Press Release: International Conference on Democracy in Burma to be held on March 26, 2004
Dr
Sein Win, prime minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of
Burma (NCGUB), and members of parliament in exile, and representatives of Burmese
Diaspora around the world will join the International Conference on Democracy
in Burma to be held in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2004 .
"Burma needs an urgent solution to resolve the ongoing political deadlock
which stems from the military's refusal to acknowledge the mandate of the 1990
elections," says Dr Sein Win. "[My] Government has adopted in collaboration
with the National Council of the Union of Burma, an umbrella alliance of ethnic
and democracy organizations, a framework of ideas on how to achieve a peaceful
political settlement between the military, ethnic nationalities, and the democratic
forces. We will inform this conference regarding strategies and plans that can
make these ideas into reality."
The International Conference on Democracy in Burma, jointly sponsored by the
NCGUB and The Burma Fund, will facilitate town-hall style discussions, debates,
and frank exchanges of ideas among the elected representatives and democracy
activists representing the Burmese Diaspora.
The participants will also enjoy the advantage of participating in a back-to-back Conference organized by the United States Campaign for Burma on March 27-28 at George Washington University in Washington DC . The USCB's Conference will focus on US policies toward Burma and the strategies activists and grassroots organizations should adopt.
The conference will be held at the American University in Washington DC will be conducted in Burmese. Journalists are welcome to a press conference at 1700 on 26 March, Friday. A press kit will be distributed on the occasion.
For more information and R.S.V.P for the conference on 26 March, 2004 , please contact: Steven Moe, NCGUB, Tel: +1 (202) 639-0639 e-mail:ncgub@ncgub.net, or Zaw Oo of The Burma Fund, Tel: +1 (202) 639-0636 e-mail, zawoo@burmafund.org .