Dear all:

We believe that Daw Suu has a very good time to be in the US for our country, the Union of Burma. But one thing people question is whether she speaks only for the Burman territory and Burman people forgetting and ignoring the other seven ethnic nationalities' territories, such as Arakan, Chin, Kachin, Shan, Kaya (Karenni) Karens and Mons. The reason is we have heard her not using the country name “Union of Burma” or “Pyi-htaungsu Myanmar naing-ngan” in her speeches during her visit now to US. It seems as if she is avoiding to use the term “Union of Burma” and “Pyi-htaungsu Myanma naing-ngan” The two terms are the true names in the constitution of the Union of Burma 1947 which was supposed to be adopted  based on the Panglong Agreement February 12, 1947.

The Six-point Political Program of the Ethnic Nationalities
Regarding the Peace Process

(16 September 2012)

1. To develop a "Framework for Political Dialogue" by organizing consultations amongst ethnic armed revolutionary groups, political parties and civil society including women and youth.
   
   
2. To hold consultations between representatives of the Union Government and ethnic armed revolutionary groups, to obtain agreement on a "Framework for Political Dialogue". In doing so,

English.news.cn   2012-09-20 10:31:27

KUNMING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Six people suspected of taking part in an attack last year on the Mekong River that left 13 Chinese sailors dead went on trial on Thursday in a court in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Democracy Award Week

Schedule of Events

Monday, Sept. 17

10:00-11:00    Briefing Award recipients on the week’s activities @ NED building

12:00-1:30      Meet NGO community work on Burma Issue @ NED

Representatives of Human Rights Watch, US Campaign for Burma, Open Society Foundation, Freedom House and Project 2049

Statement from the 2nd Civil Society Forum for Peace
13th September 2012
Yangon

We are civil society organisations representing multi-ethnic, multi-religious peoples from all around the country. Recognizing that we are not the government, we, as the people of Myanmar, we would like to see the Union of Myanmar flourish to become a modern and developed nation, with democracy and full respect for human rights and support for the emergence of an open and transparent civil society based on sustainable peace. The 2nd Civil Society Forum for Peace was convened in Yangon on 11th-13th September 2012, in order to collectively realize these points. We issue these following statements:

09-18-2012 19:28 BJT

Naw Kham, the principal suspect in last years’ deadly attack on the Mekong River is to stand trial in Kunmin, Southwest China. The city's Intermediate People’s Court has started prosecution proceedings against six suspects accused of intentional homicide, drug trafficking, kidnapping and ship hijacking.

Date: September 16, 2012

We, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, are pleased and honored that our chairperson, Hkun Htun Oo, will be awarded the Democracy Award by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington D.C. We appreciate that this award is to acknowledge our chair's long fight for all ethnic nationalities to obtain democracy, equality, self-determination and a genuine federal union in Burma.

A snapshot guide to the rapidly developing extractive industries of Myanmar. The attached two-pager is designed as a quick read, covering five major features of the industry, posing five unanswered questions, and profiling the five biggest players in the sector. The "Ten Minutes" guide is the first in a planned series on Myanmar; OpenOil is currently developing similar snapshots of extractive industries in other countries such as Mongolia.