Archive for February 21st, 2008
World Focus on Burma (21 Feb 08)
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Britain’s largest labor group demands consumers boycott Lonely … |
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Suu Kyi’s disputed candidacy status |
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Noppadon: Thailand backs Myanmar referendum on constitution |
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UN envoy to return to Burma in early March |
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Sly sheds blood again |
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Gambari to focus on constitutional process |
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USDA Starts Recruitment Drive Ahead of Referendum |
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UN envoy to meet Myanmar’s rulers in early March |
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UN envoy to raise Suu Kyi poll ban with Myanmar |
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Myanmar refugee family discovers feces smeared on apartment door |
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Air Bagan flight overshoots runway in Putao |
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UN Myanmar Envoy Hopes for March Visit |
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Blacklisted Air Bagan overshoots runway in Burma |
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Indonesia: UN to Visit Myanmar in March |
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Shumla sends Texas to Thailand for rock art research |
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US Calls Proposed Burma Constitution a Failure |
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Burma’s junta promises democracy, but most are wary |
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Poll ban on Suu Kyi |
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Myanmar refugees find peace in downtown Waterbury More coming … |
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UN will press Burma over Suu Kyi |
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Junta plan must be credible: ASEAN |
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Marriage stops Myanmar opposition leader from competing elections |
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ASEAN Expresses Concern Over Burma’s Election Ban |
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Burma attacked over constitution |
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Burma New Draft Constitution is Completed |
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Elisa Burchett: Group of Nobel Peace Prize Winners Wields Moral … |
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Junta approves draft constitution |
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Myanmar junta must re-work constitution — US |
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Refer to a friend |
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Chin refugees in India celebrate their National Day |
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Nobel laureates urge UN sanctions on Myanmar |
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ASEAN says Myanmar must have credible elections |
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Pro-Democracy Groups Criticize Junta Constitution Plan |
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Myanmar, where the Church suffers in silence |
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Gambari’s Mission is Dead in the Water |
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Completed constitution should be open for revision: NLD |
UN will press Burma over Suu Kyi
Bangkok Post, 21 Feb 08
New York (dpa) – The United Nations Wednesday said constitutional reforms will be the subject of a new round of talks between its envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Burmese military leaders, after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was barred from running in upcoming elections.
Gambari, who was visiting Southeast Asia, has planned to visit Rangoon for the third time since last September, though it is unknown exactly when he will make the trip.
The visit has become more urgent after a draft constitution issued by the military junta said Suu Kyi would not be able to run in 2010 elections because she was married to a Briton, who died in 1999.
“We believe that the credibility of the political process (in Burma) is going to depend on whether it is inclusive enough so that all can participate,” UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said.
The constitutional process will be “on top on the agenda of special envoy Gambari when he has the chance to visit Myanmar and have direct discussions with authorities and all the relevant parties to the process, including Suu Kyi. We hope that happens soon,” Okabe said.
Myanmar is the name the junta uses for Burma.
Suu Kyi is leader of the National League for Democracy, which won a landslide victory in the presidential elections in 1990. The military junta rejected the elections and put her under house arrest.
The UN has been calling on Burma to launch democratic reforms and release all political prisoners.
Gambari, who visited Beijing Tuesday, called on the Chinese government to send the “right signals” to demand cooperation from the ruling military junta.
He then travelled to Singapore and planned to visit Jakarta and Japan for the purpose of canvassing support for democratic changes in Burma.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=126051
