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Senior UN official allowed to meet Suu Kyi 

        YANGON -- A senior United Nations official had met Myanmar
opposition leader
     Aung San Suu Kyi here yesterday, a UN official said. 

     Assistant Secretary-General Alvaro de Soto met Ms Suu Kyi at the home
of the
     resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). 

     Senior UNDP officials and other leaders of the opposition National
League for
     Democracy party were also at the meeting but details of the discussion
were not
     available. 

     Mr De Soto had earlier held talks with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Ohn
Gyaw on
     Thursday. 

     State-run media reported the meeting with Mr Ohn Gyaw but did not say
what they
     discussed. Diplomats said they expected discussion on the human rights
situation in
     Myanmar. 

     The ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council has been accused by
the UN and
     many Western governments of human rights abuses. 

     Earlier, UN officials were not sure if Mr de Soto would be allowed to
visit Ms Suu
     Kyi. The government must approve visitors and allow them to pass
barricades that bar
     access to the street leading to her home. 

     The UN official would not say if the visit had originally been planned
to be at the
     UNDP residence or if it had been changed. -- Reuter.