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UN Special Adviser calls on the civilian population of the area “to exercise maximum restraint and not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious groups.”
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The UN Special Adviser, who has sat in as an official observer on Burma’s ceasefire talks, responds to DVB questions about the peace process.
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The UN envoy concludes a week-long trip which included meeting a host of senior officials in Naypyidaw, discussions on aid with community leaders in Arakan State, and observing a round of ceasefire talks in Rangoon.
Human Rights Watch has written to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, heavily criticizing the UN invitation to involve the Burmese army in future international peacekeeping missions.
Ethnic civil rights groups echo UN special adviser Vijay Nambiar’s sentiment that this week’s round of peace talks in Myitkyina between ethnic groups and the Burmese government were fruitful and bode well for the future.
UN special envoy Tomas Quintana says the new Burmese government shows no sign of ending militarisation in border regions
Talks between Vijay Nambiar and Burmese officials should be used to register UN concern about lack of progress, Human Rights Watch urges
