Peace and Reconciliation in Burma: The Way Forward in 2008
Moderator:
Derek Mitchell
Senior Fellow and Director for Asia, International Security Program
Khaing Soe Naing Aung
Vice President, Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
Vice President, National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)
Rimond Htoo
Secretary, Karenni People’s Progressive Party (KNPP)
Win Hlaing
Elected representative, National League for Democracy (NLD)
Secretary 1, NLD (Liberarted Area)
Lway Aye Nang
President, Palaung Women's Organizations
Maung Maung
Founder, Federation of Trade Unions, Burma (FTUB)
General Secretary, National Council of the Union of Burma
Derek Mitchell
Senior Fellow and Director for Asia, International Security Program
Khaing Soe Naing Aung
Vice President, Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
Vice President, National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)
Rimond Htoo
Secretary, Karenni People’s Progressive Party (KNPP)
Win Hlaing
Elected representative, National League for Democracy (NLD)
Secretary 1, NLD (Liberarted Area)
Lway Aye Nang
President, Palaung Women's Organizations
Maung Maung
Founder, Federation of Trade Unions, Burma (FTUB)
General Secretary, National Council of the Union of Burma
Five pro-democracy leaders from Burma will provide their assessments of recent developments in Burma, where the largest demonstrations since 1988 were held in September and met with a brutal government crackdown. The death toll is unknown and large numbers of monks and other activists remain detained. The delegation will discuss calls for political change and how the situation can be helped move beyond the crisis toward peace and reconciliation in 2008.
