7 August 2008 –The independent United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has wrapped up a four-day visit to the South-East Asian nation, his first since taking up the post in May. Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana, who...
By LALIT K JHA / NEW YORK IRRAWADDY NEWS Thursday, July 3, 2008 The UN Security Council will take up the political impasse in Burma this month, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, said on Wednesday. No agreement on...
Says UN secy general Staff Correspondent Published On: 2008-06-21 Sarwar Nipa and Mahmuda Akter read out excerpts from a novel titled 'Sonajhara Din', the Bengali version of 'A Golden Age' by Tahmima Anam, at a programme marking the World Refugee Day...
By air and by road, The UN refugee agency has sent in tonnes of shelter materials to help the estimated one million people made homeless by cyclone Nargis.
Features News – Wednesday, June 04, 2008 A. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTin Soe knows how difficult it is to be a minority Burmese Muslim — suffering discrimination and insecurity — as well as a journalist working in an authoritarian country...
By WAI MOE The Burmese military regime’s failure to respond effectively to Cyclone Nargis, its refusal to allow foreign relief workers access to the affected areas and its forcible eviction of refugees from shelters and health facilities amounts to crimes...
