Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee: A tool to prevent the recurrence of hostilities
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On January 9, the first state-level Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) was set up in Shan State, almost three months after the union level...
Can the broken pieces of Burma ever be put back together?
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Sao Noan Oo is the descendent of the saophas, or hereditary rulers, of the Shan princely state of Lawksawk, in southern Shan State. She is...
The Peace Process: If the half-empty glass is full, will you come?
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I do not agree with what you say.
But I will defend to the death your right to say it.
(Voltaire)
People usually don’t see things the...
Decisions and minutes made during NCA
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According to Article 30 of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), decisions agreed during its negotiations should be referred to and included in its implementation. Failure...
Burma Top trio’s Independence Day messages, breaching of NCA and the Union Peace Conference
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As Burma makes a rocky new year start, with the Burma Army (Tatmadaw) attacking a position of Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army...
The NCA: Let not one rotten fish fill the whole boat with foul smell
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It was Lincoln who once said, “If a man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.” The implication is crystal clear....
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: Is NLD treating the ethnic nationalities as insignificant?
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Actually Aung San Suu Kyi's plate is full even before her government in waiting takes up position. Aside from having to work on the...
Peace Process: Time for non-signatories to make up their mind
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Following the landslide victory of the National League for Democracy, the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), both signatories and non-signatories, had hailed it as a...
Former activist sees ‘the good, the bad and the cloudy’ in the peace process
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According to Aung Thu Nyein, former 8888 activist and exile, during a seminar in Bangkok last Monday, 21 December, a lot of good things...
To Hopeland and Back: The bare bones for peace talks – Day Five
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Day Five. Thursday 17 December 2015
Hate cannot drive out hate.
Only love can do that.
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Today, the UPDJC meets again to discuss the...