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By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY Monday, February 6, 2012

A Naypyidaw peace delegation led by Burma's Railways Minister Aung Min held talks with several ethnic
armed groups and Burmese dissident organizations in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on Sunday and Monday.

Aung Min met the Karenni National Progressive

Party (KNPP) on Monday. Four points were
discussed, including a bilateral ceasefire, opening
the KNPPs liaison offices plus free movement
and rehabilitation for internally displaced persons
in Karenni State.
Karenni National Progressive Party troops on parade in
Karenni State. (Photo: burmaelection2010.com)

Although no agreement was signed at the Monday meeting, the KNPP agreed to hold further peace
talks with the Naypyidaw delegationmost likely in Karenni State capital Loikaw early next month.
Khu Oo Reh, secretary 1 of the KNPP, told The Irrawaddy after the meeting, It is a good first step. U
Aung Min talked openly with us. We think we can trust him, and we believe that we can hold another
meeting.
Four leaders from the KNPP, including military chief Gen Bee Htoo, were also involved in the
discussions.
The KNPP will focus on achieving a ceasefire when it holds further negotiations with the Naypyidaw
peace delegation, said Khu Oo Reh. However, the repositioning of government military forces and
rebel troops in Karenni State will also be on the agenda, he added.
The KNPP wishes to sign an agreement with Naypyidaw but it will depend on how productive their
future discussions are, Khu Oo Reh explained.
Other than the KNPP, Aung Min also met representatives of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization
and Thailand-based opposition groups such as the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS), the
Forum for Democracy in Burma and the National League for Democracy-Liberated Area.
Aung Moe Zaw, the chairman of the DPNS, told The Irrawaddy that his meeting with Aung Min on
Sunday was an informal discussion just to serve as an introduction before further talks. During the
meeting, Aung Moe Zaw raised the issue of the return of exiled Burmese dissidents. He told Aung Min
that the DPNS wants to return to Burma and continue its campaign work if it is allowed to register as a
political party.
He [Aung Min] told us about his meeting with the ethnic armed groups, and how he tried to arrange a
ceasefire. His mandate is to deal with ethnic groups. But it is also necessary to meet opposition
organizations. So, he also met us, said Aung Moe Zaw.
It was just to build a relationship. I hope further meetings will continue [in the future], he added.
Aung Min has been meeting different rebel organizations and signed ceasefire agreements with several
ethnic armed groups including the powerful Shan State ArmySouth and Karen National Union.
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PaO joining the ceasefire bandwagon because of the Lady

Monday, 06 February 2012 15:48 S.H.A.N.
The PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO) delegation that met U Aung Min, the presidential
negotiator, yesterday on the border of Chiangmai, says democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyis decision
to work with the new government headed by U Thein Sein had led the way for the group to join the
peace process.
We had followed her when she was struggling against the regimes
predecessor, said Khun Thurein, deputy leader of the PNLO
delegation. Now we fear if we continue to fight against Naypyitaw,
it would be like opposing her.
Khun Thurein (Photo: SHAN)
The PNLO was formed in 2007 after a faction of the PaO dominant
Shan Nationalities Peoples Liberation Organization (SNPLO), a ceasefire group, had joined the PaO
Peoples Liberation Organization (PPLO), a non-ceasefire group, led by Hkun Okker. The SNPLOs
late leader Tarkeley had often referred to Aung San Suu Kyi as A-May (Mother).
Yesterdays meeting was aimed at reaching a formal ceasefire agreement in the near future, according
to him.
Khun Myint Tun, elected representative (1990) and former NLD member, acting as head of the
delegation had presented a 10-point position paper, the main points of which are:

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1. The PNLO will never secede from the Union and will never
agree to a secessionist proposal
2. The PNLO will continue to struggle until equality and right of
self determination is achieved
3. There must be no oppression of smaller races by bigger races
4. The PNLO will endeavor to achieve initial ceasefire agreement
5. The PNLO calls for a nationwide ceasefire
6. There must be consultations among ethnic groups, political organizations and between them
7. There must be freedom of gathering and consultation among PaO people
8. The PNLO will cooperate in the fight against drugs
9. NGOs and INGOs must be allowed to operate freely in ethnic areas
10. There must be enhanced media freedom
Asked what the PNLO thought about the PaO Self Administered Zone (SAZ) as designated by the 2008
constitution, he replied, That is just a fiction, not real. Because we dont really have any right to
administer our own affairs.
The PNLO, a member of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), says the grouping has
allowed each member organization to conclude a ceasefire agreement with Naypyitaw separately. But
when it comes to political dialogue, all of us must work together, he said.
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Naypyitaw negotiator: Mission winning international backing

Monday, 06 February 2012 11:41 S.H.A.N.
Meeting Shan State Army (SSA) leader Yawdserk yesterday on the border of Chiangmai, President
Thein Seins envoy U Aung Min announced his efforts have drawn support, both moral and financial,
from foreign governments.
Several countries have offered funds for the mission, he said, after
greeting Lt-Gen Yawdserk, Chairman of the SSAs political wing,
Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), as an old friend. In fact,
Norway has invited me to speak to the Parliament there.
He is due to leave for Oslo on 22 February, according to him. His
one-year budget for the project which also includes development of
ceasefire areas and political dialogue has been projected at $ 66
million. Countries that have pledged support include Switzerland,
Japan and Korea, besides Norway.
Therell be a Board made up of representatives from the donors and the beneficiary organizations such
as yours to handle the project, he said. Naturally, I wont be on the Board.
Yawdserk in turn reported to him that, in accordance with the 16 January agreement, signed in
Taunggyi, liaison officers had been appointed and dispatched each to his designated town:

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Seat of the Shan State Government and headquarters of the Burma Armys Eastern
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Kholam
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Kengtung Headquarters of the Burma Armys Triangle Region Command

Other cities where liaison offices will be established include Tachilek, Monghsat and Muse. As soon
as the annual meeting is over, we will start looking for locations suitable for resettlement of the IDPs
(Internal Displaced Persons currently residing near the SSA bases), he told U Aung Min.
The meeting lasted half an hour. U Aung Min was accompanied by Hla Maung Shwe, Vice President of
Myanmar Egress. U Khin Maung Soe, Minister for Electricity #2, who has been assigned to liaise with
the SSA, was unable to come.
U Aung Min later met delegations of Democratic Party for New Society (DPNS), Karen National
Union (KNU) and PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO).
He is due to meet the National League for Democracy-Liberated Area (NLD-LA), Forum for
Democracy in Burma (FDB) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) today, according to
border security sources.
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ChiefMinisterdirectspeopletotreatCNAwarmly
Posted by khonumthung on Feb 06, 2012
Mr. Hung Ngai, Chief Minister of Chin state has directed people to treat warmly and assist the Chin
National Army (CNA), which will be stationed in Paletwa Township, northern Chin state, Burma.
The local people were told to maintain good relations with CNA by Mr. Hung Ngai when he was
visiting southern Chin state in the last week of January. The CM visited several villages of Paletwa
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The Chief Ministers team attended the inauguration of the Lailenpi village, Matupi Township hospital
after returning from Sinletwa and Pathen Tlang village of Paletwa Township.
It is learnt that Mr. Hung Ngais team is monitoring road construction on a self help basis by the local
people of Sinletwa village of Paletwa Township and Lailenpi village of Matupi Township.
The Chief Minister said that the Sinletwa-Lailenpi-Razua road connecting Hakha, the capital of Chin
state will be constructed soon, said a village administrator.
He is a Chin national, so, he is very frank in his relationship with the people, said a local.
The Chief Ministers team left for Hakha from Sabawngte village army camp on 3 February.
The Chin state government level peace delegation and the Chin National Front have agreed in initiate
peace talks to station CNA with its arms at Teddim, Than Tlang and Matupi Township.
The Chin National Army led by Colonel Hrang Tin Thai, Army Chief of Staff, Major Than Htun,
second Army Chief of Staff and southern command commander is leaving for a new station after an
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NLD members to honour Panglong Agreement

Monday,06February201214:34KyawKha

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) To mark Burmas 65th Union Day, Shan members of the National League for
Democracy (NLD) will bow to the Panglong Agreement pillar in Panglong in southern Shan State on
Sunday.

The group, led by NLD members in Panglong, Laihka, Loilen and

Nansang, will bow to the stone pillar commemorating the
agreement. Since 1989, authorities have banned people from
bowing to the Panglong Agreement pillar, members said,.
The Panglong Agreement pillar to be site of NLD Union Day ceremony. Photo:
Mizzima

Taunggyi Township NLD General-Secretary Khin Moe Moe said that the ceremony will demonstrate
the importance of the agreement to younger generations. The Panglong Agreement was signed by
ethnic leaders and Burmas revered independence fighter General Aung San, the father of Aung San
Suu Kyi, guaranteeing them independent rights in regard to a federal political system.
Khin Moe Moe said one of the first things Suu Kyi said upon being released from house arrest in 2010
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was about the importance of the principles in the Panlong Agreement.

Members have yet to receive permission from the authorities to conduct the ceremony. Other political
parties including the National Unity Party and Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (White Tiger Party)
also plan to hold ceremonies at the pillar. The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has not
decided whether its members will conduct ceremonies at the pillar or not, sources said.
Loilen Township NLD member Mi Mi said that more than 50 people conducted ceremonies at the pillar
on January 4, Burmas Independence Day, without a disturbance.
The Panglong Conference was held in Panglong in Shan State in 1947. A document was signed by the
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League leader Aung San and Shan, Kachin and Chin leaders, agreeing
to unite in a struggle for independence from Britain to achieve a unified republic.
The emergence of the [current] Union was largely based on the Panglong Agreement. Because of the
agreement, the Union was formed. States including Kachin State and Shan State are unified, thats why
we call it [Burma] a Union. Union Day is important for all of us, said Kachin Independence
Organizations permanent central committee member Lama Gumhpan.
The agreement said, Full autonomy in internal administration for the Mountain Areas [Ethnic areas] is
accepted in principle and the people in mountain areas must be granted democratic rights.
To maintain the integration of the Union and national solidarity, we need to undertake negotiations
and a political dialogue. Only if we can do that, will a peaceful and genuine Union emerge, Lama
Gumhpan said.
On October 24, 2010, the Zomi National Congress (ZNC) issued the Kalay Decleration, calling for
the convening of a Second Panglong Conference for the sake of national reconciliation. On
November 20, 2010, the ZNC handed over the responsibility to organize such a conference to Aung
San Suu Kyi, after her release from her house arrest.
http://mizzima.com/news/insideburma/6540nldmemberstohonourpanglongagreement.html

7 February: The gateway to 12 February

Monday, 06 February 2012 13:07 S.H.A.N.
You may call it Shan National Day, as it used to be known, since the first Shan National Day was
officially designated in 1930 in Taunggyi and later in 1947 at Panglong.
Or, if you think the name, by its name, leaves out
indigenous non-Shans in what used to be known as
Federated Shan States, you can adopt the new
designation: Shan State Day.
As far as Im concerned, any name will do, as long
as the days historic significance is not forgotten, just
as a roses signature fragrance is recognized. In each
and everything, man should value its substance more
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than its label.

So what happened on 7 February 1947 that had called for a decision to commemorate it each year? A
short recap will be needed here:
Aung San had just concluded an agreement in London, which promised Independence for Burma
within one year. But he needed to ask the non-Burman Frontier peoples whether they would like to join
Burma in Independence or if they would rather go it alone.
Many people at that time thought that the Frontier peoples, having little trust in the Burmans, would
rather choose to stay under the grudging rule of the post-war British Labor Party government.
But, unknown to most people, Shan, Kachin and Chin representatives, who were jointly holding the
Panglong Conference, had already reached agreement that the freedom of their respective people
would be achieved sooner through the cooperation with the Burmese.
The only problem appeared to be with the Shans, who were still hoping that their newly formed Shan
States Saophas Council (later Shan States Council), made up of equal number of the 33 ruling princes
and 33 peoples representatives, would be recognized by the British government. Had the British
accepted the demand, it was well nigh certain Aung San, who arrived on 8 February, would have to
return empty-handed.
There wouldnt have been a Panglong Agreement to sign and subsequently a Union Day to celebrate.
But, luckily for the Burmese, and unluckily for the Shans, Chins, Kachins and the rest (as some would
indeed say) the British turned down the Shans call.
The result was the mass meeting held in the evening of 7 February, when the 14 men (7 princes and 7
peoples representatives) Executive Committee of the Shan States Council was declared, which marked
the parting of the ways with the British.
This had paved the way for the successful negotiations with Aung San and the Panglong Agreement on
12 February.
Now, 65 years after, many Frontier peoples, especially the Shans, are wondering whether they had
made a hasty decision in spurning the British suggestion to place the question of the reorganization of
the Federal Council on the agenda of the Council meeting to be held in Taunggyi later in the month.
(The Federal Council of Shan States was then presided by the British Commissioner.)
Most probably, it was the wrong decision for the Shans. But, on the other hand, it was also most
probably the right decision for the Burmans who had automatically succeeded the the British to govern
the Frontier Areas.
Therefore, if I were, say, the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar now, I would not have
hesitated to allow these Shans to celebrate every time 7 February returns with a vengeance. By all
accounts, they should be mourning instead. But if they are still punch-drunk enough to choose to be
hilarious about it, so be it.
After alls said and done, its all for the best. Or dont you think so?
http://www.shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4393:7-february-thegateway-to-12-february&catid=85:politics&Itemid=266
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UNcounts55,000displacedKachin
ByKOHTWE
Published:6February2012

The number of people forced to flee their homes by fighting

in Kachin state rose to 55,000 in January, while new areas of
displacement have been reported both in Kachin and northern
Shan state, where the conflict spread to last year, the UN
says.
UNofficialsseendistributingaidtorefugeesinLaiza,Kachin
state,inDecemberlastyear(RyanLibre/DAA)

Nearly 8,000 students are also struggling to access

education across 10 Kachin townships, the UN Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report last month that gained little
public attention. It warns of dwindling aid supplies in the nearly 90 makeshift refugee camps that have
sprung up in the northern state since June last year.
It said that more food aid was needed in response to the deterioration of the security situation in and
around the conflict zone. Outbreaks of diarrhea have been reported in a number of refugee camps close
to the China border.
Up to 3,000 migrant workers and 2,000 natives were forced to flee the jade-rich township of Hpakant
following security incidents in early January, although it didnt comment on what precisely
happened. Four camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Namkhan township in Shan state have
also received around 1,000 people since 11 December.
A number of temporary schools have been opened by the Kachin state government to cater for 3,153
students affected by the fighting. The report said that in Shan Kyaing village, only 13 percent of
primary school children continue to attend school.
The conflict between the Burmese army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is now in its eighth
month. Although reports suggest the intensity of the fighting has eased, skirmishes are continue to
break out and Burmese troops are still camped out in locations close to rebel territory.
According to The Irrawaddy news website, a chief negotiator for the government told KIA officials that
it could take up to three years for peace to return to Kachin state. The government has attempted to
broker ceasefires with other groups, including the Karen National Union, although these have not been
watertight and clashes continue.
Aid groups have warned the tens of thousands of Kachin holed up in refugee camps against attempting
to return home, given the ongoing presence of Burmese troops. Although President Thein Sein has on
two separate occasions told troops to cease attacks on the Kachin, the demands have not been heeded
and fighting continues.
An NGO worker who has visited a number of the Kachin camps told DVB on condition of anonymity
that a number of the camps new inhabitants had arrived from hideouts in the jungle. There are
concerns such as health matters there were pregnant women due for delivery, and for them to still be
in the jungles for the long-term [is risky] so they came to the camps.
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NobellaureateStiglitzdueinBurma
ByDVB
Published:6February2012

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz will make his second trip to
Burma as one of three experts due to lecture an audience of businessmen and
development professionals in Rangoon later this week.
ProfessorJosephStiglitzwillvisitRangoonforaconferenceon11February
(Reuters)

The high-profile Columbia University professor will be flanked by

two other economists, Robert Findlay, also of Columbia, and Hla Myint, a former advisor to the
Burmese government and now emeritus professor at London School of Economics.
The event on 11 February, hosted by the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (UMFCCI) and Myanmar Institute of Economics Graduates Association (MIEGA), is the
latest attempt by the government to signal its efforts at reforming the countrys economy, which
ironically began to gather steam in late 2009 after Stiglitz paid a visit to advise Naypyidaw on poverty
reduction.
In the two years since, the country has undergone a rapid transformation, with the majority of industry first
privatised by General Ne Win following the 1962 coup sold to private enterprise, and Rangoon now teeming
with businessmen eyeing opportunities amid speculation that western sanctions will soon end.

How much of that became from Stiglitzs advice is questionable: development in the country,
particularly its rural regions, remains a major concern, and while downtown Rangoon is undergoing
something of a refurbishment, the long-neglected peripheral states still await the spoils of a shake-up of
the economy that, dramatic as it has been, has to date served only business tycoons and, lately, foreign
companies.
Stiglitz, whose paper for the conference is entitled Development Strategies for Inclusive and
Sustainable Growth, will attempt to pick up from where he left off in 2009, when the former World
Bank chief economist sought to use the economic growth examples of regional neighbours as a
blueprint for where Burma could head with a liberalised economy.
His visit will also be hailed by many as proof of the governments willingness to engage with more
progressive voices. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2001 for work that has largely pivoted on
criticism of the free-market in its pure sense, instead arguing for a compromise between that and more
state-centred models.
http://www.dvb.no/news/nobellaureatestiglitzdueinburma/20089

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