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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Ibrahim Gambari

Ibrahim Gambari stories: 10 news summaries

Secret Envoy Paves Way for Burma Visit
by UN Chief

Ban to press for Aung San Suu Kyi release

Jun 26, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(AP) - A UN special envoy began a secret trip to Burma today to pave the way for a possible visit by Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, that would be politically delicate because of the continuing trial of imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Human rights groups are urging Ban not... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Ibrahim Gambari • weapons • Ban Ki-Moon

Suu Kyi Rejects Food Deliveries, Sparks Rumors of Hunger Strike

Burma leader frustrated with UN, aides say

Aug 26, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused food deliveries to her house for two weeks, prompting speculation that she is on a hunger strike against the government, the AP reports. Supporters say she's grown increasingly frustrated with the UN's failure to intervene in the junta-ruled nation—the... More »

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United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Ibrahim Gambari

UN Inspector Vows to Tally Burma's Dead

Demands 'full cooperation' from
junta or 'I'll go out'

Nov 11, 07 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A UN inspector landed in Burma today to tally the junta's detained and dead protesters, the AP reports. And he vowed to leave if officials don't give him "full cooperation." So far, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro has met with officials and visited a town where the junta targeted monks... More »

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United Nations • human rights • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Ibrahim Gambari • Paulo Sergio Pinheiro

Suu Kyi:
'I Stand Ready to Cooperate'

Imprisoned opposition leader wants 'dialogue' with Burma's junta

Nov 8, 07 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Burma's military rulers, UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari announced today, reading a statement from the long-imprisoned opposition leader. “I stand ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success,” she wrote after the... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • Ibrahim Gambari

Burma Junta Nixes Talks With UN, Dissident

Suu Kyi must drop sanction support; UN not making progress

Nov 7, 07 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The junta ruling Myanmar—formerly Burma—today rejected a UN proposal for three-way talks that would have included detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Agence France-Presse reports. It is the latest disappointment to mar the visit of UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, in which he has been denied an audience with... More »

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United Nations • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Yangon • Ibrahim Gambari • Than Shwe • Ban Ki-Moon

Supporters Rally for Suu Kyi

Protests in 12 cities to mark 12th anniversary of her imprisonment

Oct 24, 07 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Protests are in progress in front of 12 Chinese embassies around the world today to mark the 12th anniversary of the incarceration of Burmese political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Six fellow female laureates also have written an open letter, published in today's Guardian, asking... More »

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China • United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Burma protest • Ibrahim Gambari • Nobel Peace Prize

Burma Lifts Curfew, Ban
on Assembly

Junta offers talks to jailed leader after
Bush levies sanctions

Oct 20, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burma is scrapping a curfew and a ban on assemblies of more than 5 people in Yangon, apparently assured that pro-democracy protests are dead. The junta also gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a fresh invite for compromise talks, the AP reports. Both moves come after Bush imposed a... More »

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sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Mandalay • Yangon • Ibrahim Gambari • Than Shwe

Council Upbraids Myanmar Junta

China doesn't block UN panel's stance

Oct 11, 07 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the Myanmar junta's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests in an official policy statement today, demanding the prompt release of all political prisoners and serious negotiations with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The council's first official action on Myanmar highlights a shift by China,... More »

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United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Ibrahim Gambari • UN Security Council

Burma Offers
Meeting With Democracy Leader

But only if she drops call for sanctions

Oct 4, 07 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's army has offered to meet with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi if she stops demanding economic sanctions, the Times reports. A general proposed the meeting this week to UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who has met with Ms. Suu Kyi on his 4-day trip. Gambari plans to tell the... More »

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United Nations • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Ibrahim Gambari

Envoy Leaves Burma After Talks

Warned junta against quelling protests, met Suu Kyi this morning

Oct 2, 07 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... More »

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human rights • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Yangon • Ibrahim Gambari

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