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    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Kofi Annan arrives in Burma as Arakan Commission submits final report

    Exactly a year ago, Suu Kyi appointed the Commission to investigate and recommend solutions to the inter-religious conflict that has wracked the Arakan region for so long.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Kofi Annan pledges press access, aid for Arakan

    The former UN chief said both issues had been discussed with Aung San Suu Kyi and Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya crisis: Kofi Annan team arrives in Sittwe

    Former UN chief’s team to travel to Maungdaw, which has been under lockdown since the military launched a sweep of the territory after militant attacks on 9 October.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma’s army chief lectures Kofi Annan on Arakan history

    Burma’s Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing claims he pulled no punches when he met with Arakan Commission chairman Kofi Annan.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Kofi Annan meets Muslims, Buddhists in Arakan

    The six Burmese and three foreign commissioners, including Kofi Annan, toured the camps for displaced people and met members of both communities.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma’s lower house rejects motion to oust Kofi Annan

    The proposal to dismiss the three foreigners was rejected by a vote of 250 objections, 148 in support, and one abstention.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Hundreds protest as Kofi Annan arrives in Sittwe

    Jeers and chants denouncing the panel intensified upon the arrival of Annan’s plane. The crowd soon followed the convoy into town, writes Reuters.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Lower house to debate controversial Kofi Annan commission

    ANP requests an emergency debate on the appointment of three foreigners, including the former UN secretary-general, on the Arakan Commission.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Arakan nationalists reject Kofi Annan’s Commission

    The hardline Arakan National Party (ANP) has called for the newly formed Arakan Commission, headed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to be dissolved, calling its mandate “unacceptable”. The nine-member[…]

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Former UN chief Kofi Annan to lead Arakan commission

    Former UN chief Kofi Annan was picked on Wednesday to lead a commission to stop human rights abuses in Arakan State.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    President appoints body to implement Annan Commission recommendations

    The 15-member committee will oversee a host of measures, including those related to rule of law, economic development, the closure of IDP camps, and citizenship issues.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Annan-led panel urges ‘ambitious steps’ in Arakan report

    The Rakhine Advisory Commission, led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has advised Burma’s government to consider 88 “ambitious steps” to bring calm and development to Arakan State.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Excessive force won’t solve Rohingya crisis, says Arakan panel chaired by Annan

    Burma should respond to a crisis over its Muslim Rohingya community in a “calibrated” way without excessive force, a panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan said on Thursday, adding that radicalisation was a danger if problems were not addressed.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Annan expresses ‘deep concern’ over Arakan violence

    Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who chairs a commission on resolving Arakan’s problems, voices concern as the army reports a rising death toll from recent violence in the state.

    Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya

    Annan stresses need for international approach to Arakan tensions

    Former UN chief Kofi Annan says that cooperation with neighbouring countries will be key to resolving tensions in Arakan State.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Arakan CSOs angry after meeting with Annan

    Community leaders and representatives of civil society organisations in Arakan State say they were denied a chance to speak to Kofi Annan during a meeting on Tuesday.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Suu Kyi, Annan kick off Arakan panel

    State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and former UN chief Kofi Annnan convened the first meeting of the Arakan Commission on Monday, ahead of a planned visit to the troubled region tomorrow.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Close all IDP camps in Arakan, says Advisory Commission

    Assuming the reins in the absence of the Advisory Commission Chairman Kofi Annan, Ghassan Salamé addressed the Burmese government, saying the commission’s findings “necessitate urgent action.”

    Arakan Conflict Lead Story News Rohingya

    Will ‘fairly soon’ be soon enough? Clock ticking for aid-needy in Arakan

    Arakan State Advisory Commission chair Kofi Annan’s statement this week that he had been assured humanitarian aid access would be restored to northern Arakan State in the near future has put a tentative, if ill-defined, time table on potentially life-saving assistance.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Buddhist nationalists clash with Rangoon residents

    A protest against Kofi Annan’s involvement in a commission on Arakan State turned ugly when Buddhist nationalists clashed with local residents in Rangoon’s Bahan Township on Sunday.

    Culture Ethnic issues Human Rights International International Relations Lead Story News Religion Rohingya

    Arakan Commission must address ‘decades of discrimination’: Amnesty

    Amnesty International has welcomed the establishment of a high-level Arakan Commission headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, but has called for it to address the human rights situation in the volatile region, while investigating decades of discrimination against minorities.

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    World dignitaries call time on ‘war on drugs’

    Kofi Annan and Richard Branson among supporters of a call by former Latin American leaders to end costly war on drugs

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Burma rejects citizenship reform at private Rohingya talks

    A Burmese national security advisor told diplomats in Copenhagen that a proposal to review the 1982 Citizenship Law, that effectively renders the Rohingya stateless, could not be implemented.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    USDP condemns plan to allow Rohingyas right to travel

    “Security and rule of law in the nation are at critical risk,” said a party statement.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Monsoons could bring ‘enormous deaths’ for Rohingya refugees: advisers

    Burma’s panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues says the coming monsoon season could bring “enormous deaths” as refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh are not built to withstand the storms.

    Interview Lead Story News Rakhine

    Thai head of Rakhine advisory body: ‘Suu Kyi still represents hope’

    Former Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai, head of the Advisory Board to the Committee for Implementation of the Recommendations on Rakhine State, discusses the challenges of his new role.

    International Relations Lead Story Media News

    Advisory panel chief says it can’t interfere in case against Reuters reporters

    Burma’s panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues will not get involved in the case of two Reuters journalists charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, its chairman told a state newspaper in an interview published on Monday.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rakhine

    Burma says Richardson was dropped from Rakhine advisory panel

    Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson was pursuing “his own agenda” when he was asked to step down from Burma’s international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, the Burmese government said on Thursday.

    Lead Story News Rakhine

    Veteran former US diplomat quits Burma’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya crisis panel

    Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Burma to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it was conducting a “whitewash” and accusing the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking “moral leadership.”

    International Relations Lead Story Media News

    Veteran US diplomat Richardson to work for Reuters reporters’ release

    The former governor of the US state of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, says he will work toward securing the release of two Reuters journalists arrested in Burma in his capacity as a member of an international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine State.

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