Peace and Reconciliation in Burma: The Way Forward in 2008

  • Monday, Dec 10, 2007
  • Moderator:
    Derek Mitchell
    Senior Fellow and Director for Asia, International Security Program

    Khaing Soe Naing Aung
    Vice President, Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
    Vice President, National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)

    Rimond Htoo
    Secretary, Karenni People’s Progressive Party (KNPP)

    Win Hlaing
    Elected representative, National League for Democracy (NLD)
    Secretary 1, NLD (Liberarted Area)

    Lway Aye Nang
    President, Palaung Women's Organizations

    Maung Maung
    Founder, Federation of Trade Unions, Burma (FTUB)
    General Secretary, National Council of the Union of Burma

    Five pro-democracy leaders from Burma will provide their assessments of recent developments in Burma, where the largest demonstrations since 1988 were held in September and met with a brutal government crackdown.  The death toll is unknown and large numbers of monks and other activists remain detained.  The delegation will discuss calls for political change and how the situation can be helped move beyond the crisis toward peace and reconciliation in 2008.  

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    East Asia and the Pacific

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