Burma needs action from the West not cheap platitudes
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- Burma needs action from the West not cheap platitudes
- A Risk Worth Taking
- EVENTS and TRAINING
Burma needs action from the West not cheap platitudes
Sunday Herald – Jun 4, 2008
Yesterday European Union spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said the 27-nation bloc was”veryconcerned”aboutthe current situation in Burma where dissidents claim hundreds of peaceful protesters including monks have been killed. The EU was not however at this timeconsideringanexpansionof sanctions against the junta he added. Burma’s neighbours – most of which like Thailand have managed to emerge fromdictatorshiptoprosperous democracy in the past decade – are as bad if not worse. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations goes through the motions of condemning Burma’s undemocratic ways but Thailand and Singapore are two of its biggest trading partners. India now sells arms to the generals. With the lion’s shareofgovernment spending going to the military Burma’s health serviceis broken down and diseases such as drug-resistant tuberculosis and Aids and HIV are rampantandspreadingacross its borders. In the capital Rangoon meanwhile as our correspondent Nick Meo wrote a few months ago after visiting Burma: “Soldiers and businessmen with links to the regime drive around in Mercedes limousines or drink at the bar of the Strand Hotel alongside foreign investors who don’t mind making money in one of the world’s most brutal regimes… India now sells arms to the generals. With the lion’s shareofgovernment spending going to the military Burma’s health serviceis broken down and diseases such as drug-resistant tuberculosis and Aids and HIV are rampantandspreadingacross its borders. In the capital Rangoon meanwhile as our correspondent Nick Meo wrote a few months ago after visiting Burma: “Soldiers and businessmen with links to the regime drive around in Mercedes limousines or drink at the bar of the Strand Hotel alongside foreign investors who don’t mind making money in one of the world’s most brutal regimes. In light of the current crisis one wonders what the British government – andtherestoftheinternational community – would really consider to be and acceptable outcome to the crisis in Burma? A step towards democracy or an end to violence and a return to the tyranny of the status quo?n one point Miliband is right. It would indeed be wonderful to see Suu Kyi take her rightful place as Burma’s leader. But to ensure it happens our politicians must show their mettle rather than expressing mealy-mouthed platitudes. Burma has had enough of words.
A Risk Worth Taking
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Jun 4, 2008
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EVENTS and TRAINING
Bangkok Post – Jun 4, 2008
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