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Excellency Mr. President,
Our United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has been studying critically your work programs and reforms for the emergence of peace, stability, progress and the democratic system in the country. We presume that you are undertaking reforms with noble intentions for the country and the people.
27 September 2012
To
U Thein Sein
President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Nay Pyi Taw
Ref: Demanding justice in the case of Kachin villager Sumlut Roi Ja
We are writing to demand justice in the case of Kachin villager, Sumlut Roi Ja, aged 28, who has disappeared since being arbitrarily arrested by the Burma Army.
Immediate Release
September 26, 2012
Burma: Joint-Delegation in U.S. to Address Political Stalemate
(New York, New York) - A joint-delegation of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) has arrived in the U.S. to address the current political stalemate in the peace processes in Burma.
September 25, The Atlantic
A former prisoner of conscience, now the chairman of one of Burma's major opposition parties, on why minority rights are now such a central issue in the country.
In a country whose very name is a subject of contention -- Burma or Myanmar? -- I confess that I'm not sure about whether we're actually witnessing democracy sprout up or not. I'm almost 70 years old; I've grown up and spent my life under military rule; and because of that, I've never experienced what it means to have basic democratic rights like freedom of expression, freedom of religion, the freedom to vote (under conditions of fair and honest competition), or the freedom of choice generally in many areas of life that people in democratic states take for granted. If one free vote is held -- and only in some by-elections at that -- does that amount to proof that these rights are secure and active?
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)
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:
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