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U.N.PRESS RELEASES 12/13 AUGUST.



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UNITED NATIONS DAILY PRESS BRIEFINGS
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Daily Press Briefing - 12 August 1998 

A correspondent noted that there were reports about the military in Myanmar 
rejecting the Secretary-General's proposal to send an envoy there to mediate 
the situation in the country. Mr. Brandt was asked to comment on that 
issue and questioned about when the Secretary-General had sent his letter
of proposal to the authorities of that country. He said that it was correct 
to say that there had been some reports to that effect. However, he was not 
at liberty to give out any details. It was one of those areas where
"when we have something to tell you, we will tell you -- if we don't, 
it's because its not the right time to announce it". For the time being he 
had nothing else to say on the matter. When asked whether a reply had
been received, Mr. Brandt said he could not confirm any such thing. 

U.N. PRESS BRIEFING ON 13 AUG 1998.
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Juan Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, 
began today's noon briefing by referring correspondents to the issue of 
Myanmar which, due to media reports, was raised in several questions during 
and after yesterday's noon briefing. He could confirm that last week, the
Secretary-General wrote to the Chairman of the State Peace and Development 
Council and the Prime Minister of Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe, 
proposing to send a special emissary to that country towards the end of 
this week to hold discussions with the Government about current developments. 

Given the special nature of the visit, Mr. Brandt continued, the 
Secretary-General had requested that Ambassador Razali Ismail (Malaysia) 
and President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly, be
his special emissary at this particular time. The response from the Prime 
Minister of Myanmar was polite but stated that there was no reason for 
such a rushed visit. General Than Shwe also stated that the dialogue, 
which had been maintained by the Secretary-General and the Government of 
Myanmar since 1994, could continue next month when the Foreign Minister of 
that country, Ohn Gyaw, would be in New York for the fifty-third session 
of the Assembly. The Secretary-General was disappointed by the response,
Mr. Brandt added. 

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