Date: 19th August 2004 "Rohingya People welcomes UN Secretary General Kofi Annan?s call on 17th August on Burma?s government to immediately release opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Gyi from house arrest and engagement in ?Substantive Dialogue” with NLD and other political parties. We, the Arakan people of Burma express special thanks to UN Secretary for this initiative. It is hoped that the UN Secretary?s latest initiative will bring the standoff to an end among SPDC, NLD and other parties. In a statement released on 17th August by the UN, the Secretary General believes that without National League for Democracy (NLD) and other political parties? participation, the ?National Convention” and the 7 points road map process will be incomplete and lacking in credibility..."