Secretary-1 attends meeting on obse

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Subject: Secretary-1 attends meeting on observance of 53rd Anniversary Union Day

SOURCE: The New Light of Myanmar (Friday,  January 7, 2000)

Secretary-1 attends meeting on observance of 
53rd Anniversary Union Day


YANGON, 6 Jan - A meeting on observance of the 53rd 
Anniversary Union Day was held at the Office of 
Commander-in-Chief (Army) with Secretary-l of the 
State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin 
Nyunt in attendance.


Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt delivered an address 
at the meeting.


He said the 53rd Anniversary Union Day would be 
observed with the four objectives:

(1) For all the nationals to safeguard the national 
policy-non disintegration of the Union, non disintegration 
of national solidarity, and perpetuation of sovereignty,


(2) Perpetual flourishing of Union Spirit among 
the entire nationals,

(3) For all the nationals to strive in harmony 
and unison for the emergence of an enduring State 
Constitution leading to emergence of a new 
discipline-flourishing nation, and

(4) For all the nationals to ward off with national 
solidarity the danger of distructionists from inside 
and outside the nation who are disturbing the State 
stability, peace and development.

Union Day is observed every year, and endeavours are 
being made to achieve better political and national 
essence year after year. All 135 national races have 
lived in unity like brothers and sisters in the Union 
of Myanmar since yore. The nationals have lived in 
unity in the land since Stone Age, Bronze Age and 
Iron Age, and historical documents firmly show that 
the land has become a Union since from the time King 
Anawrahta who built the First Myanmar Empire.

Attempts to break up the Union never occurred at any 
period throughout history of Myanmar countable by years 
in thousands.  As the First Myanmar Empire became weak 
in strength, endeavours were made to build the Second 
Myanmar Empire.

Therefore, the Union system had not broken. The Union 
became more consolidated and powerful in the time of 
the State leaders who are qualified both physically 
and spiritually, 

Although Myanmar fell under servitude due to weakness 
in national strength resulting from the power struggles 
in the court, the national leaders were able to launch 
anti-colonialist struggles with Union Spirit.

It has obviously been seen that national race leaders 
conducted anti-colonialist struggles.

Only after the nation had regained her independence, 
there emerged declining of Union Spirit because of 
the influence of evil legacy of colonialists who had 
driven a wedge between national races for over a 
century. The ill effects to efforts for developing 
the nation and its economy can be seen till now.

Thus, after the Government had assumed State duties, 
it made endeavours to firmly build national solidarity 
and as a result, nearly all the armed groups had returned 
to the legal fold and only one group still remained far 
from the legal fold due to the outside instigation.

Using destructionists neo-colonialists are making head-on 
confrontation with endeavours of the government in their 
attempts to put the nation back under their influence.

Relying on aliens, the destructionists without having any
 sympathy for the people are launching perpetrations to 
 destroy national peace and stability and slow down the 
 national development pace to cause sufferings to the 
 people.

Especially they are attempting to sow discord and drive 
a wedge between national groups which have joined hands 
with the government in striving for national development. 
Today, perpetrations of the destructive group trying to 
destroy national solidarity and the Union have become 
more obvious. The government will not let the national 
solidarity and stability and firmness of the Union be 
destroyed again.

The Secretary-1 quoted Head of State Senior General 
Than Shwe as saying that today is the time to strive 
for vitalisation and flourishing of Union Spirit, 
and it is the duty of all the national races to always 
strive for flourishing and propagation of Union Spirit 
for perpetuation of the Union.

In conclusion, Secretary-1 urged all to strive in 
unison for success in realisation of the objectives 
of the 53rd Anniversary Union Day.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than explained 
arrangements for observance of the 53rd Anniversary 
Union Day and so did Director-General U Myint Thein 
of Pyithu Hluttaw Office.

The meeting ended with the concluding remarks 
by the Secretary-l .

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A Myanmar citizen who loves Myanmar

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