UN and Gambari’s well earned disrespect in Burma

 

Sending a Message to the UN

By KYAW ZWA MOE
Friday, August 22,2008
from:Irrawaddy / opinion
Has Aung San Suu Kyi started playing a new game? If so, the latest visit of UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari could mark the beginning of a subtle but significant shift in the pro-democracy leader’s tactics, which have remained almost unchanged for the past 20 years.
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Let’s do a CSI

By DR MILTON LUM
Forensic medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the resolution of legal issues by the application of scientific medical knowledge. An important development in forensic medicine is genetic analysis, ie DNA profiling.
THE concept of “DNA fingerprinting” was introduced in 1985 as a method in the evaluation of human identification and relatedness. [...]

Oppressed Burmese deserve better from the world

 THAUNG HTUN
The Burmese people have had to maintain a sense of optimism after 46 years of military dictatorship. But, as the first anniversary of the Saffron Revolution approaches and in the midst of yet another visit by the United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Rangoon, optimism is waning. The international community has expressed its [...]

AFP;Suu Kyi’s party says UN Myanmar visit was a ‘waste of time’

YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday labeled a recent visit by a UN envoy “a waste of time” as the ruling junta continued to trumpet its own vision of democracy.
Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations’ most senior negotiator with Myanmar, left the country Saturday after failing to secure [...]

Gambari Burma Mission Not Accomplished, UNSC should intervene more directly

Mon, 2008-08-25 03:34

By Zin Linn, Burmese Journalist in exile
Bangkok, 245 August, (Asiantribune.com): UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari’s latest shuttle diplomacy ended in disappointment. He could not meet senior leaders of the ruling Junta. And also the detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. When Gambari flew in, expectations ran very high.