#MYANMAR #NCCT has chose #5 #delegates to #hold #talks in #Rangoon on #Monday, #22 December

18 DECEMBER 2014 13:17 S.H.A.N
The ethnic resistance movements’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) has chose 5 delegates to hold talks in Rangoon on Monday, 22 December, according to sources.

The delegation will include 5 out of 14 NCCT members and 4 technical assistance team (TAT).

The 5 delegates are:
Padoh Kwe Htoo Win Deputy leader, Karen National Union (KNU)
Hkun Okker Membeer, Pao National Liberation Organization (PNLO)
Khu Taw Reh Member, Karenni National Progressive Party KNPP
U Twan Zaw Member, Araken National Council (ANC)
Dr Lian Hmung Sakhong, Member, Chin National Front (CNF)

The NCCT’s two other leaders Nai Hongsa (New Mon State Party) and Maj Gen Gun Maw (Kachin Independence Organization), though both of them had taken part in the 15-16 December preliminary meeting in Chiangmai with the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) officials, will not be part of the delegation.

The meeting, overshadowed by the incident in 19 November that had killed 23 resistance cadets and wounding 20 others near the Kachin stronghold of Laiza, will be focusing less on the ongoing Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiations, according to sources on both sides.

“The government is obligated to do or say something constructive to make up for the Laiza incident,” said a source that had requested anonymity. “It is also obligated to take measures to see that such incidents are not repeated. And because of the incident, security for the NCCT delegation needs to be further ensured.”

As for the NCA drafting process, the NCCT desires to have additional international observers, preferably from the so-called Peace Donor Support Group (PDSG) countries, which included Norway, UK, EU, Japan, Switzerland, UK, US and Australia. Its current observers are the UN and China.

The NCCT is also anxious to find out the government’s response to its earlier suggestions to break the deadlock that had reached in September at the 6th formal meeting between it and the government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC). cr.panglong news

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400 newly arrived Kachin IDPs in Mai Hkawng IDP camp-VIDEO

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Hpaulu Kaw, a 78-year-old Kachin woman, died of shock on Thursday at around 4 pm while being surrounded by Burmese army soldiers inside a church in Mungding Pa village, said a KLN source. After Hpaulu Kaw’s death, two men were taken out of the church by soldiers to bury her body.
About 400 villagers are currently being confined inside the church compound as they could not flee during Tuesday raid by government soldiers on Mungding Pa village. Some villagers managed to escape Burmese army’s raid and fled to nearby villages but some are still wandering in the forest, said a villager who had fled to Namlim Pa village.

Joint Statement Karen National Union & Restoration Council of the Shan State 26 October-ENGL./BURMESE

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Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) is holding an ad hoc meeting at its main base in Loi Taileng, opposite Maehongson’s Pang Mapha district today, and one of the hot topics is to respond to the Kachin invitation to attend the meeting at Laiza on the Sino-Burmese border, 30 October-1 November, according to an RCSS/SSA source.

“Whether or not we attend the Summit is less important than the principles we stand for,” one of the highly-placed source told SHAN. “We together with the UNFC (United Nationalities Federal Council, the 12 party armed alliance) had drawn up the Comprehensive Union Peace and Ceasefire Agreement (CUPCA) in April. We stand by it.”

MYANMAR BURMA :KIO,Government to meet as precondition to highest-level peace talks

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Myanmar’s government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) are scheduled to meet in Myitkyina, Kachin State on October 2-3 to discuss four key issues, according to the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC).

The preliminary meeting will precede three days of union-level peace talks between leaders from both sides beginning on October 7.

“Before the talks between leaders from both sides, technical teams will first discuss and coordinate issues such as what the problems are and how the two sides can cooperate and negotiate. The talks are most likely to take place from October 7 to 9. Leaders of the KIO, the government, and the military will attend the talks,” said the MPC’s Aung Naing Oo.

A member from the Peace Creation Group (PCG), which serves as a peace negotiator between the government and KIO, told The Daily Eleven the meeting would focus on four main points.

“The preliminary meeting will focus on the positioning of troops, the formation of monitoring groups, the resettlement of refugees and the nationwide ceasefire issue,” said Hsan Aung of the PCG.

He added that the KIO’s participation in the nationwide ceasefire, which the government expects to reach in October, is only likely if the government, Parliament and the military provide political and military guarantees.

“For the KIO to get involved in the nationwide ceasefire, the important thing is trust. There must be political and military guarantees. That cannot be decided by the government alone. I think the KIO wants those guarantees from the government, Parliament and the armed forces,” said Hsan Aung.

STATEMENT-Taaung National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar’s government holds Peace Talk

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State-level peace talks between Myanmar’s government and the Taaung National Liberation Army (TNLA) took place for the first time in the border town of Muse, northern Shan state, on Wednesday.

The government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee was led by Aung Min, Minister for the President’s Office while TNLA’s delegation was headed by Lieutenant Colonel Tar Phone Kyaw. The government side discussed ceasefire measures, opening a liaison office, regional movements of troops and the steps needed towards holding national-level peace talks.

“We agreed on basic facts. We could not reach agreement because our chairman was away and their army chief was not here. We discussed prevention of further clashes,” Aung Min said.

The TNLA — a group that represents the Palaung ethnic group living in northern Shan State not far from the border with China — have been engaged in a decades-long guerrilla war with the central government. The TNLA was transformed into a border guard force in 2005 but took up arms again because they felt oppressed and could not protect themselves, according to Tar Phone Kyaw.

TNLA’s ultimate aims were to free ethnic Palaung from oppression, promote democracy and human rights, fight against chauvinism and dictatorship, shape its own future and create a genuine federal system.

“Only two out of 13 townships were included in Palaung self-administered region when Myanmar held general elections in 2010. The government made a list of about 300,000 Palaung nationals in the region although the actual population was about 1 million. TNLA had to continue fighting for more territory,” said Tar Phone Kyaw.

KNPP Statement KNPP & GOVERNMENT PEACE TALK

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KIO ဗဟိုေကာ္မတီ၏ ၂၀၁၃ ခုႏွစ္ ဇြန္လ ၁၂ ရက္ေန႔ထုတ္ျပန္ခ်က္

KACHIN PEACE TALK ENDS :Seven Points Agreement of KIO and Myanmar GOVERNMENT-VIDEOS

The signed agreement paved the way to reach to a comprehensive cease-fire deal between Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army. General Sumlut Gum Maw, KIA’s deputy chief of staff, said after the meeting that the agreement is not a complete cease-fire agreement, but it is the one that will lead towards a cease-fire agreement.

The statement also said that two parties agree in principle to establish Joint Monitoring Committees, to continue to discuss on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) resettlement, to establish a technical team based in Myitkyina, and to continue to allow the participation of observers.

The agreement was witnessed and signed by UN General Secretary’s special advisor Vijay Nambiar, Deputy Chief of Mission from Chinese Embasssy Lu Zhi, and representatives of armed ethnic groups KNPP, KNU, CNF, NMSP, RCSS/SSA, SSPP/SSA, UWSA and NDAA.

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KACHIN PEACE TALK STARTS -VIDEOS

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Tens of thousands of local Kachin people warmly welcomed the peace delegation of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) arriving Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in Myanmar today to resume peace talk with the government peace delegation.

UN’s special envoy to Burma, Vijay Nambiar, attended peace talks on Tuesday between the Burmese government and Kachin rebels in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, the first time the UN high official has participated in such negotiations.

The peace talk will be resumed tomorrow at Ma Jwel Hall of Manaw Sports Ground in the city.

The government delegation led by Vice-chairman Aung Min of Union Peacemaking Committee went to Nan Sanyan village, 60 miles away from Myitkyina to welcome the Kachin delegation there.

Hswan Lut Gan leads the Kachin delegation which also includes Deputy Commander-in-Chief Major General Gwan Maw of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as a member.

It is the first time the top-ranking officials from KIO arrived in Myitkyina in two years since the armed conflicts has started between them in June 2011.

For that, local people from several villages and many refugees from IDP camps in Kachin welcomed the Kachin delegation waving KIO flags along the road they came.