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| Southeast Asia |
| UN Burma envoy 'wasted his time' |
| 2008-08-25 |
| Burma's opposition party says UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari's latest trip to the country was a waste of time. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The major question to be answered for all UN diplomats is: How was the five star dinner and hotel? |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-25 14:44 |
| #1 The BBC's South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, says Mr Gambari now seems to have used up all the credibility he had. After more than two years of failure his statements remain relentlessly upbeat - yet he seems to put no pressure on the generals, our correspondent says. Mr Gambari's latest visit to Burma has attracted little praise. "The UN envoy was wasting his time on matters that he was not supposed to deal with." He added that Mr Gambari had also failed to make any progress on the other major theme of his mission - to secure the release of political prisoners including Ms Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest. During his six-day visit, Mr Gambari did hold talks with the NLD and meet Prime Minister Thein Sein - a figurehead who holds little real power. But diplomats conceded that nothing concrete had come of his visit. Hell, that sounds to me like a typical UN success story. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-25 08:57 |