Burma’s pro-democracy leader meets UN official
From BBC:
A senior United Nations official has met Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sources close to the military rulers say.
The talks between Ms Suu Kyi and UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari lasted for about an hour, the sources say.
Ms Suu Kyi has been in prison or under house arrest since 2003.
The last foreigner to see the Nobel Peace laureate was UN special envoy Razali Ismail in 2004.
Ms Suu Kyi and Mr Gambari met in a government guesthouse, the sources say.
A spokesman for Ms San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) later confirmed that the meeting took place, according to the AFP news agency.
In Burma:
Military-run enterprises control key industries, and corruption and severe mismanagement are the hallmarks of a black-market-riven economy.
The armed forces - and former rebels co-opted by the government - have been accused of large-scale trafficking in heroin, of which Burma is a major exporter. Prostitution and HIV/Aids are major problems.
US wants the Burmese Government to be referred to the Un Security Council. I agree with US this time: they have even tried three youths for writing a poem and:
have been tried behind closed doors inside the local prison, without having access to legal representatives. The three, Aung Aung Oo of A20 Computing Business, Zeya Aung of King Star teashop and Aung Than, are currently detained in Pegu Prison.
Related information in Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), Burma Net News,
Tags: Burma, UN Security Council
