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Post Date: 5 Feb 2013
Nay Pyi Taw, 6 Feb
The Union Peace-making Work Committee and KIO held negotiation at Shweli on 4 February.
They agreed to hold further negotiation for reaching lasting truce and emergence of a monitoring system for conflict regions.
In the aftermath of armed conflicts in Kachin State, the government is arranging to reconstruct houses, reopen schools and hospitals and let enter humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons.
After being met with increased pressure to alleviate humanitarian issues in the country’s worn-torn regions, the Myanmar government has agreed to grant the UN and international aid groups access and to displaced civilians in Kachin State. The news comes after a Tuesday press release in which Ye Htut, a spokesperson for President Thein Sein, said the UN and international aid groups would be allowed to start relief operations in all internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kachin State.
The statement came right after a meeting with the Myanmar government and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in China’s Yunnan Province, where the two sides agreed to cease their fighting and pursue peace talks.
The government of Myanmar had previously blocked international relief from reaching thousands of civilians in Kachin state.
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Mr. Ye Htut preferenced his statement by adding that relief agencies and the government would still need to discuss how to ensure security for aid workers in IDP camps in government and rebel-controlled areas. His released statement also suggested arrangements have not yet be solidified and start dates are tentative.
Since the start of the violence in Myanmar’s Northern regions, the government has repeatedly turned down requests by the UN, the US and the UK to allow international aid to reach IDP camps. Some international aid reached the NGOs through China but, in recent months support dried up.
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According to UN estimates from December 2012, more than 45,000 IDPs are living in more than a dozen camps in areas along the Sino-Myanmar border, while another 30,000 Kachin live in government-controlled camps further south.
The intensified fighting has worsened transport routes and increased the difficulty of dispensing aid to areas in need.
Earlier in the week, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Burma Vijay Nambia visited government-controlled camps at Kachin State capital Myitkyina and at Waimaw, in order to assess the situation. During his visit Mr. Nambia expressed hope and promise in working with those in the IDP camps and throughout the region.
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