After seven rounds of talks between armed  ethnic groups and the Thein Sein   Government, progress was finally   achieved on 31 March 2015 with the   signing of the Draft Nationwide Ceasefire   agreement. While there is still a long way to   go in securing an equal and stable Burma,   the finalisation of a draft Nationwide   Ceasefire Agreement text was a   fundamental step in satisfying ethnic   group’s demands for a genuine federal   union.