Posts Tagged ‘Surayud Chulanont’
World Focus on Burma (10-12-2007)
- Repression unrelenting in Myanmar
Amnistía Internacional -
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma), where she has been for 12 of the past 18 years. Aung San Suu Kyi is one of a … - Studying diversity, conflict and internationalizing Burma
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
… the Union of Burma on 23rd September 1988. On 18th June 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted a new name called ‘Union of Myanmar’ … - The Nagas and their Nation-
Nagaland Post, India -
… belonging to the Tibeto-Burman stock with an approximate 4 million in population and live along the tri-junction of Burma (Myanmar), China, and India. … - Nagaland CM’s request puts MEA in a fix
The Tribune, India -
Rio wants New Delhi to persuade Myanmar to declare a ceasefire with the Khapland faction of the NSCN instead of going hammers and tongs against the militant … - China-Myanmar trade increased in 2007
United Press International -
9 (UPI) — Trade between China and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, increased dramatically in 2007, incomplete officials from the emerging Asian nation … - Judicial Officers Support A Pacific Regional Human Rights Commission
pacific, HI -
… to set up an Asian regional human rights commission, a concept under consideration for several years and expedited by recent events in Myanmar [Burma]. … - Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
… Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Israel. _ 1993: Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk, South Africa. _ 1991: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (also known as Burma). - Activists hope pen still mighty
Providence Journal, RI -
PROVIDENCE — In Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, people can be arrested for displaying photos of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, … - A Growing Source of Fear for Migrants in Malaysia
New York Times, United States -
Most migrant workers come from Indonesia, while others come from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Vietnam as well as from Myanmar, formerly Burma. … - UN Myanmar rights expert ups estimate of death toll from protests …
JURIST -
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro [official profile; JURIST news archive] has conclud… - Burmese refugees to settle in Brisbane ‘by Christmas’
Brisbane Times, Australia -
Seven asylum seekers from Myanmar (Burma) will be resettled in Brisbane, as the new Rudd Government begins unwinding tough immigration laws which force … - un’s Ban says patience running out with Myanmar
Reuters -
… of which the former Burma is a member, to play a “special political role”. “The people of Myanmar have suffered from isolation for such a long time and … - UN Secretary-General Says World Running Out of Patience With …
Voice of America -
By Luis Ramirez UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the international community is running out of patience with Burma’s repressive military government. .. - Revisiting intelligence reform
Spero News -
Similarly, human rights groups are today using unclassified commercial imagery to track ethnic cleansing in Darfur and Burma (or Myanmar, as that country’s … - UN sec-gen emphasises Myanmar in meeting Thai PM
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
Surayud Chulanont, focusing on the unresolved situation in Myanmar. After arriving in Bangkok Sunday for a three-day official visit en route to the UN .. - UN call for faster Burma reform
BBC News, UK -
“The people of Myanmar have suffered from isolation for such a long time and it’s high time now that the Myanmar authorities and the people… enjoy .. - UN urged to push for release of Myanmar political prisoners
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
… access to all parts of Burma (Myanmar) to UN agencies and other international humanitarian organisations” to provide emergency needs to its people, … - Biofuels: Let’s look before we leap
Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland -
Several years ago, faced with growing food shortages, the government of Burma — now Myanmar — ordered farmers throughout the country to start growing rice, … - Clock ticks for likely Kosovo bid
Mirror.co.uk, UK -
“I hope the Myanmar authorities will take it very seriously,” Ban said during a visit to Thailand, where he urged the Association of South East Asian … - Elders mark 60th year of Declaration of Human Rights
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa -
“The deteriorating situation in Burma means we have to work for a situation where these principles [of human rights] will be recognised and respected,” Tutu … - Tutu, elder statesmen denounce rights abuses
Business Day, South Africa -
ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu and other elder statesmen today denounced the rights records of Myanmar, Sudan, Chad and Zimbabwe at the launch of a new human … - UN warns Burma over slow progress on democracy
ABC Online, Australia -
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has warned Burma’s military rulers that the patience of the international community is running out. … - Rambo film ‘was under threat’
This is North Scotland, UK -
Filming the new Rambo film on the war-torn border between Thailand and Myanmar (formerly Burma) was a risky business, star Sylvester Stallone has apparently - Amnesty International hosts 20th annual “write-a-thon”
Providence Eyewitness News, RI -
This year’s focus will be on monks tortured, killed or detained during protests earlier this year in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation also known as Burma … - Minister Kubis to Lead the Slovak Delegation at the GAERC Session
SK Today, Slovakia -
… current situation in Lebanon, along with Iran’s nuclear programme and the latest developments in Myanmar (Burma) and the Sudanese province of Darfur. … - Relate as trained professionals, PM urges officers, troops
IndiaEduNews.net, India -
… batch – Sam Manekshaw, Muhammad Musa and Smith Dun – went on to head the armies of India, Pakistan and Burma (as Myanmar was then called), respectively. … - First Lady Criticizes Myanmar’s Generals
Washington Post, United States -
10, 2007, during a video teleconference with Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand, regarding the situation in Myanmar, also known as Burma, in recognition of … - Laura Bush calls for democracy in Myanmar
Raw Story, MA -
… from Myanmar in a videoconference call marking International Human Rights Day. “President Bush and I call on all nations, especially Burma’s neighbors, …
