps several people in the
area, but not the majority, who on the contrary bear the costs.
N.O. : How do you explain the attitude of Total when confronted with
the criticisms of those defending human rights, and what is your
position regarding foreign investments in Burma?
Aung San Suu Kyi: We are opposed to foreign investment in the country
on account of the political situation and because only the military
and a small cluster of businessmen gain any benefit thereby. Total
has taken upon itself the responsibility of investing massively in
Burma while others decided to withdraw for ethical reasons. The
Company must bear the consequences. The country will not forever be
governed by dictators.
N.O. : Would you envisage a revision of the contract if your party
comes to power?
Aung San Suu Kyi: We shall consider that when the time comes. It is
not out of the question.
N.O. : Have the heads of the French Company attempted to meet you?
Aung San Suu Kyi: They expressed a desire to do so last year, but I
have not yet set eyes on them. (smiling:) They must taken fright.
N.O. : What is your opinion of France's role in Burma at the present
time?
Aung San Suu Kyi: This is a real mystery to me. Fifty-five percent of
the tourists are French, and France is the principal European
investor in the country. (smiling:) Perhaps the French are not well-
informed of the situation in Burma.
N.O. : The generals that run Burma never cease repeating that there
is no opposition ...
Aung San Suu Kyi: On that point I agree with them. There is no
opposition ... Since we are the legitimate government, elected by a
majority of the Burmese people in May 1990.
N.O. : It seems that you are the main target of the regime. Would you
be prepared to stand down in order to break the political deadlock?
Aung San Suu Kyi: The SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) uses
me as a pretext for not engaging in talks. When I was under house
arrest, from 1989 to 1995, no-one attempted to contact the NLD
(National League for Democracy). If I was not around, they would find
another ploy.
N.O. : The military authorities say you are more and more isolated,
that you no longer have the same popular support as before ...
Aung San Suu Kyi: For obvious security reasons we do not publish the
list of NLD members. But I can assure you that support for us has not
dropped since the years 1988-89 when the population voted massively
for the NLD. The thirst for democracy is stronger than ever, for the
Burmese have suffered much more since 1988, under the present
dictatorship, than under those of preceding regimes. In reality, the
gulf is widening between the Army and the population; it is a sign
there is no hope for this regime.
N.O. : The World Bank offered, in vain, a billion [U.S. billion;
U.K. - thousand million ] dollars of aid in exchange for opening
talks. The United Nations have equally tried to intervene. How can
one break the political deadlock?
Aung San Suu Kyi: Our position has been clear for the past ten
years: the talking must start. Today the ball is in the government's
camp. But the junta fears us, just as it fears the students. The
universities have been closed for the past four years and will
probably not be reopened, since they are being converted into
administrative buildings.
N.O. : What is the state of the country, twelve years after seizure
of power by the military?
Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma is suffering full economic stagnation, is
plagued with runaway inflation, and the junta tightens its grip while
at the same time doing business with a small minority. They create
military academies, buy arms, and have just increased the defence
budget, which is eight times that for education and health.
N.O. : According to the Observatoire Geopolitique des Drogues
[Geopolitical Watchdog on Drugs] Burma is today the prime world
producer of heroin, along with Afghanistan. What role in your opinion
do drugs play in the Burmese economy?
Aung San Suu Kyi: An important role. Very large fortunes are being
made in a short time in the Rangoon of today. That is an indication.
And it can only happen under the control of the military.
N.O. : The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is due shortly
to commence, in collaboration with the Rangoon government, the
repatriation of 110,000 refugees massed along the Thai border. What
do you think of that?
Aung San Suu Kyi: It is a matter for concern. The United Nations are
organizing the return to a dictatorship of people obliged to flee it,
without anything having been resolved.
N.O. : Do you ever lose patience?
Aung San Suu Kyi: I am calm. I know that ours is a righteous
struggle. Burma will be democratic.
N.O. : Do you think you will one day be head of a democratic
government in Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi: The future will tell. It is difficult to escape
one's destiny.
interview by
GUILLAUME LEGER
____________________________________________________
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR [FRANCE]: TOTAL & THE BURMESE MILITARY
The 18th/24th May 2000 edition
About the source: Le Nouvel Observateur is a French weekly magazine
[Translation]
TOTAL AND ITS GUARDIAN ANGELS
from our special correspondent
The French oil company Total states there is no collusion between
itself and the Burmese army. An on-the-spot enquiry reveals the
reality to be less clear cut. With a gold watch on his wrist and a
latest-model pistol in his belt despite a monthly salary of 2,200
kyats (less than 50 francs [$7]), Major Zaw Lwin wears his new
uniform round his base, Ban-I-Tong, comprising 30 bunkers perched on
impregnable hills in south-eastern Burma. Zaw Lwin commands Burmese
Army Battalion No.282, one of those referred to here as "the Total
battalions" because they are responsible for security of the French
oil company's gas pipeline in this rebellious region bordering
Thailand. According to numerous local sources, Battalion No.282
receives regular payments from Total, not to mention benefits in kind
and in vehicles. Questioned on this subject, Major Zaw Lwin merely
smiles, his way of saying the matter is taboo.
But a deserter, encountered in the region, from Battalion No.410,
another "Total battalion", is more talkative. "I did everything
during my period of service, from press-ganging to guarding the
forced labourers on the site, as well as actually guarding the
pipeline. We often carried boxes of ammunition and baskets of
grenades in Total's helicopters; one simply had to ask and they would
send us a chopper." He then enumerated the Burmese Army's standard
practices around the pipeline site, sometimes under the eye of
foreign employees: mass arrests, seizure of property, displacement of
population and destruction of villages.
A veteran sergeant of Battalion No.402 recalls "military and
political training courses" organized in the field by "eleven armed
employees of Total".
The management of the oil company denies all these facts as well as
collusion with the military authorities, who have a reputation for
dubious practices.
However, according to a French employee who worked until 1998 at
Kanbauk, the "living-base" of Total in Burma, the oil company
initially felt itself ensnared by an omnipresent army which "controls
everything" and ended up by "closing its eyes".
Summed up one of the sergeant's superiors: "Total's people know what
goes on, but they must not see it."
On the side of the Karen guerillas, who oppose the pipeline crossing
their territory, the attitude is nowadays less one of confrontation
than negotiation. Two former Saint-Cyriens [i.e. graduates of the
French Army's military academy] who fought alongside the Karen rebels
have been discretely "filtered out" by the French authorities. The
old warrior chief, General Bo Mya, interviewed in his stronghold of
Walakee 200 km [125 miles] north of the pipeline said he was ready to
do a deal: "If Total agrees to pay us an annual tax of 20 million
dollars for crossing our territory, I can guarantee there will be no
attempts at sabotage." Wasted effort? Amongst his staff it is
mentioned that "a Western embassy in Bangkok" has addressed a very
firm warning to the guerilla forces: in the event of action against
the pipeline, all assistance to Karen refugees will be halted.
____________________________________________________
BANGKOK POST: CONTACTS WITH JUNTA FAVOURED
(June 14, 2000)
But rebuff could be costly, says group
Supamart Kasem in Tak
The National League for Democracy Liberation Area is moving ahead
with its plan to seek peace talks with Rangoon, Burma's opposition
party and ethnic minorities. A source who observed last week's
third NLD/LA conference said the NLD/LA was adamant on its policy
to find resolutions to problems in Burma through negotiations among
the Aung San Suu Kyi-led NLD, Burma's State Peace and Development
Council, and ethnic minority representatives.
According to its statement publicised in Burma after the meeting,
the group has given full support for the proposed establishment of
the Committee Representing People's Parliament and will seek the
global community's recognition of the panel. The NLD/LA has also
pledged to participate in the review of Burma's draft constitution
written by the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB).
However, the group has threatened to join hands with Burmese
minorities and pro- democracy rebels against the military dictators
and declare their country the Federation Union of Burma if the
compromising policy fails.
At the10-day NLD/LA conference held in a Burmese border area
opposite Tak last week, the election of the new executive committee
was completed with U Tin Aung, a former NLD chief from Kachin
state, being made the chairman.
The fifty participants at the meeting represented the NLD Council
in Rangoon, the NLD Central Committee members, the minister of the
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma and observers
from the Karen National Union, All Burma Muslim Union and All Burma
Students' Democratic Front.
___________________________ REGIONAL ___________________________
INDEPENDENT BANGLADESH: YANGON FOR COORDINATED EFFORTS FOR ROHINGYA
REPATRIATION
Independent Bangladesh, June 11, 2000
Yangon for coordinated efforts for Rohingya repatriation
Envoy says camps in Myanmar scaled down
Myanmar has suggested strong coordinated efforts by officials of
Dhaka Yangon and UNHCR to speed up repatriation of the Rohingya
refugees now staying in camps in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB.
"If coordination and cooperation among the three parties are not in
harmony, the process of repatriation cannot be speeded up... then
there will be delays," said Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Ohn Thwin.
In an interview with UNB, the Ambassador said his country has already
accepted more than 230,000 people and camps were scaled down.
He said that out of the 7,000 cleared people, more than 1,500 were
repatriated and another 5,500 are in the process of scrutiny for
receiving them back.
Thwin, however, refused to discuss at the moment the other Rohingya
refugees staying in the camps in Bangladesh.
According to Bangladesh officials, about 250,877 Rohingyas entered
the country in 1991 and of them about 20,964 are still awaiting
repatriation.
In reply to a question, the envoy referred to the agreed discussions
among the three parties in September 1998 about repatriation. He
said, "The people to be repatriated must be voluntary at their own
will. It must not be a split family."
Thwin said that in the cases of death or birth, the concerned
authorities must endorse in proper order to avoid "untoward
allegations" by persons who are likely to reenter into Bangladesh to
create problems.
He said regarding the split family case, there were instances that
some people illegally came back to Bangladesh to meet family members
left behind.
Due to these reasons, he said, Myanmar authorities were making the
repatriation process in accordance with the norms agreed among the
three parties.
The ambassador indicated that some organisations or parties might
benefit for "personal gain out of refugee problem."
The issue of repatriation of Rohingya refugees was expected to come
up during the Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe's planned visit to
Dhaka on May 29. The visit was postponed because of what young said
his indisposition.
Asked about any chance of rescheduling the visit sometime this year,
the Ambassador said the Chairman of State Peace and Development
Council of Myanmar will visit Bangladesh at a time mutually
convenient to both sides.
Asked about the possible areas of cooperation between the two
neighbours, Thwin said Dhaka and Yangon may have cooperation in
politics, economy, health, exchange of know-how and conservation of
environment.
"In the process of globalisation, it is my view that as developing
Third World countries, we must think global but act local, he said.
About the General Trade Agreement signed between the two countries on
August 3, 1973, he agreed that although bilateral trade is growing,
it is not very fast. He said private entrepreneurs are trying to
enhance the trade volume.
Myanmar used to import cement, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals from
Bangladesh. Now Myanmar produces these items for domestic consumption
and those imports are being cut down.
It is not feasible under the prevailing circumstances to equalise
trade with Bangladesh, the Ambassador said.
In reply to a question about Land Boundary Treaty signed in November
1998, he said it was a necessity between the two close neighbours. He
hoped that land dispute would not arise after this boundary treaty.
Asked about the Asian Highway, which Dhaka gives much importance, the
envoy said Myanmar on its part had taken up measures in developing
highway road links inside its territory to get linked with the Asian
Highway provided that the concept is beneficial to this region.
__________________ INTERNATIONAL __________________
BOOK EXCERPT: FRANCIS CHRISTOPHE, "TOTAL AND THE CYBERPLOT"
Title: TOTAL: Entre Marée Noire et Blanchiment (Between the black
ocean and the whitewash)
Author: Francis Christophe
Publisher: Editions Golias
Publication Date: March 2000
[BurmaNet Editor's Note: As the excerpt notes, BurmaNet and
EuroBurmaNet are not affiliated.]
[Begin excerpt]
Total and the cyberplot
Since 1996 when the web considerably widened its audience it has
played an important part in Burmese affairs. It became a prime tool
for the struggle of democrats exiled world-wide after the bloody
repression of 1988 and subsequent manhunts by the regime. Through
its contract with the junta, Total naturally found itself targeted,
as did all American and foreign companies dealing with the Rangoon
dictatorship. Until Erika' s shipwreck, the petroleum company had
handled this unconventional warfare with great skill.
In 1996, a website named "Worldwide Total Boycott" appeared in
France. It was created and managed by an American national resident
in Paris, who signed his diatribes with the name of "Dawn Star".
Instead of using legal protection -French law would have normally
ordered the closure of the site for defamation, illegal competition,
etc - and having a suitable penalty enforced, Total has been using it
in its favour. To such an extent that, in the opinion of many, "Dawn
Star" is certainly working in Total's interest and the company ought
to sponsor him, if this is not yet being done. Indeed "Dawn Star's "
posted documents have greatly facilitated Total's strategic task when
the company felt it had to promote the scenario of a plot targeting
the company because of its success in Burma. Quoting some aggressive
and clumsy texts emanating from the boycotter on duty sufficed to
support this theory in the eyes of benevolent media and political
authorities.
To add to the confusion, this boycotter appears to be an
imposter. "Dawn Star" has named his "domain" euroburma.com , which he
presents as the European branch of the Burmanet network, well known
to be sponsored by the Open Society Institute (the foundation of the
American tycoon George Soros). Burmanet categorically denied this
filiation, which did not prevent Bernard Dopffer, the then Asia-
Pacific Director at the Quai d'Orsay, frompresenting to some French
parliamentarians some "euroburma" documents, describing them
erroneously as specimens of uncontrolled propaganda by George Soros
against French interests in Asia.
Many articles extracted from media specializing in "economic
intelligence" as well as the prestigious "Revue de la Defense
Nationale" (national defence review) have largely echoed this
mistaken vision of anglo-saxon "electronic warfare" against "France's
vital interests". One of the Revue's contributors, an ex-security
advisor for Total now recycled in economic intelligence, suggests
that " Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi's anglo-saxon connections work towards
the regime' s downfall with a single aim in mind: for their own
companies to step into the positions previously occupied by Total.
It follows that the French government has no other choice than to
support the junta." In addition to favouring the deployment of
a "diplomatic umbrella" to shelter Total's interests in all
circumstances, this kind of logic also provides a convenient reply to
any possible criticism of the company : attacking Total is also
being "anti-french"...
"Dawn Star" has also supported Total in other ways. With a self-
proclaimed expertise, he consistently worked to discredit any
disturbing information on the company if it had not come from him.
When an American magazine, using information published by the
Geopolitical Drug Watch (Observatoire geopolitique des drogues,
OGD), described the MOGE's involvement in drug-money laundering and
as a result Total and Unocal's roles in this process, "Dawn Star"
poured out counter-truths in all Burma- and petrol-related internet
sites. He went as far as to state that the OGD had not conducted any
inquiry into the role of the MOGE in drug-money laundering for the
Burmese generals...When the correspondant of Le Monde referred to
these accusations against the MOGE, "Dawn Star" again did his utmost
to minimise the article's importance.
With the "Worldwide Total Boycott" in the hands of such a suspicious
character (none of his financing sources are known), no serious group
could possibly be associated with him in a campaign against Total. By
occupying this boycott space "Dawnstar" garanteed that the risks of a
boycott were nil. Erika's shipwreck shattered this fragile cosmetic
structure, contributing to Total's general disarray since the call
for boycott by the Green party on December 28 1999 - and petitions to
this effect on the internet. How else could one explain the
caricatural maneuvre by Total,with Patrick Poivre D' Arvor's TV news
on the TF1 channel? To ridicule the boycott TF1 interviewed an
anonymous consumer who minimized the importance of the call by the
Green party and made apologies for the company. This "anonymous
customer" was in fact Gilbert Puluhen, the very man in charge of
international operations for the Total group!
As for petitions on the internet, some members of Total's management
would like the RG (Renseignements Generaux, the general intelligence
and security service) to identify their sources. After three years of
dutiful service, the web seems to finally escape Total's control!
____________________________________________________
REUTERS: LABOR CALLS FOR MYANMAR SANCTIONS
Labor calls for Myanmar sanctions
ILO alleges forced labor, divided on timeline for action
REUTERS
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 12 - A powerful committee of the annual
International Labor Conference called Monday for worldwide sanctions
on Myanmar due to its allegedly widespread use of forced labor. But
under a compromise hammered out between Western powers demanding
immediate action and Asian allies who closed ranks around Myanmar,
the measures would only take effect starting Nov. 30.
TRADE UNIONS say that in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, some
800,000 people have been conscripted with little or no pay as army
porters or workers in construction and agriculture in slave-like
conditions. The full conference of the International Labor
Organization (ILO), made up of all 174 member states, is to vote
Wednesday on whether to endorse the resolution approved by the
forum's key selection committee, a spokesman said. The resolution,
adopted over objections by Malaysia, India, China and Japan, gives
the ruling junta five months to bring its laws and administrative
measures into line with an international treaty banning forced labor,
or face sanctions. The ILO's Governing Body, made up of 28 key
states, would make the call. 'Sanctions are invoked but put off until
end-November. It sets the scene for a showdown.'
- DIPLOMAT
"Sanctions are invoked but put off until end-November. It sets the
scene for a showdown," one diplomat said.
An appeal to governments and international institutions -including
the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - to ensure they do
not abet Myanmar in perpetuating forced labor would be a first at the
81-year-old U.N. labor agency.
"This is an important decision. The procedure is unprecedented," ILO
spokesman John Doohan told Reuters.
LABOR MINISTER BLASTS "UNFAIR ACTION"
Myanmar's Labor Minister Maj. Gen. Tin Ngwe took the floor at the
Geneva talks to defend his country's record and denounce the "unfair
and unwarranted action" against it.
"I wish to reiterate that Myanmar has taken and is taking necessary
measures to ensure that there are no instances of forced labor in
Myanmar," he said.
"In the end, those who had the power to impose their will slammed
through a resolution that in a stroke snuffed out the promising
cooperation between the ILO and Myanmar," Tin added.
The United States and European Union, led by Britain and Portugal,
voted in favor of the resolution so as to further isolate Myanmar and
push it into compliance, diplomats said.
But Myanmar's minister, in what Western diplomats called a clear
appeal to other developing countries, said it was "disturbing" that
ILO was trying to introduce "cross conditionalities" with other
international agencies. "Because to do so would in effect not only
place sanctions on Myanmar but would also set a dangerous precedent
for the entire membership," Tin said. After more than a decade of
debate on Myanmar, ILO member states last year barred it from the
Geneva-based agency. The ban followed a 1998 ILO commission of
inquiry which found the country violated the 1930 treaty banning
forced labor.
Myanmar hastily invited an ILO mission last month in what trade
unions saw as a bid to stave off further condemnation.
_______________ ECONOMY AND BUSINESS _______________
XINHUA: MYANMAR PRIVATE SECTOR SHARES MORE IN NATIONAL TRADE
Story Filed: Wednesday, June 13, 2000 11:43 PM EST
YANGON (June 14) XINHUA - The private sector accounted for 77. 2
percent of Myanmar's trade in fiscal 1999-2000 which ended in March,
up from 66 percent 11 years ago, said official newspaper The New
Light of Myanmar Wednesday.
Quoting Lieutenant-General Tin Oo, second secretary of the Myanmar
State Peace and Development Council, the report said the investment
of the private sector also increased to 70 percent of the total
investment capital of the nation in 1999-2000, up from 41.9 percent
in 1988-89.
In the past five years, Myanmar has followed a positive policy toward
the private sector and has been implementing since January 1995 a
plan of privatization for its state economic enterprises (SEEs).
The first phase of the plan, for small SEEs, has been reportedly
completed and the second phase which deals with about 1, 760 medium-
and large-scale SEEs is under way.
According to official statistics, there are more than 53,000
manufacturing enterprises in Myanmar, of which 51,000 or more are
private ones.
Meanwhile, the government has also been implementing some related
preferential policies for the private sector in trade such as
exemption of the commercial tax since November 1997.
_____________________ OTHER ______________________
NCGUB: WOMEN OF BURMA DAY CELEBRATION ON CAPITOL HILL?MARKS T55TH
BIRTHDAY OF DAW AUNG SUN SUU KYI
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
Tuesday, June 20th, 2000
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255
Independence Avenue and C Street
10 a.m. û 12:30 p.m.
Guests of Honor:
Congressman and Mrs. Tom Lantos
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Prime Minister Dr. Sein Win (NCGUB)
Panelists:
Naw Sanda Wine Woman and Conflict in Burma
Naw Mu Si The State of Education for Refugees
Naw May Oo Comment on Effort Made by Women for Peace
Ma Myaing Myaing Nyunt Lack of Health Education in Burma
Event sponsored by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, in
coordination with Burmese Women's Union (USA East Coast),and the
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)Women's
Affairs Department.
For more information, please contact Event Coordinator,
Yuzana Khin at 202-328-1176 or Naw May Oo at 202-393-7497.
Thank you.
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