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Myanmar Pledges to Consolidate Nati



Myanmar Pledges to Consolidate National Unity

["the country is not governed by martial law but an independent
judicial system." -- only one of several remarkable statements
by the FM -- DA]

Xinhua, Rangoon, 21 September 2000.Myanmar has chosen
a path most suitable to the country, its people and its historical
peculiarities,and is making efforts to solve the most fundamental
problem of the country, the consolidation of national unity,
Myanmar Foreign Minister U Win Aung said on Wednesday.

In his statement at the current session of the U.N. General
Assembly which was released here on Thursday, U Win Aung
warned that without satisfactorily resolving this basic question,
the objectives of democracy, peace, prosperity and stability will
not be realized.

He claimed that all sorts of superficial and unsubstantiated
charges are being made against Myanmar, placing every obstacle
in the country's chosen path to democracy.

He warned against giving rise to unnecessary delay in Myanmar's
current democratization process.

He argued that it was a situation of "chaos and anarchy" which
had threatened the country's survival as a state that led the
Tatmadaw (armed forces) in taking over the state power in late 1988.

He insisted that although the present government is a military one,
the country is not governed by martial law but an independent
judicial system.

Politically, he said, 17 anti-government ethnic armed groups
have returned to the legal fold. Economically, the country's gross
domestic product continues to grow year after year and its
economy registered a 10.9-percent growth last year.

He also noted that the country's inflation was effectively under
control.

The minister pledged that his country will redouble efforts to
bring about peace and stability domestically.