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| Posted: 31 Jan 2014 03:33 AM PST Naypyitaw has closed the list of armed groups to be invited to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at 16, according to U Aung Min, Vice Chairman of the Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) and Minister for President's Office yesterday. "That doesn't mean we should leave out the remaining groups from the peace process," he explained. "They would be invited to join it during the political dialogue." The government will name 16 signatories among itself to countersign, he added.  Participants at the UPWC-NCCT meeting in Chiangmai, 29 January 2014 (Photo: Nyo Ohn Myint) According to the Burma News International (BNI)'s January 2013 report Deciphering Myanmar's Peace Process: A reference guide 2013, there are 21 armed groups in Burma:
The UPWC met the armed groups' Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) on 29 January in Chiangmai to receive its latest Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) draft vetted and approved by the Conference in Karen State, 20-25 January. The latest NCCT-UPWC meeting was considered a successful one, according to a Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) official. "We were more open and frank with each other," he said. "The NCCT also said the Lawkheelar Conference mandate was that apart from the Basic Principles, it would make adjustments as it saw fit." "It will be reported to the President next week together with our recommendations," said U Hla Maung Shwe, U Aung Min's adviser. "We will then meet the NCCT again in mid February." The Pa-an conference, initially planned for December 2013, has been moved again to March, according to both government and resistance sources. Note: The 16 groups slated by the government to sign NCA should not be confused with the 16 member NCCT:
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| Shan parties postpone merger discussion Posted: 30 Jan 2014 07:33 PM PST Chiang Mai- January 30. Two Shan political parties have postponed a merger meeting until next month, a member of the SNDP (White Tiger) party said on Thursday, 30, January. "The long awaited discussion about the merger of the two political parties has been canceled, because the "Tiger Head" (SNLD) is having a meeting on other issues, so they are not free to meet," said a member of the White Tiger party. The merger meeting on January 30 in Naypyitaw, had been proposed by Sai Hsawng Hsi, head of the merger committee of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP, a.k.a. White Tiger).  Right, Sai Aik Pao, chairman of SNDP; Khun Htun Oo, chairman of SNLD is on the left. "The date and place to meet was only proposed from one side. In fact, both parties should have discussed the best date and place to meet. People complained that Shan State is the largest state in Burma, and there are plenty of places to meet, so why is the meeting in Naypyitaw?" said Sai Nyunt Lwin a.k.a. Sai Nood, SNLD secretary. Sai Hsawng Hsi admitted that the date and place to meet had been proposed from only one side, so they would discuss when and where SNLD would be available. SHAN also tried to contact Sai Saw Aung, head of the merger committee of SNLD for comment but he could not be reached. According to Sai Nood, a possible date will be after the public celebrations on February 7, the Shan State National Day and February 12, the Union Day. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD, a.k.a. Tiger Head) is the party that won the second highest number of seats in the 1990 election. The party was outlawed by the Election Commission in 2010, as most its leaders were in jail. The party re-registered in 2012, after Chairman Khun Htun Oo, and Secretary Sai Nood were released from prison in January that year. SNDP was formed a month before the general election in 2010, when it won seats in 53 constituencies. |
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