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SANCTIONS designed to coerce Myanmar
would hinder the government’s democra-tisation efforts, the
Foreign Minister, U Win Aung, said in an address to the United
Nations General Assembly in New York on September 29.“It is
disconcerting that some countries have … subjected Myanmar to
a wide array of unfair economic sanctions for their political
ends,” U Win Aung said, referring to action taken by the
United States and the European Union aimed at promoting
democratic reform in Myanmar. [FullStory] | |
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MYANMAR’S road map to democracy is a hot topic.So, as the
end of the year approaches, we are all looking to 2004 having
the potential to be a turning point in Myanmar and recent
events in Yangon are all directing us that way. Indeed we are
at another confluence in Myanmar’s political history. It
appears that Senior General Than Shwe is phasing himself out
of the day-to-day decision making – a role he has played as
the Military Government’s leader for more than a decade.[FullStory] |
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MYANMAR stands ready to explain its domestic political
situation if the issue is raised at the annual summit of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Indonesia this week,
says the Deputy Foreign Minister, U Khin Maung Win.[FullStory] |
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THE United Nations special envoy to Myanmar, Mr Razali
Ismail, has expressed hope for a resumption of talks between
the government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after meeting both
sides during his latest mission to Myanmar last week.[Fullstory] |
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