| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Burma makes a mockery of Gambari and the UN |
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| Written by The Nation | |
| Thursday, 13 March 2008 00:00 | |
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The United Nations has become part of the problem, rather than part of the solution in Burma. An influential Burmese family with UN connections facilitated the appointment of Gambari as UN Special Envoy so that UN aid can be resumed without the restoration of freedom and democracy in Burma, as mandated by a decade of UN General Assembly resolutions. Burma's "Comical Ali" aka BG Kyaw Hsan, lectured and publicly humiliated UN Envoy Gambari because of his deviation from the original undemocratic plan, and was demanding political reforms as the price of UN Aid. UN Envoy Gambari is also in hot water with senior American officials because he snubbed First Lady Laura Bush. In the middle of Laura Bush's UN seminar on Burma, Gambari left, saying he had to go to an important meeting, as if hers was not important. However, I am hopeful about Burma's future. We will find a way to get rid of Than Shwe by negotiating a secret agreement with the anti-Chinese faction in the Burmese Army. Myint Thein Bangkok |
