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| UN to meet on Myanmar |
| 2010-03-24 |
| [Straits Times] THE United Nations said on Tuesday it would host a meeting on Myanmar here later this week amid concern about new electoral laws that disqualify detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told a press briefing that the so-called Group of Friends of Myanmar would meet at UN headquarters on Thursday. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for the informal meeting to mull Myanmar's new electoral laws ahead of upcoming national polls, which will be the first to be held in 20 years. The new laws relate to the registration of political parties and bar anyone serving a prison term from being a member of an official party. The Group of friends of Myanmar brings together Australia, Britain, China, the European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. It was set up in December 2007 as a forum for informal discussions and for developing shared approaches to back UN efforts to promote democracy and national reconciliation in Myanmar. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I confess that is a new one on me. I did not know that Myanmar had five-star hotels. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-03-24 12:16 |
| #1 Let the partying and wh*ring begin! |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-03-24 10:11 |