Annan Talks To Suu Kyi's Husband (r)

[suantak@xxxxxx]

Okkar,
 Civilized people are concerned about the well being of other people. Annan
is doing his job by calling Dr. Aris.  It must have been hard for Dr. Aris
to hear about the suffering of his wife.  Using his position Annan, could
force the thugs in Burma to change their inhuman treatment of their
opposition to a more human nature.  What, Okkar does not understand is the
difference between enemy and opposition. The SPDC is not ready to have an
opposition because it is hated by the people.  It is a risk for the thugs to
let Daw Suu travel to places outside of Rangoon.  Daw Aung San Suu Kyi wins
the hearts of the people whereas the SPDC try to win it by force of arms.
  ----Original Message-----
To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: Annan Talks To Suu Kyi's Husband


>Hey!!!!
>
>Why Annan takl to suu Kyi's husband? Because Aris is only ordinary husband,
>not represent for the Burmese peoples, but Su Kyi is fighting for democracy
>in Burma..  If Annan want to talk for the Burma affair, must be talk with
>Burma reps. peoples. I don't want to mention, who is rep. for Burma. But
>Aris is not rep. for Burma. Who is support for that? Don't be sinlince.
>ok
>
>At 10:31 PM 7/31/98, you wrote:
>>Annan talks to Suu Kyi's husband in Myanmar dispute
>>
>>By Evelyn Leopold
>>UNITED NATIONS, July 31 (Reuters) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke by
>>telephone on Friday to the husband of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San
Suu
>>Kyi, whose recent dispute with the country's military drew protests from
U.S.
>>Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and others.
>>
>>U.N. officials said the call was part of Annan's efforts, which include an
>>offer to send a special envoy to Myanmar, to keep informed about the
country,
>>where the military government has ignored results of 1990 elections won by
>Suu
>>Kyi's National League for Democracy.
>>
>>"We can confirm that the secretary-general had a phone conversation with
Dr.
>>Michael Aris," the British husband of Suu Kyi, U.N. spokesman Juan-Carlos
>>Brandt said.
>>
>>Aris, an Oxford University academic, is currently in New York while Annan
is
>>on a retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the weekend with World Bank
>>President James Wolfensohn.
>>
>>This week, in a move that drew sharp international criticism, security
>>officers forced Suu Kyi to end a six-day, sit-in protest in a car outside
the
>>capital, Yangon after she and three associates last Friday were prevented
>from
>>traveling to a meeting with her supporters.
>>
>>The government said she had been stopped on the road in Anyarsu because it
>was
>>concerned for her security. Officials also said the meeting she planned to
>>attend was aimed at fomenting dissent before the planned reopening next
month
>>of universities and other institutions closed in December 1996 because of
>>student unrest.
>>
>>Albright said in Sydney that she and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander
>>Downer had asked Annan "to become personally involved" in persuading the
>>country's military government to open a dialogue with Suu Kyi.
>>
>>She said Annan had agreed to "take a very careful look" at the proposal
and
>>talk with the two ministers again shortly. "We think increasing
international
>>pressure ... and our pushing for a dialogue is a way to proceed."
>>
>>The U.N. officials said Annan was in touch with Albright and Downer and
also
>>had received messages from people close to Suu Kyi, other than her
husband,
>>and responded to them. No details were given.
>>
>>Annan earlier this week announced he would send Alvaro De Soto, the
assistant
>>secretary-general for political affairs, to Myanmar if the government
would
>>set a date. U.N. officials said there had been no response from Yangon.
>>
>>De Soto has made several trips to Myanmar on a mandate from the General
>>Assembly as well as the secretary-general, but made little progress with
the
>>government, which has been shunned by the West for almost a decade.
>>
>>But U.N. officials do not expect Annan to visit the country. The military
has
>>so far failed to respond to appeals to move toward democracy by the U.N.
>>General Assembly or in negotiations with senior U.N. officials.
>>
>>Annan has made few public comments on the current controversy in Myanmar,
>>saying only that he shared the concern of U.N. High Commissioner for Human
>>Rights Mary Robinson, who called on the government to let Suu Kyi travel
>>freely.
>>
>>Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory in a 1990 election but was never
>>allowed to take power. The military had seized power in 1988 after
crushing
>>demonstrations. It also changed the country's name to Myanmar from Burma
>>
>>Suu Kyi, the daughter of Burmese independence leader Aung San, was put
under
>>six years of house arrest and released in July 1995 after winning the 1993
>>Nobel Peace Prize for her nonviolent campaign for democracy.
>>
>>20:06 07-31-98
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