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Envoy Leaves Burma After Talks

Warned junta against quelling protests, met Suu Kyi this morning

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2007 9:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari left Burma today after meeting with a top general and a second meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, released from house arrest for the talks. Gambari, who was attempting to open dialog between the military junta and dissidents whose protests were brutally suppressed last week, had cooled his heels for four days before Gen. Than Shwe agreed to see him, the BBC reports.

Streets were quiet in Yangon, with junta leaders shortening the curfew by two hours and removing barbed wire surrounding some pagodas that had been the targets of protests. "As the protesters are becoming invisible, our concern only increases for the safety of the monks," said a UN official. Witnesses are scheduled to testify before the UN Human Rights Council.

In this image released by the United Nations Information Center, U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, left, shakes hands with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a state guest house, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, in Yangon, Myanmar.  Gambari met Suu Kyi for a second time, hours after a meeting...
In this image released by the United Nations Information Center, U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, left, shakes hands with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a state guest house, Tuesday, Oct....   (Associated Press)
In this picture release by  United Nation Information center  U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, right, meets Myanmar's  pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left in this Nov 11, 2006 file photo in Yangon Myanmar. Gambari, the U.N.'s special envoy to Myanmar, was sent to the...
In this picture release by United Nation Information center U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, right, meets Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left in...   (Associated Press)
Soldiers continue to block a road leading to Shwedagon Pagoda (background) Saturday Sept. 29, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar.  At right is a Buddhist Monk Monastery. U.N.'s special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar Saturday to try to persuade the notoriously unyielding military junta to halt its harsh crackdown...
Soldiers continue to block a road leading to Shwedagon Pagoda (background) Saturday Sept. 29, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar. At right is a Buddhist Monk Monastery. U.N.'s special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived...   (Associated Press)
Soldiers guard the busy street Saturday Sept. 29, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar. U.N.'s special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived Saturday to try to persuade the notoriously unyielding military junta to halt its harsh crackdown on pro-democracy advocates. (AP Photo)
Soldiers guard the busy street Saturday Sept. 29, 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar. U.N.'s special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived Saturday to try to persuade the notoriously unyielding military junta to halt its...   (Associated Press)
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