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Burma: The Emergence of Democracy
The emergence of Democracy is usually a painful process. It is equivalent to giving birth, bringing freedom, human rights and dignity through the dark tunnel into the light.
UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari reports that the “situation remains tense with “continuing and disturbing” reports of abuse including arbitrary arrests, beatings and disappearances”, reports of the mass relocation of Buddhist monks arrested during the recent demonstrations in the main city, Yangon had also reached Gambari.
He called for unity among UN council members as key to getting the Military Junta to move along the lines of democracy for Burma including full respect for human rights. He believes that even amidst all the tragedy, it is a an hour of historic opportunity for Burma. The message delivered to the Junta was that it is up to the government and people of Burma to bring Democracy to this country, and the whole world will be watching closely how that responsibility is played out for the benefit of all people of Burma.
The ASEAN [Association of South-east Asian Nations] has spoken strongly against the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters by the Military Junta . The UN welcomes this very much and plans to work closely with the ASEAN nations, and Regional leaders Japan and China to pressure the Burmese government towards Democracy.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, further visits to Burma from the UN envoy have been scheduled for November, giving the Junta some time to take care of issues talked about during their last meeting in November 2006. Such issues as the release of political prisoners, humanitarian access to those in need, cessation of hostilities against ethnic minorities, health and educational issues, and cooperation with the ILO, and further issues discussed in the latest meeting of October 2007: how to deal with the underlying process of discontent of an economic and political nature and also possible ideas about constitutional review.
Under threat of World wide sanctions, the Senior General of Burma has announced that he is willing to meet with Nobel Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi in person if she agrees to renounce her “obstructive and confrontational stance” and her support for sanctions and “utter devastation.” On her part Suu Kyi expressed interest in dialogue with the government during her visit with UN Envoy Gambari. Whether or not she will agree to the general’s conditions remains to be seen. But the UN is committed to seeing the meeting move forward, to actually happen.
Although the protests were temporarily crushed and things may seem dire at the moment, the world wide continued attention to the Burma movement will force a change for the better.
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