Myanmar: Will The Peace Process Materialise?
In his address at the Chatham House, UK on 15 July 2013, President Thein Sein categorically asserted that the armed fighting in Myanmar since 1948 will end soon.
Tom Kramer, an analyst of the Transnational Institute feels “The present peace process is top-down, lacks civil society involvement and still has to move from making new ceasefires to a political dialogue. Concerns and criticisms from local organizations on the peace process, including on the role of international organizations, have not been properly addressed and sometimes even ignored” (AT online – 25 June, 2013).
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Recent publications from Burma Project
Burma’s Ethnic Challenge: From Aspirations to Solutions“Important steps have been made in national reconciliation during the past two years. But promises and ceremonies will never be enough. The long-standing aspirations of Burma’s peoples for peace and justice must find solutions during the present time of national transition.” |
Access Denied: Land Rights and Ethnic Conflict in BurmaThe new land and investment laws benefit large corporate investors and not small- holder farmers, especially in ethnic minority regions, and do not take into account land rights of ethnic communities. |
Political Reform in Burma/Myanmar and Consequences for Ethnic ConflictWhile there have been undeniably positive trends in Burma over the past year, these have not yet been translated into ethnic peace and justice. |
The Kachin Crisis: Peace Must PrevailAs 2012 progressed, perceptions of the real nature of change under the Thein Sein government were challenged by a series of disturbing events in which serious violence and mass displacement of civilians occurred in several parts of the country. |
