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Junta maintains no human rights violation in Burma
Geneva, April 9, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
Despite internationally well-documented on human rights abuses in
Burma, Burmese government continues to maintain that there is no human
rights violation in the country but expresses its willingness to
cooperate with the United Nations agencies.
Speaking at the on-going United Nations Human Rights Commission meeting
in Geneva, the head of the Burmese junta?s delegation U Mya Than today
reiterates his government?s position that there is no human rights
violation in the country.
?For the first time in six years, the government of Myanmar has accepted
the visit of the newly appointed special rapporteur Prof. Pinheiro?,
said U Mya Than who is the head of the Burmese Mission at UN. Quoting a
major part of Mr. Pinheiro?s intervention report of last Friday, U Mya
Than praised Mr. Pinheiro?s report as ?balanced?.
?His presentation is fairly balanced and reflects the positive
developments taking place in Myanmar?, he said in his 15-miunte
intervention. He also said that his government had no other choice but
to categorically reject the visit of former special rapporteur Mr.
Lallah as ?his reports were very much biased?.
?There are also other activities going on in Myanmar by way of promoting
human rights in raising awareness of human rights?. He however
maintained that there is no human rights violation in Burma and whatever
has been said about the violations of human rights in Burma is portrayed
by the anti-Burmese government elements in Western Media.
Debby Stothard from Bangkok-based Altsean-Burma (Alternative Asean
network on Burma), however, dismissed U Mya Than?s report as ?usual
lie?.
?What Ambassador Mya Than said is very predictable. It is the same old
song every year except that the SPDC now feel more confident that Prof.
Pinheiro is their good friend because he did not refer on any human
rights violations in Burma. But this is because his visit was an
exploratory one in term of building up good will. It was not an
investigatory one. So, we will really see what will happen in July in
the next trip he goes there?, said Debby Stothard.
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<p><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Geneva, April 9, 2001</font></font>
<br><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font></font>
<p><font size=+1> Despite internationally well-documented
on human rights abuses in Burma, Burmese government continues to maintain
that there is no human rights violation in the country but expresses its
willingness to cooperate with the United Nations agencies.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Speaking at the on-going United Nations Human Rights Commission
meeting in Geneva, the head of the Burmese junta?s delegation U Mya Than
today reiterates his government?s position that there is no human rights
violation in the country.</font>
<p><font size=+1>?For the first time in six years, the government of Myanmar
has accepted the visit of the newly appointed special rapporteur Prof.
Pinheiro?, said U Mya Than who is the head of the Burmese Mission at UN.
Quoting a major part of Mr. Pinheiro?s intervention report of last Friday,
U Mya Than praised Mr. Pinheiro?s report as ?balanced?.</font>
<p><font size=+1>?His presentation is fairly balanced and reflects the
positive developments taking place in Myanmar?, he said in his 15-miunte
intervention. He also said that his government had no other choice but
to categorically reject the visit of former special rapporteur Mr. Lallah
as ?his reports were very much biased?.</font>
<p><font size=+1>?There are also other activities going on in Myanmar by
way of promoting human rights in raising awareness of human rights?. He
however maintained that there is no human rights violation in Burma and
whatever has been said about the violations of human rights in Burma is
portrayed by the anti-Burmese government elements in Western Media.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Debby Stothard from Bangkok-based Altsean-Burma (Alternative
Asean network on Burma), however, dismissed U Mya Than?s report as ?usual
lie?.</font>
<p><font size=+1>?What Ambassador Mya Than said is very predictable. It
is the same old song every year except that the SPDC now feel more confident
that Prof. Pinheiro is their good friend because he did not refer on any
human rights violations in Burma. But this is because his visit was an
exploratory one in term of building up good will. It was not an investigatory
one. So, we will really see what will happen in July in the next trip he
goes there?, said Debby Stothard.</font>
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