BurmaNet News, Jan 15, 2004

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Jan 15, 2004 Issue # 2406


INSIDE BURMA
AP: Myanmar's Karen rebels arrive in Yangon for historic peace talks
Network Media KNU: Cease-Fire talks do not mean to support 'Road Map'
Irrawaddy: KIO Purges Top Leaders

DRUGS
CNA: 14.5 Kg of heroin seized at CKS airport cargo terminal

BUSINESS / MONEY
Korea Herald: Daewoo Int'l Explores Gas Mine
Nation: Apparel Avenue eyes 200 per cent growth

REGIONAL
Mizzima: Assam Set to Promote Relationship with Burma

OPINION / OTHER
BBC Monitor: Burmese article urges armed groups to participate in National
Convention
Mizzima:  Burma’s Seven Point Road Map to Ethnic Cleansing



INSIDE BURMA
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Jan 15, Associated Press
Myanmar's Karen rebels arrive in Yangon for historic peace talks

The force commander of Myanmar's largest rebel group arrived in Yangon on
Thursday to formalize a cease-fire with the military government in the
hope of ending one of the world's longest-running insurgencies.

Karen National Union rebels have been fighting for more than five decades.
They are seeking autonomy for Karens, a minority in eastern Myanmar.

A 21-member KNU delegation arrived from Bangkok on a military plane
Thursday afternoon. The rebel team, led by Vice Chairman Bo Mya, is
expected to meet Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt during the visit,
scheduled to last up to five days.

It is the first visit to Yangon by 76-year-old Bo Mya, the KNU's military
leader, since 1947.

Before leaving the Thai capital, he told The Associated Press "the main
reason we are going there is to ask for a cease-fire agreement on paper."
Then, the KNU can discuss its possible role in politics, he said.

The rebels and government troops stopped fighting for the first time in
years after an initial round of peace talks in Yangon, the capital, in
December.

The group also wants to discuss demarcating the borders of its homeland in
eastern Karen state, and will demand that the junta halt its military
offensives and use of forced labor, Bo Mya said.

"They have to stop the oppression of the people," he said. "I have no
personal hatred (of the government) and am willing to talk."

Earlier Thursday, a senior KNU official said the talks would be
unconditional because "otherwise, people will say we are insincere in the
peace process." The rebels, however, must have a formal cease-fire deal in
writing, unlike a recent verbal agreement, he said.

The two sides did not sign a formal agreement in December, but Bo Mya -
who did not attend the talks - said earlier that they had made a verbal
cease-fire pact.

If the Myanmar government declares an official cease-fire, he said, the
KNU will do the same, and will also consider attending a
government-proposed National Convention on drafting a constitution. The
National Convention is expected to convene within months.

The KNU is the only major guerrilla group in Myanmar that has not signed a
formal agreement to lay down arms.

Government offensives in 1995 and 1997 wiped out the KNU's main
headquarters, and the rebels now wage a low-level war.

Bo Mya has said negotiations for an agreement beyond a cease-fire could
take up to two years, and that Karen refugees in the jungles and in Thai
camps should not return to their homes as the situation remains dangerous.

Myanmar's ruling military took power in 1988 after crushing a
pro-democracy uprising. It has reached cease-fire agreements with 17 armed
groups since 1989.

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Jan 14, Network Media KNU
Cease-Fire talks do not mean to support 'Road Map' General Mya in Rangoon

(NMG): The KNU, Burma’s important armed ethnic rebel group, said they
might sign a cease-fire agreement if the negotiation with the junta went
well this time during the trip of KNU delegation led by Gen Mya to
Rangoon, . However, it does not mean the KNU supports the military
government’s seven-point ‘Road Map’ nor will the KNU attend the National
Convention, said Pado Mann Shar, secretary of the KNU.

“This National Convention is not a genuine one. It will not solve
political problems prevailing in the country nor will the country’s
constitution emerge from this. It is crystal clear when we look at their
six directives and 104 basic principles of the National Convention. Their
principles will neither lead to a democratic nation nor federal system.
The ethnic nationalities will not be granted for their self-determination.
That’s why we, the KNU, opposed it. Because the military government wants
to reinstate National Convention, they utilize their ‘Road Map’. But these
two are of the same approach. The KNU policy does not change yet.”

Pado Mann Shar has confirmed that a KNU delegation led by vice chairman
and chief-of-staff of the KNU, Gen Mya, is heading to Rangoon for the
cease-fire talks with the military government on 15th January.

In December of last year, the KNU delegation led by Col Johnny visited
Rangoon for the preliminary talks with junta. After this delegation
retuned from Rangoon, the KNU officially announced that there has been a
verbal cease-fire agreement on 10th December between the military
government and the KNU.

The KNU has been struggling by arms for their equal rights and
self-determination for more than 55 years. Although seventeen other rebel
groups reached a cease-fire agreement since 1989, the KNU has maintained
their struggle for their rights up until now.

Even if the military government agrees to change the basic principles of
the National Convention, the KNU will have to decide whether they will
accept the National Convention with regard to prevailing political
situations of the country, Pado Mann Shar said.

“We have to assess the political situation practically and then we can
decide. In this period, we don’t see any positive signs in the political
situation as you know Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest and
other political prisoners are still behind bars. The government troops are
preparing for military operations against ethnic organizations, and there
is no political freedom for the political parties inside Burma," said Pado
Mann Shar.

Mann Sha also voices the opinion of the KNU on the National Convention. He
said “There is a problem in the Organizing Committee of the National
Convention. Whether or not people can trust this committee is a problem.
Another problem is that the government lays down the rules and
regulations. Further, the question of delegates who will attend the
Convention and the role of military clique in the future government is one
of the six basic directives of the National Convention. We find that there
are several problems in the 104 basic principles.”

Gen Mya, 76, will lead a twenty-member delegation of the KNU to Rangoon.
If the latest effort for the talks goes well this time, the two sides are
expecting to sign a cease-fire agreement, a KNU leader who doesn't want
his name to be mentioned told NMG.

On last Monday, leaders of the KNU, including Gen Mya, had met a
delegation of the NLD/LA (National League for Democracy-Liberated Area).
The meeting urged for the tripartite dialogue between NLD, SPDC and the
ethnic nationalities, which is strongly supported by the United Nations.

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Jan 15, Irrawaddy
KIO Purges Top Leaders - By Naw Seng

Burma’s Kachin rebels purged some of their top leaders yesterday, after an
investigative body found them guilty of plotting a coup attempt. The
alleged coup took placed last Wednesday.

Col Lasang Aung Wa, the Kachin Independence Organization’s intelligence
chief, and his deputy Lt-Col Padip Gam Aung, along with KIO Vice President
Brig-Gen Hpauyam Tsam Yan, were forced out of their positions. The KIO
signed a ceasefire agreement with Burma’s military government in 1994.

Dr Tu Ja said there are no more plans to reshuffle the central committee.

Dr Tu Ja, general secretary of the KIO and head of the investigative body,
said the men were forced out because "they are responsible for the coup
attempt." He added that the group "purged them without punishment." The
investigation commission was formed on Tuesday and charged with looking
into the Jan 7 events at the group’s headquarters in Liaison Bum, Kachin
State.

The commission found that the purged officers were the root of last week’s
problems. They initiated the turmoil, not by force but other means, said
Dr Tu Ja. "We have evidence," he added.

James Lum Dau, a KIO central committee member living in Thailand, said
that the committee purged its members according the KIO law. However, he
did not elaborate on what laws governed the treatment of the alleged coup
leaders.

Hpauyam Tsam Yan and Lasang Aung Wa were selected for the 23-member
central committee after a 2001 coup attempt ousted the group’s former
leader, Gen Zau Mai.

Recently, there have been unconfirmed reports that KIO President Lamung Tu
Jai will resign soon. Dr Tu Ja said there are no more plans to reshuffle
the central committee.

Many KIO central committee members, including Dr Tu Ja, met Burma’s Prime
Minister Gen Khin Nyut last year to lend support the junta’s planned
National Convention and its seven-point road map for political transition.
Lt. Gen Hpauyam Tsam Yan and Col Lasang Aung Wa were not on the list of
those who met Gen Khin Nyunt.


DRUGS
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Jan 15, Central News Agency
14.5 Kg of heroin seized at CKS airport cargo terminal

Law enforcement officers have uncovered 14.5 kilograms of high-grade
heroin in a batch of wooden floor tiles transported by air from Myanmar,
the Aviation Police Bureau at Chiang
Kai-shek (CKS) International Airport said Thursday.

Acting on a tip received earlier this month, aviation police joined forces
with customs officers in inspecting the suspicious batch of wooden floor
tiles delivered to the CKS airport cargo terminal by a Cathay Pacific
Airways all-cargo plane Wednesday.

The investigators uncovered 78 bricks of heroin, with a total weight of
14.5 kilograms, concealed in the packaging. The seized heroin has an
estimated street value of NT$100 million, police
authorities said.

After uncovering the contraband drugs, criminal police officers also
arrested a man suspected of involvement in the drug trafficking case. The
31-year-old man, surnamed Chang, claimed that he was receiving the cargo
on behalf of a Hong Kong man nicknamed "Ah-Chung." Police said they have
yet to track down "Ah-Chung."

Hu Ya-ping, deputy director of the Aviation Police Bureau, said the bureau
has seized many batches of contraband drugs imported from abroad since it
established an investigative mechanism at the CKS Airport cargo terminal.

Since the beginning of this year, Hu said, the bureau has uncovered nine
drug trafficking cases and seized a total of 31.5 kilograms of drugs,
including 22.55 kilograms of heroin as well as
rape pills, ecstasy pills and amphetamines.


BUSINESS / MONEY
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Jan 15, Korea Herald
Daewoo Int'l Explores Gas Mine

Daewoo International said on Thursday that it found a large-scale natural
gas reserve in the Myanmar A-1 mining zone in the Arakan Sea.

The company said it succeeded in exploiting 32 million cubic meters of gas
in the region during a trial production since Jan. 7. It found a gas layer
of 58-meter-thickness between 2930-2988 meters under the seafloor in the
region.

Daewoo estimated there is some 4-6 trillion cubic meters of gas are in the
area, which is equal to 700 million-1.1 billion barrels of petroleum and
80-120 million tons of liquefied natural gas.

Daily production is forecast to amount to 500 million cubic meters, which
equals 90,000 barrels of crude oil.

The company said two other regions in the A-1 zone showed signs of gas
reserves of 7-12 trillion cubic meters in size.

Daewoo holds a 60 percent stake in the A-1 mine zone, while Korea Gas
Corporation possesses 10 percent. ONGC Videsh, a subsidiary of the Indian
Petroleum Corporation of ONGC (20 percent), and Indian Gas Corporation
GAIL (10 percent) are also participating in the development project.
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Jan 15, The Nation
Avenue eyes 200 per cent growth

Free trade agreements, Bangkok Fashion City and offshore production are
expected to stimulate sales growth of 200 per cent in three years for
Apparel Avenue Co Ltd.

Kartchai Jamkajornkeiat, president of the local textile exporter, said
yesterday that the three government policies would persuade foreign
investors that the local textile industry has a prosperous future.

FTAs would open up overseas ; markets while the positioning of Bangkok as
a fashion centre would increase investment since the country was rich in
raw materials and skilled labour, he said.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's idea of letting Cambodia, Burma,
Vietnam and Laos make goods for ; Thai firms would help lower product
costs.

"We'll relocate our production base to either Burma or Cambodia in a year
to take advantage of cheaper labour," Kartchai said.

The country's total garment exports amounted to Bt130 billion last year.

Last year the company's shipments to the United States alone accounted for
75 per cent, or Bt300 million, of its total exports.

To meet increasing demand from ; foreign markets, the firm has boosted
production capacity to 250,000 ; pieces per month from 150,000 pieces last
year and spent Bt30 million to upgrade equipment and information
technology.

Faced with a pricier baht and aggressive competition from China, the
company has adjusted its strategy from 100 per cent for export to 40 per
cent for the domestic market.

"We aren't affected much by the stronger baht because we've prepared for
this since the middle of last year," said Kartchai.

"We aren't afraid of China since local workers are more skilful and
product quality is far ahead of theirs," he said.


REGIONAL
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Jan 15, Mizzima
Assam Set to Promote Relationship with Burma

With a view to further cementing their relationship with Burma, the Assam
Government has organised an international conference on regional
cooperation.

Thee major regional nations - China, Burma and Bangladesh - have already
confirmed their participation in the three-day gathering starting on
January 17.  The ‘International Conference on Regional Co-operation’
assumes significance at a time when India has been accelerating its
trade activities with its regional Asian neighbours.

“It is a move to strengthen our relation with neighbouring countries,
particularly with Burma”, P. Gogoi told this correspondent today.
Gogoi, who is the vice-chairman of the reception committee, said that a
"huge delegation from China and Burma are arriving in a day or two to
discuss strengthening of trade activities.”

"After the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), we should look for a
separate agreement with China, Burma and Bangladesh”, he added.

Gogoi revealed that the meet will also focus on reopening of the famous
Stilwell Road that crosses Burma from India to China.  The vice-chairman
also claimed that the conference is likely to constitute a platform to
press for a reopening of the Stillwell Road and to carry out a campaign
for the alignment of the trans-Asian Railway.

Gogoi opined that the Indian government should open more trade points
between north-east India and Burma to increase trade. "Since the Indian
Government has been laying stress on increasing the volume of trade with
south-east Asian countries, north-east India should take advantage [of
the likely increase in trade]."


OPINION / OTHER
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Jan 15, BBC Monitor
Burmese article urges armed groups to participate in National Convention

A Burmese newspaper article has urged ethnic rebel groups to return to the
political process for the good of national development. The article
further says that violence is a hindrance to implementing political
objectives and that all parties should participate in the road map. The
following is the text of an article by Aung Moe San entitled: "National
Convention heading for national consolidation and flourishing of
democracy"; published in English by Burmese newspaper The New Light of
Myanmar web site on 15 January

Nowadays, the advancement in the inanimate world and human world depends
on stability. Stable and peaceful conditions with developing productive
forces go down in the history while unstable and restless conditions with
decreasing productive forces are put aside throughout the history. Today,
the developing nations that regained their independence after the World
War II can be categorized into two groups. The nations of the first group
enjoying cumulative development in the economic, political and social
sectors are now in the forefront. Among them, some have been upgraded to
newly industrialized countries. The nations in the second group continue
to face economic, political and social crisis and various kinds of
hardships. It is found that the difference between the two groups is based
on whether or not they can choose the correct trend towards development.

According to the modern political economy, a developing nation can become
a developed one only if it practises capitalism first but not socialism.
It is totally right. Because, in the world, the nations that immediately
practised socialism first lag far behind in development while the nations
that practised capitalism first have developed. Some developing countries
encountered total failure in practising the market-oriented economic
system owing to the fact they ignored their present social lives, existing
circumstances and time but immediately copied the style of the
industrialized nations that were established many generations ago.
Therefore, the nations of the first group could make great progress
gradually, practising the market-oriented economic system and democracy
that is in accord with their present social lives and time and condition.
Like these nations, Myanmar (Burma) has been on her correct path of
development, marching towards the goal of a democratic nation practising
market-oriented economic system. In line with the time and condition, it
has adopted the seven-step political programme for building up a
democratic nation.

The Tatmadaw (Defence Services) government that practised the
market-oriented economic system and launched a democratic revolution has
given the first priority to national solidarity. In this regard, it has
placed emphasis on smooth implementation of the tasks for bringing about
national reconsolidation between the government and the national race
armed groups. The government allowed the armed groups, that had forsaken
the armed struggle line, to hold and carry arms in their regions that
previous governments never allowed them to do so. And it also allowed them
to participate in the regional development tasks. Myanmar has suffered
much from armed insurgencies for a long time. So, it is time armed
insurgencies were stopped. Naturally, this type of armed conflict cannot
(be) put to an end in a short time. As such, a great number of innocent
people have fallen victim to the armed insurgencies not to mention
casualties on both parties involved. Furthermore, the nation's human
resources, productive forces and countless number of property got ruined.
With the decline in social and economic sectors, the people became rough.
Then, the laws were no longer effective, and more severe and strict laws
had to be prescribed. Therefore, it is high time to weigh the
long-existing armed insurgency.

In some Asian and African nations that are encountering civil war or local
armed conflicts, their people are experiencing crises and even severe
famine. It can be vividly found that certain big powers, so-called
saviours, have busied themselves with selling arms to these nations and
then providing them with food and assistance.

In the time of the Tatmadaw government, the 17 armed groups of the
national races, who were opposed to the successive governments for years,
returned to the legal fold and joined hands with the government for
national development. It amounts to taking a great step for prevalence of
peace and tranquillity in the country. It also means securing
reconsolidation on the right path of changes and developments in the
history of mankind. The political organizations have to adopt different
kinds of tactics to realize the policy of their choice. In this context,
armed struggle line is just a tactic. It is also just a part of the
political programme. If the armed struggle line does not serve the
interests of the state and the people and becomes a hindrance or an
obstacle in implementing the objectives they have laid down, they will
have to change it and employ other tactics in time.

Leader of the Blacks Martin Luther King who fought the policy of apartheid
in USA in the past said that in an effort to set the Blacks free from
racial discrimination they should not take the armed struggle line
practised by the Red Indians; that the Red Indians had fallen due to their
wrong armed struggle line; that they ought to adopt the non-violence
policy of Gandhi, within the framework of law. Therefore, in the American
history, the Blacks won the right to vote after 94 years. But the Red
Indians had the right to vote only after 172 years. It is because of the
armed conflicts that have completely ruined the mankind and productive
forces.

Nowadays, the Tatmadaw government, which is marching to democracy after
introducing market-oriented economic system, has set out the seven-point
future political road map to democracy for national reconsolidation
through the forthcoming National Convention. That is why the government
has been making efforts day in, day out for ensuring reconsolidation with
the national forces underground and aboveground.

The UN secretary-general presented a report on Myanmar's efforts for the
national reconsolidation and flourishing of democracy in the country to
the 58th session of UN General Assembly on 6 November 2003. The UN
secretary-general stated in the report in which he said in the letter
replied to the prime minister of Myanmar and in meeting with the foreign
minister of Myanmar that the seven-point political road map of the state
are firm steps which will lead to political reforms; and that he would
like the political parties, the national leaders and the national race
groups to participate in successful realization of the political road map.

At such a time, it is a golden opportunity for all to coordinate and
discuss the differences with the family spirit while joining hands for the
common objective through peaceful means. If they hesitate to grab the
golden opportunity, it is sure that the momentum of national development
will continue to be slow.

Therefore, the armed groups, especially those underground, are urged to
return to the legal fold and participate in the National Convention in the
interests of the state and the people in anticipation of the national
reconsolidation and flourishing of democracy in the nation.

Source: The New Light of Myanmar web site, Rangoon, in English 15 Jan 03
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Jan 15, Mizzima (www.mizzima.com)
Burma’s Seven Point Road Map to Ethnic Cleansing
by Kanbawza Win

Prime Minister Khin Nyunt’s seven points road map to democracy should be
more fittingly label as Burma’s seven point road map to ethnic cleansing.
Now that the Karen has reached a de facto cease-fire with the Junta the
wrath of ethnic cleansing will be on the rest of the ethnic nationalities
who have not entered a cease-fire agreement, such as Shan, Karenni, Chin
and the Arakanese. Even at the time of this writing the news that
thousands and thousands of Karenni ethnic nationalities have been force to
flee their homeland lacking food, shelter and being hunted is but a part
of the follow up of the ethnic cleansing program. While the Junta
continued to strengthen their position through construction of road via
forced labor for the supply of their routes, the ethnic nationalities are
reeling under the impact.

Ethnic cleansing is a literal translation of the expression etnicko
ciscenje and is not new to Burma. It has been practiced thousands of years
ago even before the authentic history of a Pagan dynasty begin in 1044 AD,
when the advanced Myanma tribe (not Myanmar because putting r is both
phonetically and politically wrong as the word Myanma comes from the South
Indian word Mrama and ma is pronounced softly as in the mother in English)
began to dominate the earlier tribes of Pyu, Kanyan and Thet. (One can
refer to the famous exploits of Pyu princes Panthwa). It is just the
process of the elimination of an unwanted ethnic group from a society, as
by genocide, forced migration, and/or forced assimilation.  It is also a
process in which advancing army of one ethnic group expels civilians of
other ethnic groups from towns and villages it conquers in order to create
ethnically pure enclaves for members of their ethnic group.

Obviously the policy of ethnic cleansing fundamentally represents a
violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. A dramatic
moment is when people are expelled and flee their towns or villages. It is
not necessarily a planned and well-organized move it is a creeping process
that is hidden from view. The main component of the process is the gradual
undermining of the infrastructure of the civilian population lives in the
territories: its continuing strangulation under
closures and sieges that prevent people from getting to work or school,
from receiving medical services, and from allowing the passage of water 
and ambulances, which sends the ethnic nationalities back to the age of ox
and cart.

Seeing that the Karenni are a smaller tribe if compared to other major
groups it has
very lately unleashed the seven point ethnic policy as follows: -

1. Destroying Villages: Many villages have been totally destroyed in an
attempt to ensure that the ethnic Karenni residents do not return.

2. Looting and Burning: Thousands of houses, rice barns were burned to the
ground and all the valuable things were looted including were looted from
the Karenni villages

3. Detentions: There are consistent refugee reports that the Burmese army
are separating military-aged men from their families in a systematic
pattern for porters and later killed.

4. Summary Execution: Refugees have provided accounts of summary
executions in towns
and villages In addition to random executions; in Arakan area some were
burned alive

5. Systematic Rape: Ethnic nationalities women are reportedly being raped
in increasing numbers. Authenticated accounts of systematic and organized
mass rapes in Shan, Karenni areas have already reported worldwide.

6. Poisoning the Water: All the streams and wells in the Karenni areas
were poisoned so that not only men but also animals that drink the water
may die.

7. Violations of Medical Neutrality: The apparent goal is to effectively
deny health care to ethnic nationalities and extinguish the community base
health care systems.

Deputy commander of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
Major-General Aung
Mya that is fighting against the Junta had just told AFP that nine
battalions of Burmese soldiers had been deliberately sent to the Karenni
area to implement the ethnic cleansing, while at the same time blaring out
the 7-point road map to democracy. Paradoxically it was only last moth
that the emissary of the Junta negotiated with the KNPP telling them that
they could go back to their homes in peace. So it is high time that the
international community should note that the 7-point road map is actually
the 7-point road map for ethnic cleansing.

The Asians under the smokescreen of the Constructive Engagement policy are
either unaware or refuse to acknowledge this horrific and shameful part of
the Asian history in the making, or, similar to Holocaust denial, they
provide a bevy of apologias that purport to justify the ethnic cleansing
policies of the Junta, either by citing similar examples in other regions
or by claiming such policies were executed under political necessity. In
this case the brave Burmese army is fighting not against the ethnic
resistance fighters but against the women and children to implement its
ethnic cleansing policy under the smokescreen of the four cut policy. 
Minority baiting is still, unfortunately, part of the political landscape
in this region of Southeast Asia and until these past wrongs are address
it will continue to be so.  The world has witness several modern ethnic
cleansing starting Hitler’s holocaust to the current the denial of the
Palestinian rights by the Jews. The Third Reich at first try to solve the
Jewish problem by deporting to wherever possible-Palestine, Eastern
Europe, Madagascar etc but later was forced to chose the second best
solution “The Concentration Camps.” Currently the Junta is copying the
tactic

Slobodan Milosevic in their campaigns of forced migration and is planning
to put all the ethnic nationalities in the list of vanishing tribes. Yet
in spite of this, the rest of the ethnic nationality groups are warmly
shaking the bloody hands of the generals.

The prevailing attitude of ASEAN, China and India seems to be “What’s a
few crimes against humanity when business deals are at stake” The
international community, to which many Burma commentators have appealed,
has remained silent. Perhaps the world is a collection of rogue nations,
following their own selfish interests. Even the United Nations, whose
primary mission is to confront and resolve serious conflict, has failed
even though we understand among its members were the worst dictatorships
on earth. Obviously the UN is not a club of democratic nations that meet a
prescribed set of standards defined by the holding of periodic and open
and fair elections, and the nonviolent transfer of power.  The European
Union, which has seen the ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia and not
withstanding the many efforts of its resident democracy activists, has
offered only the most timid – one could say diplomatic – of responses. 
The US, support for democracy – is far from guaranteed as President Bush
visit to Bangkok visit has
demonstrated.

No doubt the world will look on with folded arms at this atrocious ethnic
cleansing and genocide. The intellectuals and the ethnic fighters must
find ways to pressure the US administration, so that for once it has a
coherent foreign policy, a policy that follows from, not contradicts, the
principles on which the United States supposedly is based.

Bruxelles Belgique
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