Archive for November 19th, 2007
ျမန္မာ့အေရး အာဆီယံ ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြ ေတြ႔ၾကၿပီ
ျမန္မာ့အေရး အာဆီယံ ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြ ေတြ႔ၾကၿပီ
မူရင္းေဆာင္းပါး ASEAN leaders meet on Myanmar
ေဆာင္းပါးရွင္ Martin Abbugao
၁၉-၁၁-၂၀၀၇
လြန္ခဲ့တဲ့ (၂)လတုန္းက ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံမွာ အစိုးရဆန္႔က်င္ေရး ဆႏၵျပေနသူတြကို စစ္အစိုးရက ပစ္ခတ္ ဖမ္းဆီး ၿဖိဳခြဲခဲ့ၿပီးေနာက္ပိုင္း ျမန္မာ၀န္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ကို အေရွ႕ေတာင္အာရွ ႏိုင္ငံေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြက ပထမဦးဆံုး ေတြ႔ဆံုခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ျမန္မာ၀န္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ကေတာ့ သူ႔ရဲ႕စစ္အစိုးရက ရက္ရက္စက္စက္ ကိုင္တြယ္ ေျဖရွင္းတာေတြနဲ႔ ပတ္သက္လို႔ ဟိုကသည္က ေခ်ာ့လိုက္ေျခာက္လိုက္ မေပၚေပၚေအာင္ စကားႏိႈက္လိုက္နဲ႔ ေမးေနတာေတြကို ေျဖရဖို႔ ရွိပါတယ္။
စက္တင္ဘာလက ဒီမိုကေရစီ ေထာက္ခံတဲ့ ျပည္သူေတြကို ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရက အနည္းဆံုး (၁၅)ဦး ေသဆံုးေအာင္ ႏွိပ္ကြပ္ခဲ့တာေတြေၾကာင့္ အာဆီယံအဖြဲ႔၀င္ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရကို ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္ေပးဖို႔ အာဆီယံကိုယ္တိုင္မွာလည္း ပိုၿပီး ဖိအားေပးခံေနရပါတယ္။
အာဆီယံထိပ္သီးေဆြးေႏြးပြဲကို မနက္ျဖန္ တရား၀င္ မက်င္းပမီ ဒီညမွာေတာ့ အေစာင့္အၾကပ္ ထူထူထဲထဲ ခ်ၿပီး ျမန္မာ၀န္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္သိန္းစိန္ အပါအ၀င္ အာဆီယံေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြက အလြတ္သေဘာ ညစာစားပြဲ က်င္းပပါတယ္။ ညစာစားရင္း စစ္အစိုးရအုပ္ခ်ဳပ္တဲ့ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံရဲ႕ အေျခအေနကို ၀ိုင္းေဆြးေႏြးၾကဖို႔လည္း ရွိပါတယ္။
အခုလို ညစာစားပြဲႀကီး မတိုင္မီကပဲ ဥေရာပသမဂၢရဲ႕ ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီးေတြက ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရ အေပၚ သစ္၊ ေက်ာက္မ်က္ရတနာနဲ႔ သတၱဳအပါအ၀င္ ျပစ္ဒဏ္ခတ္ပိတ္ဆို႔မႈ အသစ္ေတြ ခ်မွတ္လိုက္ ျပန္ပါၿပီ။
ျမန္မာ့အေရးကို အာဆီယံ ကိုင္တြယ္တာနဲ႔ ပတ္သက္လို႔ အာဆီယံအေပၚ အေမရိကန္က ယံုၾကည္ စိတ္ခ်ရတဲ့ အေနအထားေတြ ဆံုးရွံဳးစရာ ရွိႏိုင္တယ္လို႔ ဒီေန႔ ထုတ္ေဖာ္ေျပာဆိုလိုက္ပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ အာဆီယံကေတာ့ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရအေပၚ အျပစ္ေပး အေရးယူတာေတြလုပ္ဖို႔ တြန္႔ဆုတ္ေနတုန္းပါပဲ။
“ျမန္မာ့အေရးေၾကာင့္ အာဆီယံကို အဖြဲ႔အစည္းတခုရဲ႕ဂုဏ္သိကၡာနဲ႔ ယံုၾကည္စိတ္ခ်ရတဲ့အပိုင္းမွာ သံသယ၀င္စရာ ျဖစ္ေနရပါၿပီ”လို႔ စကၤာပူ ေရာက္ေနတဲ့ အေမရိကန္ ကုန္သြယ္ေရး ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ Susan Schwab က သတင္းေထာက္ေတြကို ေျပာဆိုလိုက္ပါတယ္။
“အေမရိကန္ရဲ႕ စိုးရိမ္ေသာကေတြကို ထုတ္ေဖာ္ေျပာဆိုခြင့္ မရပဲ ဒီေနရာကို က်မအေနနဲ႔ ေရာက္လာစရာ မရွိပါဘူး။ အာဆီယံဟာ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရနဲ႔ ပံုမွန္ အလုပ္သေဘာဆက္ဆံရံု သက္သက္နဲ႔ မျဖစ္ႏိုင္ေတာ့ဘူးဆိုတာ အာဆီယံေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြ သေဘာေပါက္ၿပီလို႔ က်မ ယံုၾကည္ပါတယ္”လို႔ သူမက ဆက္လက္ေျပာျပပါတယ္။
ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရနဲ႔ ညွိညွိႏိႈင္းႏိႈင္းလုပ္တဲ့ ေပၚလစီဟာ အျငင္းပြားစရာေတြ ရွိေပမယ့္ အာဆီယံကေတာ့ ဆက္လက္ က်င့္သံုးသြားေနဦးမွာ ျဖစ္တယ္လို႔ ညစာစားပြဲ မတိုင္မီမွာ အင္ဒိုနီးရွား ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး ၀န္ႀကီး Hassan Wirayuda က ေျပာဆိုခဲ့ပါတယ္။
“ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရနဲ႔ ညွိညွိႏိႈင္းႏိႈင္းလုပ္တဲ့ ေပၚလစီဟာ လိုအပ္တယ္လို႔ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ထင္ပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ အာဆီယံကေတာ့ ဒီေပၚလစီအတိုင္း ဆက္လက္ ရပ္တည္ႏိုင္မွေတာ့ မဟုတ္ပါဘူး။ ျမန္မာ့အေရးမွာ အာဆီယံက လုပ္ေဆာင္မယ့္မူ ဆိုတာ ဘာလဲလို႔ ကမာၻကသိေအာင္ မျပသႏိုင္ဘူး ဆိုရင္ အဆန္းတၾကယ္ ျဖစ္ေနပါလိမ့္မယ္”လို႔ Wirayuda က ေျပာဆိုသြားတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။
ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီး ဦးဥာဏ္၀င္းကေတာ့ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံဟာ ဒီတပါတ္မွာ အာဆီယံရဲ႕ ပထမဦးဆံုး ပဋိဥာဥ္ စာခ်ဳပ္ကို ေသခ်ာေပါက္ လက္မွတ္ေရးထိုးမယ္ဆိုတဲ့အေၾကာင္းနဲ႔ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံက စာခ်ဳပ္ကို သေဘာတူတဲ့ အေၾကာင္း ေျပာသြားပါတယ္။
အာဆီယံ ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီးေတြက ဒီေန႔ အတည္ျပဳလိုက္တဲ့ အာဆီယံစာခ်ဳပ္သစ္မွာ အဖြဲ႔၀င္ႏိုင္ငံေတြက လူ႔အခြင့္အေရးနဲ႔ ဒီမိုကေရစီကို တိုးျမွင့္ လုပ္ေဆာင္ေပးရဖို႔ ရွိပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ ပ်က္ကြက္တဲ့အဖြဲ႔၀င္ႏိုင္ငံအေပၚ ဘယ္လို အေရးယူ အျပစ္ေပးမလဲ ဆိုတာကေတာ့ မပါပါဘူး။
ဒီစာခ်ဳပ္ဟာ အာဆီယံကို စည္းမ်ဥ္းခံ အဖြဲ႔အစည္းတခုအျဖစ္ အသြင္ေျပာင္းလိုက္မွာ ျဖစ္ၿပီး၊ ေဒသတြင္းမွာ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရးအဖြဲ႔တခု ပထမဦးဆံုး ထြက္ေပၚလာဖို႔ ဖန္တီးလိုက္တာဆိုေပမယ့္လို႔ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံက လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး ခ်ဳိးေဖာက္ေနတာေတြအတြက္ အျပစ္ေပးအေရးယူတာ မရွိရင္ ဘာမွ အဓိပၸာယ္ မရွိပါဘူးလို႔ အာဆီယံ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ေတြနဲ႔ ဒီမိုကေရစီအေရး တက္တက္ၾကြၾကြ လႈပ္ရွားသူေတြက ေျပာဆိုေနၾကပါတယ္။
“တကယ္လို႔ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံက အာဆီယံ ပဋိဥာဥ္စာခ်ဳပ္ကို လက္မွတ္ေရးထိုးလိုက္ရင္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံဟာ ဒီမိုကေရစီ လမ္းေၾကာင္းေပၚကို ျပန္ေရာက္လာဖို႔နဲ႔ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ကို လြတ္ေပးဖို႔ ဖိလစ္ပိုင္က ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ထားပါတယ္”လို႔ ဖိလစ္ပိုင္သမၼတ Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo က ညစာစားပြဲမွာ ေျပာသြားပါတယ္။
စစ္အစိုးရက ၿဖိဳခြဲမႈေတြအၿပီးမွာ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံကို ႏွစ္ႀကိမ္သြားခဲ့တဲ့ ကုလသမဂၢ အထူးကိုယ္စားလွယ္ ဂမ္ဘားရီကို ဘယ္လို တိုးတက္မႈေတြ ရလာသလဲဆိုတာ အာဆီယံ ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြနဲ႔အတူ ၾသစေၾတလ်၊ တရုတ္၊ အိႏိၵယ၊ ဂ်ပန္၊ နယူးဇီလန္နဲ႔ ေတာင္ကိုးရီးယားက ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြကို အၾကမ္းဖ်ဥ္း ရွင္းျပေပးဖို႔ ဖိတ္ေခၚထားပါတယ္။
“အခြင့္အေရးရဖို႔ တံခါးေပါက္တခုပါပဲ” လို႔ ဒီေန႔ထုတ္ သတင္းစာ ေမးျမန္းခန္းမွာ ဂမ္ဘားရီက ေျပာသြားပါတယ္။
ဗုဒၶဟူးေန႔မွာ ဂမ္ဘားရီ တရား၀င္ ေျပာျပဖို႔ စီစဥ္ထားၿပီးသား ျဖစ္ေနတာကို ျမန္မာက ဒီေန႔ ကန္႔ကြက္လိုက္တဲ့အခါမွာေတာ့ သံတမန္ေတြၾကားမွာ အေတာမသတ္ ျငင္းၾကခုန္ၾက ျဖစ္ေနရပါေတာ့တယ္။
စကၤာပူ ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီး Yeo ကေတာ့ “ဂမ္ဘာရီ ရွင္းျပမယ့္ကိစၥကိုေတာ့ ဆက္လုပ္သြားမွာ ျဖစ္တယ္။ ေဒသတြင္း ေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြကလည္း ဂမ္ဘာရီ လာဖို႔ကို ေစာင့္ေမွ်ာ္ေနခဲ့ၾကပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ အခ်ဳိ႕အဖြဲ႔၀င္ေတြကေတာ့ အာဆီယံရဲ႕အေရွ႕အာရွ ေဆြးေႏြးဘက္ႏိုင္ငံေတြ မပါ၀င္ေစပဲ ဒီပြဲဲ (အာဆီယံထိပ္သီးေဆြးေႏြးပြဲ)ကို ေမွးမွိန္ေအာင္ လုပ္ခ်င္ေနၾကပါတယ္”လို႔ ေျပာပါတယ္။
“တကယ္လို႔ ဂမ္ဘားရီက အာဆီယံပြဲမွာ ရွင္းျပမယ္ဆိုရင္ အာဆီယံေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြကိုသာ ရွင္းျပတာမ်ဳိး ျဖစ္သင့္တယ္”လို႔ အင္ဒိုနီးရွား ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီး Wirayuda က ထုတ္ေျပာပါတယ္။ ဒါကို ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီး Nitya Pibulssongram ကလည္း သံေယာင္လိုက္ပါတယ္။
ဒီေန႔ စကၤာပူမွာ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္သိန္းစိန္ ရွိေနတာေၾကာင့္ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရကို ဆန္႔က်င္ဆႏၵျပပြဲ အေသးေလးေတြ ျဖစ္သြားပါတယ္။ အာဆီယံထိပ္သီးေဆြးေႏြးပြဲ လုပ္တဲ့ေနရာနားမွာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ စကၤာပူမွာ ရွားရွားပါးပါး ျမင္ရတဲ့ အျဖစ္ပါပဲ။ စကၤာပူအစိုးရက လူထုဆႏၵျပပြဲေတြ အေပၚမွာ ဥပေဒ တင္းၾကပ္ထားတဲ့အျပင္ လံုျခံဳေရးေတြကိုလည္း အႀကီးအက်ယ္ ခ်ထားတဲ့ၾကားက ဆႏၵျပျဖစ္ေအာင္ ျပသြားခဲ့ၾကတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။
ေက်ာင္းသား (၉)ေယာက္က အနီေရာင္အကၤ်ီေတြ ၀တ္ဆင္ၿပီး နာမည္ႀကီးOrchard လမ္းတေလွ်ာက္ ဥပေဒစက္ကြင္းနဲ႔လြတ္ေအာင္ အုပ္စုေလးေတြဖြဲ႔ၿပီး ခ်ီတက္သြားၾကတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။
“ကမာၻႀကီးက မေမ့ေသးဘူးဆိုတာ ျပသဖို႔ တတ္ႏိုင္သေလာက္ က်ေနာ္တို႔ လုပ္ျပခ်င္ပါတယ္။ သိသာထင္ရွားတဲ့ သတင္းတပုဒ္ကို ပါးလိုက္ခ်င္တာပါပဲ”လို႔ National University of Singapore တကၠသိုလ္က အသက္ (၂၂)ႏွစ္အရြယ္ ၿဗိတိသွ်ေက်ာင္းသား Pia Muzaffar က ေျပာျပသြားပါတယ္။
ျမန္မာ့အေရးကိစၥေတြ ၿပီးဆံုးသြားရင္ေတာ့ ဒီတပါတ္ထဲမွာ အာဆီယံေခါင္းေဆာင္ေတြက အာဆီယံ လူဦးေရ သန္းေပါင္း (၅၇၀)နီးပါးအတြက္ အာဆီယံ ဘံုံေစ်းကြက္ကို ၂၀၁၅ ခုႏွစ္ေလာက္မွာ ဖန္တီးႏိုင္မယ့္ စီမံကိန္းကို အတည္ျပဳၾကပါမယ္။ ျဖစ္ေအာင္လုပ္ႏိုင္ဖို႔ကေတာ့ ျပႆနာ ႀကီးႀကီးမားမားေတြ ရွိေနပါေသးတယ္။
ျမန္မာဘာသာျပန္- လြင္ေအာင္စိုး
(၂၀-၁၁-၂၀၀၇)
မူရင္း
ASEAN leaders meet on Myanmar By Martin Abbugao
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 10:46pm (Mla time) 11/19/2007
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=101920
မွတ္ခ်က္ – ဂမ္ဘာရီက အာဆီယံ ထိပ္သီးအစည္းအေ၀းတြင္ သူေတြ႔ရွိခဲ့ရသည့္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ အေျခအေနမ်ားကို တရား၀င္ရွင္းျပရန္ အစီအစဥ္ကို ဖ်က္သိမ္းလိုက္ရသည္ဟု မေလးရွား ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီး Syed Hamid Albar က ေျပာသည္။ ျမန္မာဘက္က သူတို႔သည္ ကုလသမဂၢႏွင့္ လက္တြဲလုပ္ေဆာင္ေနေၾကာင္း၊ အဆိုပါကိစၥသည္ သူတို႔၏ျပည္တြင္းေရးကိစၥသာျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း (၁၉-၁၁-၂၀၀၇) ညေနပိုင္းက ကန္႔ကြက္လာေသာေၾကာင့္ အာဆီယံ၏ အမ်ားသေဘာတူ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္ အေပၚ အေျခခံ၍ အစီအစဥ္ကို ဖ်က္သိမ္းရန္ ဆံုးျဖတ္လိုက္ရသည္ဟု Syed Hamid Albar က ရွင္းျပသြားသည္။
ထိန္းသိမ္းခံ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ကို အစိုးရဧည့္ေဂဟာသို႔ ေခၚေဆာင္
ထိန္းသိမ္းခံ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ကို အစိုးရဧည့္ေဂဟာသို႔ ေခၚေဆာင္
၁၉ ႏို၀င္ဘာ ၂၀၀၇ (ရိုက္တာ- ယူေက)
အက်ယ္ခ်ဳပ္ထိန္းသိမ္းခံေနရေသာ အတိုက္အခံေခါင္းေဆာင္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္အား အေစာင့္အၾကပ္ ထူထပ္စြာ ခ်ထားေသာ သူမ၏ေနအိမ္မွ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိ့ဳရွိ အစိုးရဧည့္ေဂဟာသို႔ ျပင္ပမွ မျမင္ႏိုင္ေအာင္ အလံုပိတ္ထားသည့္ကားျဖင့္ ယေန႔ ေခၚထုတ္သြားၿပီး တနာရီခန္႔အၾကာတြင္ ျပန္ပို႔ေပးခဲ့သည္ဟု မ်က္ျမင္သက္ေသမ်ားႏွင့္ အတိုက္အခံတို႔ဘက္မွ ေျပာဆိုလိုက္ၿပီး စစ္အစိုးရ၏ ဆက္ဆံေရး၀န္ႀကီးႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ဆံုရန္ ျဖစ္ႏိုင္သည္ဟုဆိုသည္။
ဤကိစၥႏွင့္ပတ္သက္၍ စစ္အစိုးရဘက္မွ သတင္းထုတ္ျပန္မႈမရွိဟုလည္း သိရသည္။
“ဒီေန႔ ေန႔လည္ပိုင္းမွာ ဆက္ဆံေရး၀န္ႀကီး ဦးေအာင္ၾကည္နဲ႔ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္တို႔ ေတြ႔ဆံုတဲ့ အေၾကာင္း က်ေနာ္တို႔ ၾကားလိုက္ရပါတယ္” ဟု အမ်ုိးသားဒီမိုကေရစီအဖြဲ႔ခ်ဳပ္မွ ေျပာေရးဆိုခြင့္ရွိသူ ဦးဥာဏ္၀င္းက ေျပာျပသည္။
ၿပီးခဲ့ေသာလမ်ားအတြင္း လူထုဆႏၵျပလႈပ္ရွားမႈကို စစ္အစိုးရက အၾကမ္းဖက္ ၿဖိဳခြဲႏွိမ္ႏွင္းခဲ့သျဖင့္ အနည္းဆံုး လူ (၁၅)ဦး ေသဆံုးခဲ့ရသည္။ အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံမွ သံတမန္မ်ားကမူ ထို႔ထက္မက ပိုမို ေသဆံုးႏိုင္သည္ဟု ဆိုသည္။ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းစြာ ဆႏၵျပေနသူမ်ားကို ပစ္ခတ္ဖမ္းဆီးသျဖင့္ ႏိုင္ငံတကာမွ ေဒါသအုိး ေပါက္ကြဲေနခ်ိန္တြင္ စစ္အစိုးရက ဦးေအာင္ၾကည္အား ဆက္ဆံေရး၀န္ႀကီးအျဖစ္ ခန္႔အပ္၍ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ခြင့္ေပးခဲ့ရာ ယခုေတြ႔ဆံုမႈသည္ တတိယအႀကိမ္ ျဖစ္သည္။
ယခုတႀကိမ္ေတြ႔ဆံုျခင္းသည္ စကၤာပူႏိုင္ငံတြင္ က်င္းပေနေသာ အာဆီယံ ထိပ္သီးေဆြးေႏြးပြဲ၌ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံအေပၚ ရွံဳ႕ခ်ေ၀ဖန္မႈမ်ားကို လမ္းေၾကာင္းေျပာင္းရန္ အခ်ိန္ကိုက္ ေပးေတြ႔ျခင္း ျဖစ္ႏိုင္သည္ ဟု ေလ့လာသံုးသပ္သူတို႔က ေျပာေနၾကသည္။
ျမန္မာ၀န္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ သိန္းစိန္မွာ က်န္ အာဆီယံေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားအား ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ၏အေျခအေနကို ယေန႔ ျပန္ေျပာျပရန္ ရွိေနသည္။ ဤသည္မွာ စစ္အစိုးရက အၾကမ္းဖက္ ၿဖိဳခြဲ ႏွိမ္ႏွင္းၿပီးေနာက္ပိုင္း ပထမဦးဆံုးအႀကိမ္ တရား၀င္ေျပာဆိုခ်က္ ျဖစ္သည္။
“ဒါကေတာ့ အာဆီယံအစည္းအေ၀းတက္ေနတဲ့ ျမန္မာ၀န္ႀကီးခ်ဳပ္ကို မ်က္ႏွာ မပ်က္ေစရေအာင္ လုပ္ ေပးလိုက္တာလို႔ပဲ က်ေနာ္ထင္တယ္”ဟု ရန္ကုန္ရွိ ၀ါရင့္ႏိုင္ငံေရးသမားတဦးက ေျပာဆိုုလိုက္သည္။
လြန္ခဲ့ေသာ (၁၈)ႏွစ္အတြင္း ေနအိမ္အက်ယ္ခ်ဳပ္ျဖင့္ (၁၂)ႏွစ္ၾကာေအာင္ ထိန္းသိမ္းခံေနရသည့္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္က သူမအေနျဖင့္ ဆက္ဆံေရး၀န္ႀကီး ဦးေအာင္ၾကည္ႏွင့္ အျပဳသေဘာ ေဆာင္သည့္ ေျပာဆိုမႈမ်ားရွိေၾကာင္း၊ ပိုမိုသင့္ေလ်ာ္မည့္ ေတြ႔ဆံုေဆြးေႏြးမႈမ်ား တည္ေဆာက္ႏိုင္ရန္ စစ္အစိုးရႏွင့္ လက္တြဲလုပ္ေဆာင္ရန္ အသင့္ရွိသည္ဟု ေျပာၾကားထားသည္။
စစ္အစိုးရေခါင္းေဆာင္ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္မႉးႀကီး သန္းေရႊမွာ ႏိုဗယ္ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးဆုရွင္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ အေပၚ ပုဂၢိဳလ္ေရး မုန္းတီးမႈ ရွိသည္ဟု သိရသည္။ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံအေပၚ စီးပြားေရးျပစ္ဒဏ္ခတ္ထားသည္ မ်ားအပါအ၀င္ ႀကိဳတင္သတ္မွတ္ခ်က္မ်ားကို ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္က သေဘာတူလွ်င္ တိုက္ရိုက္ ေတြ႔ဆံုေဆြးေႏြးရန္ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္မႉးႀကီးက ကမ္းလွမ္းထားသည္။
သို႔ေသာ္ ဒီမိုကေရစီသို႔ ႏိုင္ငံေရးအသြင္ေျပာင္းမႈရန္ တခုတည္းေသာ လမ္းေၾကာင္းမွာ စစ္အစိုးရ၏ လမ္းျပေျမပံုသာ ျဖစ္ၿပီး ေတြ႔ဆံုေဆြးေႏြးမႈမ်ားသည္ အဆိုပါ လမ္းျပေျမပံုအတြင္းမွာသာ ျဖစ္ရမည္ဟု ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္သန္းေရႊက ႏိုင္ငံပိုင္ သတင္းမီဒီယာမ်ားသို႔ စေနေန႔က ေျပာခဲ့သည္။
လက္ရွိစစ္အစိုးရ ၏ လမ္းျပေျမပံုမွာ (၄၅)ႏွစ္ သက္တမ္းရွိေနသည့္ စစ္အစိုးရ အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရးကို တရား၀င္ျဖစ္ေအာင္လုပ္ျခင္းသာ ျဖစ္၍ ယင္းကို အေနာက္ႏိုင္ငံ အစိုးရမ်ားက ပယ္ခ်ထားခဲ့သည္။
အဆိုပါ လမ္းျပေျမပံုအရ ေရးဆြဲသည့္ အေျခခံဥပေဒတြင္ စစ္တပ္အႀကီးအကဲသည္ အာဏာ အႀကီးမားဆံုး (သမၼတ) ျဖစ္ၿပီး အစိုးရအဖြဲ႔ကို စိတ္ႀကိဳက္ခန္႔ထားပိုင္ခြင့္ ရွိေနရံုမက အေရးေပၚ အေျခအေနဟု သမၼတက ယူဆလွ်င္ ထိုအေျခခံဥပေဒကို ဖ်က္သိမ္းပိုင္ခြင့္လည္း ရွိေနသည္။
ေအာင္လွထြန္း သတင္းပို႔ၿပီး Darren Schuettle ေရးကာ Roger Crabb တည္းျဖတ္သည့္ Myanmar’s detained Suu Kyi taken to state guesthouse ေဆာင္းပါးကို ျမန္မာျပန္ထားျခင္းျဖစ္သည္။
SAPA: Analysis of the ASEAN Charter
Analysis of the ASEAN Charter
Solidarity for Asian Peoples’ Advocacies (SAPA)
18 Nov 07
The Charter has not been officially made public, but copies were leaked to the media on November 7th. It is expected to be signed by the ASEAN leaders during their 13th Summit in Singapore on November 20th.
When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced that it will embark on a process of building a Charter to formalize its agreements and establish its legal framework, civil society groups paid attention. While ASEAN has been generally inaccessible and non-transparent, national and regional CSOs and social movements saw the strategic value of engaging the Charter process. We saw it as a space to stake claims on ASEAN and to demand accountability for its actions. We saw the Charter building process as an anchor for discussing ASEAN and generating interest on what the Association does. By engaging the process, CSOs and social movements hoped to pry open possibilities for transforming ASEAN into a rules-based organization that would work for the mutual benefit not only of ASEAN states but of ASEAN peoples and communities as well.
The Solidarity for Asian Peoples’ Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN invested time and energy to engage the ASEAN Charter building process. SAPA WG on ASEAN made three formal submissions to the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) – on the Political-Security Pillar (EPG consultation, Ubud, Bali/April 2006), on the Economic Pillar (EPG consultation, Singapore/June 2006), and on the Socio-Cultural Pillar and Institutional Mechanisms (Meeting with Ambassador Rosario Manalo, Special Adviser to Mr. Fidel V. Ramos, EPG Member for the Philippines, Manila/November 2006). The WG also participated in the only regional consultation held by the High Level Task Force (HLTF) on the drafting of the ASEAN Charter in March 2007 in Manila, and reiterated the main points of its submissions. Aside from the regional consultations that the SAPA WG on ASEAN worked hard to intervene in, the different network members also initiated national processes in 2006 and 2007 to help introduce ASEAN to civil society and inform them of the Charter that was being drafted.
The Charter drafting had been kept away from public access and scrutiny, making difficult any engagement in the process. The Charter will be signed on November 20th during the 13th Leaders Summit, but it was only on November 7th, when a copy of the final draft adopted by the High Level Task Force on the drafting of the ASEAN Charter was leaked to the media, that the Charter finally became known to the public.
The Charter is a disappointment. It is a document that falls short of what is needed to establish a “people-centered” and “people-empowered” ASEAN. It succeeds in codifying past ASEAN agreements, and consolidating the legal framework that would define the Association. However, it fails to put people at the center, much less empower them. The Charter is all about how Governments will interact with each other, but not about how they also should interact with the people. There are no clear spaces created or procedures established to institutionalize the role of citizens and civil society organizations in regional community-building. And where the Charter is able to protect sovereign interest of Governments, and enshrine confidence building though consensus, it lacks the necessary details for the settlement of disputes, dealing with internal conflicts, and disciplining or sanctioning Members who are remiss in their obligations.
The market-oriented language of the Charter expresses its bias for the economic project in the region, without recognition that this may be in conflict with the social and economic justice that the Charter is also supposed to uphold. The centrality of redistribution and economic solidarity to the goals of poverty eradication, social justice and lasting peace, is not acknowledged. Furthermore, the market orientation betrays the preference for a “one-size fits all” economic policy of trade and financial liberalization, failing to recognize the heterodox economic thinking that formed the basis of economic successes in the region in the past.
The Charter is gender blind and does not recognize the primacy of the regional environment.
Finally, the landmark inclusion of human rights in the Preamble and in the statement of Principles is belied by the lack of detail in the long-awaited human rights body.
Following are the SAPA WG on ASEAN’s specific comments on the Charter:
Preamble
1. The opening paragraph sets the tone for the entire Charter, highlighting the priority of the government over the individual citizen. A truly people-centered ASEAN should establish that governments are there to serve the needs and interests of citizens, and governments who fail in their duties and responsibilities should not be protected by ASEAN. A braver opening line should read, “WE, THE PEOPLES of ASEAN”, rather than “WE, THE PEOPLES of the Member States of ASEAN”.
2. Human rights are overarching and should form the basic principle of ASEAN from which all other principles flow. In this sense, human rights should be integral in all the work of ASEAN. Instead, human rights is placed low down on the list as a specific issue in Articles 1 and 2), and, symbolically, placed beneath the principles of sovereignty and non-interference.
3. While the Preamble and Chapter 1 uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms, the draft Charter only explicitly states adherence to the UN Charter, International Law and international humanitarian law, but does not explicitly recognize universally accepted human rights principles, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recently signed international agreements that expand on human rights, norms and standards. The reference to adherence to the “rule of law, good governance and the principles of democracy and constitutional government” in Article 2h, however, may be a good handle to demand for the implementation of these principles in every member-state, especially in the case of Burma.
4. No mention is made of the role of ASEAN in the protection of the environment.
Chapters 1: Purposes and Principles
5. Article 1.5 and Article 2n, related to market and trade, are the most bothersome. These provisions explicitly talk only about “facilitating the movement of business persons and professionals”, “the free-flow of capital”, and “the elimination of all barriers to market-driven economy”, but do not provide at all for the promotion of redistributive justice, poverty eradication and growth with equity – ideals equally important to advance in a regional set-up, nor do they recognize social dialogue and core labor standards. These also fail to give importance to the role state instruments and cooperation in achieving social goals.
6. The same paragraph mentions the movement of “business persons, professional, talents, labour” but does not make explicit reference to migrant workers who make up a significant part of regional labor flows. There is also no reference to the movement of other people such as asylum seekers.
7. Article 1.7 qualifies the promotion and protection of human rights “with due regard to the rights and responsibilities of the Member States of ASEAN”. This wording is dangerous, because it undermines the fundamental elements of the universality and inalienability of human rights. It is not made clear what these “rights and responsibilities” of member states are, leaving the way open for governments to violate human rights in the pursuit of their self-defined “national interest”.
8. The provision on sustainable development, protection of the region’s environment and sustainability of natural resources in Article 1.9 was put in the same plane as the reference to “high quality of life of its people”, clearly reinforcing the dominance of the economic agenda of the ASEAN over environmentally sustainable development.
9. Most of the statements are mother/parenthood statements and much is left to further interpretation and how it is going to be concretely operationalized in the ASEAN. Does the language in Article 1.4 referring to “just, democratic, harmonious environment” and Article 1.11 on “…providing them with equitable access to opportunities for….justice” translate to agrarian reform/access and control over natural resources? Will the language in Article 9 on “sustainable development” mean the upliftment of the lives of small-scale farmers, fishers, and the rest of the rural poor and the promotion of sustainable agriculture and the non-promotion of the chemical intensive, bio-technology/GMO agriculture? Does Article 1.13 on “people-oriented ASEAN” include all sectors, including organizations of the rural and urban poor, as well as semi-skilled workers, including migrant workers?
10. While Article 1.13 states that participation of all peoples is encouraged, nowhere in the Chapter does it explicitly state how this will be actualized. The Charter does not create consultative and advisory mechanisms comprised of non-state actors and civil society groups, with adequate representation from all sectors. Neither does it create a mechanism for regularly engaging citizens within the region.
11. Article 1.14 needs to make specific reference to indigenous peoples, rather than simply referring to “diverse culture” which is too general.
12. Article 2.2e needs to establish that states also have a “responsibility to protect”, that is, the responsibility to protect people from gross violations of human rights. All ASEAN heads of state and government accepted this concept of the “responsibility to protect” at the UN World Summit in September 2005.
13. Article 2.2h/i makes no mention as to what happens, such as sanctions, if states do not adhere “to the rule of law, good governance, the principles of democracy and constitutional government” or “respect for fundamental freedoms, the promotion and protection of human rights, and the promotion of social justice.”
Chapter 3: Membership
14. The principle of non-interference (Preamble, Chapter 1, Article 2e/f) that characterizes the “ASEAN Way” is further reaffirmed in the Charter. However, we believe that exceptions must be made for clearly defined regional standards for state behavior, particularly on human rights and environment, serious breaches of which may carry ASEAN-imposed sanctions.
15. While on the whole we agree that there should be equality of rights and obligations among Members, there should also be a socializing factor whereby better resourced members are able to contribute to special funds to assist other members in the spirit of solidarity, cooperation, and regional redistribution.
Chapter 4: Organs
16. The Charter provides for the establishment of a human rights body, committing all member states to its creation. However, no further details are included regarding the setting up of the body, its roles and responsibilities, or the timeframe for its creation. Considering the more than a decade of work many sectors have put into the creation of an ASEAN human rights mechanism, the Charter should have had more details in it, and not run the risk of making this landmark provision inconsequential in operation.
17. There will be more meetings (of the ASEAN Leaders and the Foreign Ministers, and of the new organs created in the Charter), but it is unclear how these additional meetings and new organs will bring about a people-centered ASEAN. Almost all of the organs remain state- or government-oriented.
18. Article 15 redefines the role of the ASEAN Foundation as a collaborator with the different ASEAN bodies in support of “community-building’. It is only under this article that “civil society” is mentioned. This redefinition seems to imply that the ASEAN Foundation now becomes captured by purely official ASEAN agenda. Whereas before CSOs could apply for support without getting ASEAN accreditation or approval (and the ASEAN Secretariat sits only ex-officio in the Board), the ASEAN Foundation now becomes an internal entity to serve official ASEAN agenda.
19. In outlining the main decision making organs within ASEAN, there is not a single mention of engagement with citizens and civil society (except in the context of the ASEAN Foundation), or the means by which citizens and civil society can influence decisions and processes of the ASEAN.
20. Gender equality in the choice of officials in the ASEAN bodies is only mentioned under the provisions on the Secretary General, but is absent everywhere else.
Chapter 5: Entities Associated with ASEAN
21. Unfortunately we are unable to obtain a copy of the annexes, including Annex 2 which supposedly lists the entities associated with ASEAN. The expectation is that this is where citizens and civil society participation is institutionalized in the ASEAN, but even this is not certain. Like a few other bodies created in the Charter, the entities mentioned here are yet undefined, with rules and criteria for engagement still to be determined by the yet to be formed Committee of Permanent Representatives.
Chapter 7: Decision-Making
22. Chapter 7 still puts premium on consensus as the institutional and the preferred mode of decision-making. The affirmation of consultation and consensus actually encourages unanimity based on the least common denominator, and leaves much room for recalcitrant members to sabotage any consensus building processes around democratic values and the principles of the rule of law and good governance. Furthermore, to leave it to the ASEAN Summit to decide on a specific decision making process should consensus not be achieved allows for even greater leeway for political accommodation for which the ASEAN is historically known.
23. The Charter does not specify any space for citizens and civil society groups in policy-and decision-making, detracting from the essence of consultation and consensus-building by not affirming the people-centered principle of building regional identity through people’s participation.
24. Chapter 7 Article 21 leaves the prescription of each ASEAN Community Council’s rules of procedure to each council. There should be a mechanism to standardize the procedures for all councils.
Chapter 8: Settlement of Disputes
25. Disputes implied in the Charter only cover conflicts between and among ASEAN states, and do not address internal conflicts which are also significant in the region.
26. Except for disputes concerning economic agreements, for which the ASEAN Protocol for Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism shall govern, the Charter provides for the establishment of dispute settlement mechanisms but for which no process or timeframe has been prescribed.
27. The issue of compliance is not addressed organically, except for cases to be referred to the ASEAN Summit for decision, limiting the efficacy of the to-be-established DSMs because the Summit by practice would yield to political exigencies.
28. The Charter does not recognize the need to establish conflict prevention and early warning mechanisms at the regional level with the involvement of citizens and civil society with demonstrated capacity to assist in conflict situations.
Chapter 9: Budget and Finance
29. Aside from provisions on “internal and external audit”, the Charter does not provide clear mechanisms for how the budget and finance of the Association can be made transparent and accessible to the public.
Chapter 10: Administration and Procedure
30. The ASEAN Charter does not mention how Chairmanship by countries whose leadership faces legitimacy questions shall be dealt with.
31. The choice of English as the working language of ASEAN, without reference to the use of regional languages for at least some purposes, leaves a big gap in terms of the need to promote national languages as a means to promote and protect the cultural heritage of the region.
32. The Charter does not provide for clear mechanisms for transparency and access to official information, and official processes, in the ASEAN.
Chapter 12: External Relations
33. Article 41.4 states that “in the conduct of external relations of ASEAN, Member States shall, on the basis of unity and solidarity, coordinate and Endeavour a common position and pursue joint actions”. This is a bold statement that affirms the centrality of ASEAN. Considering the less-than-unified positions espoused by individual Member Countries in multilateral fora (e.g. the WTO) in the past, it is interesting to know how the ASEAN would go about crafting common positions after the Charter is signed.
34. Consistent with the overall absence of the role of citizens and civil society in ASEAN, the Charter does not say anything about their role in helping ASEAN to develop and to determine its foreign policy, and in determining the status of external partners of ASEAN.
35. Considering the importance of migrant workers and their families in the conduct of ASEAN’s external relations, the absence of any mention about labor mobility as an issue to be discussed with external partners is glaring.
Chapter 13: General and Final Provisions
36. It is provided that the “Charter shall be subject to ratification by all ASEAN member states in accordance with their respective internal procedure”. This is short of what the Second and Third ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC-II and III) called for, which is ratification by popular referendum.
37. The provision on Review (Article 50) only gives the requisite timeline (of five years after the Charter enters into force) but no clear procedures for its conduct, including who will be involved and how extensive such involvement would be.
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http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleaseanrightsbody15.html
Human Rights Now!
Human Rights Now!
18 November, 2007
Singapore Democratic Party
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As ASEAN opened its 13th Summit at the Shangri La, about 130 people attended a forum organized by Sg Human Rights held at a local hotel this afternoon. Most attendees wore red to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Burma. The organizers had anticipated a larger turnout, especially from the Burmese nationals. However, some Burmese attendees reported that the police had earlier approached them to dissuade them from attending the forum, and even offered them a paid party at Sentosa as an alternative.
One of the purposes of the forum is to gather signatures for two petitions, which will be delivered afterward, via the ASEAN Secretariat, to the Singapore and Burma member states respectively.The first petition called on the Singapore Government, among other things, to respect the rights of Singaporeans, and to sign and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The other, in the form of a giant greeting card with the image of Ms Aung Sung Suu Kyi, allowed signatories to scribble messages as they pleased.
This is an excerpt from the source
World Focus on Burma (19-11-2007)
- Junta wins by playing Suu Kyi card effectively
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
By KYAW ZWA MOE Believe it or not, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has prolonged the lifespan of Burma’s repressive junta. … - Toothless charter will hurt Asean credibility
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
This principle has already severely limited what Asean has been willing to do in relation to Burma. Another limitation of the charter is the fact that … - WE DON’T WANT VIOLENCE
Electric New Paper, Singapore -
… when Burma finally achieves democracy, foreigners who come to Burma will also show respect for our country,’ he said. Another Myanmar national, mrkyaw … - Activists urge Asean to tighten screws on Yangon as summit kicks …
TODAYonline, Singapore -
In her speech, Ms Ng reiterated: “My own view is that it (Asean) should not be slow to take Myanmar to task, including suspending it, if its military rulers … - Students defy Myanmar protest ban at ASEAN summit
Reuters -
“We want to say that the world is still watching and has not forgotten about Burma,” Muzaffar said. Continued… - THE ASEAN DREAM: WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
Electric New Paper, Singapore -
Nothing has done more in recent months to give a sense of relevance to Asean among ordinary Singaporeans than the situation in Myanmar, Mr Yeo pointed out. … - China backs ASEAN on Myanmar
Hindu, India -
SINGAPORE: China on Sunday threw its weight behind the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) by taking the line that the Myanmar crisis be … - ASEAN Refuses To Accept US Senate’s Resolution To Debar Myanmar
AHN -
… Asian countries (ASEAN) on Sunday has refused to accept the US Senate’s resolution for suspending Myanmar (also called Burma) from the regional group. … - Arroyo, Burma PM meet before summit
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
… Minister Thein Sein of Burma (Myanmar) — two leaders whose governments have come under international scrutiny over allegations of human rights abuses. … - Myanmar’s neighbours should play greater role
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
Western nations are pressuring the leaders to impose sanctions on the nation’s military rulers or throw Myanmar out of the 10-member Association of … - Southeast Asians finalize landmark constitution that will set up …
International Herald Tribune, France -
… Asian nation once known as Burma. A glimmer of hope for democracy in Myanmar has been raised by the recent efforts of UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, .. - ASEAN leaders to tackle Myanmar their way
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
… time as the government of Burma has demonstrated improved respect for and commitment to human rights.” Myanmar has been under military rule since 1962. … - Asean summit embarrassed by Burma’s rulers
Financial Times (subscription), UK -
But many suspect the real rationale is to shield Burma’s military rulers, including Thein Sein, the prime minister, from the public gaze. … - Official media: More peace groups, militia object some points of …
Xinhua, China -
The series of statements of the peace groups and militia, carried in the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar in the last two days, include those of … - China to Reject Imposing Sanctions on Myanmar (Update1)
Bloomberg -
… effort to bring about change in the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma. China will say it “is in favor of democratic change in Myanmar, … - Myanmar says it will sign ASEAN Charter
Channel News Asia, Singapore -
SINGAPORE – Myanmar will this week sign a new charter for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which commits members to promote human rights … - Southeast Asian ministers adopt landmark charter
AFP -
However, democracy activists have rejected it as inadequate because it does not include a mechanism to suspend or eject Myanmar from the grouping despite … - SBY has chance to make history with Myanmar
Jakarta Post, Indonesia -
President Yudhoyono also needs to personally tell Myanmar’s new prime minister, Lt. Gen. Thein Sein, who will also attend a regional summit, to convey the … - UN envoy sees “opportunity” in Myanmar
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
SINGAPORE – UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari sees “a window of opportunity” in Myanmar and hopes to return to the country before year’s end, … - Junta not welcome in Singapore’s Little Burma
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
SINGAPORE – Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein, in Singapore for the ASEAN summit, would not be too welcome at Peninsula Plaza, the hub for the … - Stubborn Myanmar question looms over ASEAN signing – Feature
Earthtimes, UK -
Despite the international uproar over the crackdown, ASEAN has rejected calls to suspend Myanmar until the crisis is resolved. The Free Burma Coalition, … - Adieu to the ‘Asean Way’
Wall Street Journal -
If these recommendations are adopted, Asean’s commitment to reform will immediately be tested by how it will deal with Myanmar’s generals. .. - CWS Hotline 19 Nov 2007: Dominican Republic, Myanmar
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
The humanitarian crisis in Burma (Myanmar) is worsening. Poverty in some regions has reached critical levels, with severe food insecurity and many landless … - Students defy police, march along Singapore’s premier boulevard
Monsters and Critics.com, UK -
‘We also hope that more people will come out and show solidarity with Burma.’ Myanmar has become the focus of protests worldwide after a violent crackdown … - China backs UN efforts in Myanmar, hopes for national …
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… first led the peaceful demonstrations against the fuel hikes and inflation that were pummeling the impoverished people of Myanmar, also known as Burma. … - Protest Singapore Style; 3 Marchers, 19 Media, 1000 Police
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19 (Bloomberg) — A planned protest in Singapore against Asian leaders’ “tacit” approval of Myanmar’s fatal crackdown on demonstrations fizzled today when … - Asian path to assistance
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Following an Asian path is likely to be a more effective way of promoting positive change in Burma. The military regime that came to power in Burma/Myanmar … - US says ASEAN reputation at stake over handling of Myanmar
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
… ASEAN has been called into question because of the situation in Burma … It just can’t be business as usual,» she said. Myanmar is also known as Burma. - Nations in need of stability
Indianapolis Star, United States -
Earlier this month, two leading United Nations officials seeking to bring peace and stability to Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sudan incurred the wrath of … - India’s Myanmar policy could provoke the Northeast
Merinews, India -
Things went well for New Delhi until the sudden uprising in adjoining Burma (also known as Myanmar). While New Delhi invited critical comments from … - Shades of Tiananmen Square return
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY -
In Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), a small country in South Asia, civilians calling for democracy have suffered similar consequences. … - ASEAN leaders to confront Myanmar
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… to push Myanmar’s generals towards democracy, but so far it has been reluctant to take any punitive action against the nation formerly known as Burma. … - Asean under pressure over Myanmar
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
Leaders from the Association of South-East Asian Nations are facing renewed pressure to take action against Myanmar as they gather for an annual summit in … - US Says Possible to Finish Trade Talks in 14 Months (Update2)
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Myanmar is a member of Asean, which has rebuffed calls for sanctions against the military-ruled country, formerly known as Burma. … - Myanmar supports ASEAN Charter after human rights body neutered
Jakarta Post, Indonesia -
SINGAPORE (AP): Myanmar gave its full backing Monday to a landmark Southeast Asian charter that will create an agency to review the region’s human rights … - Asean finalises historic charter
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“If you make all these fierce statements and supposing we say we expel Myanmar [Burma] from Asean, what difference does it make?” Mr Lee told the BBC. … - EU, ASEAN scratch each other’s backs
Viet Nam News, Vietnam -
The latter is all the more imperative following the sad events in Myanmar. The EU has a strong interest that Burma/Myanmar develops into a democratic and … - Burma ‘must comply’ with pact
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Singapore – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations expects Burma to comply with a landmark charter after the military-ruled country made no objections … - Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Meets Liaison Minister
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The military has ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, since 1962, crushing periodic rounds of dissent. It held elections in 1990 but refused to hand over … - Myanmar’s detained Suu Kyi taken to state guesthouse
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Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein was due later on Monday to brief his counterparts on events in the former Burma for the first time since the crackdown. … - Detained Suu Kyi taken to govt guesthouse
ABC Online, Australia -
There are reports that Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been taken from the Rangoon villa where she has been held for the past four years to a … - ASEAN urged to put rights component of new charter in separate treaty
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ASEAN is facing criticism for allowing military-ruled Myanmar to sign the Charter, but a split such as described might save face by allowing Myanmar to … - EU confirms tougher Myanmar sanctions
Monsters and Critics.com, UK -
‘The EU looks forward to Mr Gambari’s return and reiterates its call on the government of Burma/Myanmar to afford him all possible assistance, … - EU Tightens Sanctions as Myanmar Is Set to Sign Asian Charter
Bloomberg -
“Asean has special responsibility when it comes to the situation in Burma,” US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said today in Singapore. … - Japan, Myanmar pms may discuss reforms, killing: aides
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
… and opponents led by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ‘I cannot specifically predict what they will discuss but in recent meetings with Myanmar, … - ASEAN countries oppose Singapore’s plan for UN envoy to brief …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
Myanmar objected to the briefing and other ASEAN countries, except Singapore, supported Myanmar, a senior Malaysian official told Malaysian journalists. … - Myanmar crackdown tests a core value of Asean
International Herald Tribune, France -
“The reputation and credibility of Asean as an organization has been called into question because of the situation in Burma.” Many analysts predict that … - US optimistic about Doha trade talks
BusinessWeek -
… deal done,” said US Trade Representative Susan Schwab on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore. … - US Trade Representative Says Situation in Burma Undermining …
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Ambassador Schwab told VOA that ASEAN has, in her words, a special responsibility when it comes to Burma. “I think the key is business as usual just doesn’t … - Philippines Could Block New Asia Charter
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The US and other nations have strongly criticized ASEAN for its relatively conciliatory approach toward the junta controlling Myanmar, a bloc member that … - Philippines want Myanmar to restore democracy
Pravda, Russia -
Unless Myanmar restores democracy and frees Aung San Suu Kyi, opposition leader, it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter, … - UN envoy Gambari briefing on Myanmar to Asian leaders cancelled …
ABCmoney.co.uk, UK -
By : Agencies SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) – Southeast Asian leaders have called off a briefing by UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari on the situation in Myanmar … - Pressuring ASEAN on Burma
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
The extrajudicial killings here and the slaying of pro-democracy protesters in Burma (Myanmar) have roused virulent reactions. … - US envoy won’t address Asian summit as planned after Myanmar objects
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
It is a difficult problem for Myanmar,» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the chairman of ASEAN, told reporters, after reading out the statement. … - Burma: Targeted Sanctions Needed on Petroleum Industry
Reuters AlertNet, UK -
These entities include the Burmese government’s Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), a state company under the Ministry of Energy whose earnings benefit … - UPADTE 1-ASEAN calls for democracy in Myanmar, bars UN envoy
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations said on Monday that Myanmar should work with the United Nations on democracy and release political detainees, … - ASEAN calls off UN envoy briefing on Myanmar at summit (Extra)
Monsters and Critics.com, UK -
Singapore – The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday abruptly called off a scheduled address by UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari at a … - UN study spotlights serious development gaps among ASEAN members
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19 November 2007 – As the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) get set to discuss a plan for greater regional integration at … - Junta seizes Chinese mobile phones in northern Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
While Burmese mobile phones (operated by the Myanmar Post and Telecommunication) cost about 3000000 kyat the Chinese mobile phones cost about 100000 kyats. … - US criticises ASEAN as Myanmar overshadows new charter
Guardian Unlimited, UK -
By Neil Chatterjee SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations called on Myanmar on Monday to move towards democracy after facing criticism and … - ASEAN stands ready to help Myanmar: PM Lee
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By Valarie Tan, Channel newsasia | Posted: 20 November 2007 0247 hrs SINGAPORE : ASEAN leaders have agreed to let Myanmar deal with the United Nations on …
