UN ENVOY'S BURMA PEACE MISSION ENDS

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Rangoon, May 10: One of Burma's top generals consented to meet with a
special  envoy  of the  United Nations  Secretary General  just hours
before  the  diplomat's  four-day  peace mission  in  Burma  ended on
Saturday.

Assistant  UN secretary  general Alvaro de  Soto met  with Gen.  Khin
Nyint,   Burma's intelligence chief and a leading member of the State
Law  and Order  Restoration Council,  the  group of  21 generals that
rules Burma, the government news agency reported.

The  meeting took place  at the ministry of  defence,  but the agency
gave  no information about  the length of the  conference or what was
discussed.

The  envoy  arrived on  Wednesday in  Rangoon  with the  intention of
promoting  a dialogue between  Slorc and pro-democracy  forces led by
1991 Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

Mr  De Soto met with Ms Suu  Kyi on Friday,  but despite meeting with
Burma's foreign minister, no member of Slorc had any contact with the
UN envoy.

The  move was  seen as a  snub by  observers in Rangoon.   The UN has
strongly  condemned  Burma's  military government  for  its increased
repression  of  the  democracy movement  and  extensive  human rights
abuses. Ms Suu Kyi has been seeking a dialogue with the generalsaimed
at encouraging a peaceful transition to democratic rule in Burma ever
since  she was released from six years  of house arrest in July 1995.
(AP)

       News and Information Bureau, All Burma Students League.

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