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Should the United Nations Engage with the Junta?
By Paul Greening
Guest Contributor
The United Nations (UN) has come under heavy criticism from CSOs and Myanmar people generally by signing memorandums of Understanding (MoUs)...
United Nations warned on Burma engagement
July 13, 2009 (DVB), The United Nations should be prudent in its expectations for progress in Burma or otherwise risks "misleading" the international community,...
More than 600 military personnel surrender in Karen State; UN calls for ban on arms and jet fuel to military
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM
More than 600 military personnel surrender in Karen State
The Karen National Union (KNU) stated that more than 600 military personnel, including...
Julie Bishop named UN Special Envoy on Myanmar
Australia’s Julie Bishop, the Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) and a former Foreign Minister, was named by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres as...
Myanmar’s ‘lost generation’ of youth pursing higher studies
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM
The Chargé d'Affaires in the U.S. Embassy in Yangon, Susan N. Stevenson, stated that Myanmar lacks educational opportunities for students at...
Military conscription to begin in April after Thingyan holidays
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM
Regime spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said that the military’s conscription law is scheduled to be enforced by mid-April after Thingyan, the...
