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                   WLB concluded its Presidium Meeting

Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)

Chiang Mai, Oct. 10: The Women?s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella of
Burma's women organizations in exile, ended its Presidium Board meeting
yesterday in Thailand. All the presidents of its member organizations,
members of WLB Secretary and regional responsible persons attended the
meeting, which was held from October 7 to 9 at Chiang Mai in Thailand.
This is the second meeting of the WLB's Presidium Board members.

According to the WLB sources, during the three-day deliberations, the
women leaders discussed the various matters including assessment of the
activities implemented by the women league during the past eight months,
the present political situation in Burma and the role of WLB and
organizational matters such as new membership requests and the detailing
for future activities.

Women's League of Burma, which was formed in December 1999 in a
Thai-Burma border area, organizes of workshops and trainings to promote
knowledge and skills of Burma's women activists in exile and works
together with the country's pro-democracy and ethnic organizations to
achieve peace and national reconciliation in the military-rule Burma and
to maximize the use of the ability of women in the national
tasks.Moreover, it joins together with regional and international women
organizations on common issues and participates at United Nations forums
and other international meetings.

At present it has eleven women organizations including the country's
ethnic women organizations based in border areas and cities of Thailand,
India and Bangladesh. The women league holds its Presidium Board
meeting, which is composed with the Presidents of the member
organizations, every eight months and its general conference is held
every two years.

Mizzima News has learnt that leaders of the WLB will soon travel to
India, Thailand and Bangladesh in an organizational trip to meet Burma's
pro-democracy and ethnic activists based in these countries.



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<center><b><font color="#800080"><font size=+2>WLB concluded its Presidium
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<p><b><font color="#8080FF">Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)</font></b>
<p><b><font color="#8080FF">Chiang Mai, Oct. 10:</font></b> <font size=+1>The
Women?s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella of Burma's women organizations
in exile, ended its Presidium Board meeting yesterday in Thailand. All
the presidents of its member organizations, members of WLB Secretary and
regional responsible persons attended the meeting, which was held from
October 7 to 9 at Chiang Mai in Thailand. This is the second meeting of
the WLB's Presidium Board members.</font>
<p><font size=+1>According to the WLB sources, during the three-day deliberations,
the women leaders discussed the various matters including assessment of
the activities implemented by the women league during the past eight months,
the present political situation in Burma and the role of WLB and organizational
matters such as new membership requests and the detailing for future activities.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Women's League of Burma, which was formed in December
1999 in a Thai-Burma border area, organizes of workshops and trainings
to promote knowledge and skills of Burma's women activists in exile and
works together with the country's pro-democracy and ethnic organizations
to achieve peace and national reconciliation in the military-rule Burma
and to maximize the use of the ability of women in the national tasks.Moreover,
it joins together with regional and international women organizations on
common issues and participates at United Nations forums and other international
meetings.</font>
<p><font size=+1>At present it has eleven women organizations including
the country's ethnic women organizations based in border areas and cities
of Thailand, India and Bangladesh. The women league holds its Presidium
Board meeting, which is composed with the Presidents of the member organizations,
every eight months and its general conference is held every two years.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Mizzima News has learnt that leaders of the WLB will soon
travel to India, Thailand and Bangladesh in an organizational trip to meet
Burma's pro-democracy and ethnic activists based in these countries.</font>
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