"According to our correspondent, we came to know that an emergency meeting of the Arakan Independence Alliance (AIA), an umbrella organization of the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), was held on 24-25 May 2003. He further added that the meeting discussed about the present political situation and other matters of national importance. The issue of launching an active peaceful political movement was one of the important agenda items dominated in the discussions of the meeting. Considering the need for reconciliation among different peoples in Burma in order to bring the autocratic rule of the illegitimate military regime to an end, the AIA declares to continue its joint movement until the inalienable right of the people of Arakan to ?self-determination? is achieved. We have learnt that the AIA has just released a declaration today, which has included the following points:..."