Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will arrive in Burma on Sunday and visit Arakan State on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, to introduce his role as chair of the new Arakan State Advisory Commission to local Buddhist and Muslim stakeholders, according to Arakan State government secretary U Tin Maung Swe.
Kofi Annan is expected to meet the Arakan National Party (ANP), the largest party in Arakan State, which represents the interests of the Buddhist majority and has taken a hard line against the largely stateless Rohingya Muslim community, which suffered from anti-Muslim violence in 2012 and 2013 and remains largely segregated from Buddhist communities in the state, with restrictions placed on their movement.
However, ANP general-secretary U Tun Aung Kyaw, who is currently attending the Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, told The Irrawaddy over the phone that the party had not yet received a formal request for a meeting with the new commission. (Courtesy of irrawaddy.com)
September 1, 2016
Ban Ki-moon Opens 21st Century Panglong Conference in Myanmar
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon opened today the 21st Century Panglong Conference in Myanmar, which seeks a peaceful solution to the ethnic conflict in that country.
Before nearly 800,000 participants, he described the summit as a breakthrough for peace in that country and reiterated the UN support for the process, said the Vietnamese news agency VNA.
Known as the Federal Peace Conference, the summit brings together representatives of the Government and the national army, as well as the armed opposition groups, made up of ethnic minorities.
Members of political parties and international organizations also participate in the summit, said VNA. (Courtesy of plenglish.com)
Before nearly 800,000 participants, he described the summit as a breakthrough for peace in that country and reiterated the UN support for the process, said the Vietnamese news agency VNA.
Known as the Federal Peace Conference, the summit brings together representatives of the Government and the national army, as well as the armed opposition groups, made up of ethnic minorities.
Members of political parties and international organizations also participate in the summit, said VNA. (Courtesy of plenglish.com)
Rights group calls on Myanmar to investigate Rohingya woman's death
Human rights advocates have called on Myanmar to investigate the death of a young woman from the country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, who died this month after being found naked and unconscious near a military base.
The woman, identified as Raysuana, 25, was found by a road next to an army compound in Sittwe, the capital of the conflict-torn Rakhine State in western Myanmar, residents and rights group Amnesty International said.
She had gone missing while walking in an area where more than 100,000 Rohingya have been living in camps since Sittwe was roiled by communal violence in 2012, Amnesty said in a statement late on Tuesday.
Most of the displaced are Rohingya Muslims, a group that many in Buddhist-majority Myanmar regard as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The stateless Rohingya are prevented from moving freely and their access to healthcare and education is restricted. (Courtesy of reuters.com)
The woman, identified as Raysuana, 25, was found by a road next to an army compound in Sittwe, the capital of the conflict-torn Rakhine State in western Myanmar, residents and rights group Amnesty International said.
She had gone missing while walking in an area where more than 100,000 Rohingya have been living in camps since Sittwe was roiled by communal violence in 2012, Amnesty said in a statement late on Tuesday.
Most of the displaced are Rohingya Muslims, a group that many in Buddhist-majority Myanmar regard as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The stateless Rohingya are prevented from moving freely and their access to healthcare and education is restricted. (Courtesy of reuters.com)
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