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    Category: Peace Process

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Demand for independent homeland bars Naga group from NCA

    A faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland will not be allowed to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement because of the ethnic Naga armed group’s core demand for an independent Naga homeland spanning either side of the Burma-India border, according to government spokesperson Zaw Htay.

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    Panglong III wraps with delegates tacking 14 points onto ‘Union Accord’

    The latest iteration of the “21st Century Panglong Conference” concluded on Monday with participants signing 14 points of agreement as the high-level peace confab came to a close in the capital Naypyidaw.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Third round of ‘Panglong’ peace talks begin

    Negotiators gathered on Wednesday to kick off Burma’s latest round of high-level peace talks, ostensibly furthering a process that has bogged down amid ongoing conflict in the country’s border regions.

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    Govt sets sights on June for peace conference

    The Burmese government is aiming to hold the third round of the Union Peace Conference next month, according to the State Counsellor’s Office.

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    Coalition of ethnic armed groups ready to join Panglong summit, awaits invite

    The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee releases a statement reiterating the ethnic armed coalition’s intention to join the upcoming third iteration of the government-led 21st Century Panglong Conference, if the bloc is officially invited to do so.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Rakhine

    Sittwe Bombings: Detained activist suffering ill health, says family

    “He told his wife that he had been coerced during interrogation. I am very worried that it has had an impact on his health.”

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    Wa, Mongla groups ‘accept’ nationwide ceasefire accord: govt peacemaker

    A member of the government’s Peace Commission says the United Wa State Army and the National Democratic Alliance Army, the latter also known as the “Mongla group,” accept the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, an accord that the two influential ethnic armed groups had previously spurned.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Mon, Lahu armed groups to sign NCA on Feb. 13

    The New Mon State Party and Lahu Democratic Union will sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on 13 February, with their accession to the accord marking one of the most substantive breakthroughs in Burma’s peace process since the National League for Democracy took power nearly two years ago.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Two of several ethnic armed group holdouts commit to signing NCA

    The New Mon State Party will sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, marking the first time that an ethnic armed organisation has acceded to the accord since eight initial non-state signatories joined the previous government and military in formally agreeing to its terms over two years ago.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    ‘Panglong III’ peace summit delayed: official

    Plans to hold the next iteration of the government’s self-styled “21st Century Panglong Conference” have been pushed back. Instead of convening late this month, the third round of the high-level summit will not take place until February.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Burmese peace talks ‘deadlocked’ over terminology, says UNFC

    Ethnic bloc says “Nation of a Federal Democratic Union”; Tatmadaw insists on “Nation of Democratic and Federal Union”.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Burmese govt invites Naga rebels to peace talks

    The government extended an invitation to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang to join next month’s Union Peace Conference.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Suu Kyi sends New Year’s greetings to ethnic army leaders

    Gen. Gun Maw of the Kachin Independence Army posted a copy of Suu Kyi’s letter, dated 22 December, on his Facebook page.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Let grassroots groups host dialogue, say CSOs

    “Grassroots groups know what is happening in their area. Often the authorities do not,” said Ashin Awe Bar Tha.

    Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Peace Process

    Resolving northern stalemate is key to peace in Burma

    Insofar as the Union government’s agenda for ethnic reconciliation is concerned, there is little doubt that the north, where the most powerful rebel armies operate, holds the key to a permanent negotiated settlement.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Third ‘21CPC’ peace summit due in January, says govt spokesperson

    Negotiators from the government, military and a bloc of Burma’s non-state armed groups have agreed to convene the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in January 2018.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Ceasefire talks postponed due to terminology dispute

    Military representatives apparently wish the term federal union to be replaced by nation of democratic and federal union.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Govt urges ethnic bloc to sign ceasefire

    “Once UNFC is on the NCA path and is negotiating with the other parties involved, it can amend the things they do not want. There is nothing to be concerned about.”

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    NCA signatories urge govt to reboot peace process

    “We understand that the government has a lot of issues to resolve, in particular the Arakan Crisis. However, the peace process should be its priority,” says Khun Okker.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Northern ethnic armed bloc makes peace conference overture

    The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the next iteration of the government’s 21st Century Panglong Conference if its members are officially invited to do so.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Govt eyes meeting with Northern Alliance ahead of next 21CPC

    Aung Kyi, the head of the Peace Commission, told DVB that they hoped the ethnic rebel alliance would be “involved in the peace process very soon”.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    4 of 8 NCA points agreed at govt, ethnic bloc talks

    DPN and govt agree on principles that would pave the way towards a nationwide ceasefire agreement and kick-starting the peace process.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Peace process is priority, not development: Suu Kyi

    “Some people may say that peace will only come about after we undertake a process of economic development, but I disagree,” said Suu Kyi.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    UNFC elects new leaders

    Following the recent resignation of the KIO and other members, the UNFC now consists of just five groups: the NMSP, SSPP, KNPP, LDU and ANC.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Burmese journalists boycott UNFC conference

    The move came after UNFC delegates refused to speak to journalists about the conference, and barred media from entering the meeting room.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Govt denies blacklisting Harn Yawnghwe

    Harn Yawnghwe’s Euro Burma Office has been a major donors to the ethnic armed organisations and civic groups involved in peace talks.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    Peace Commission, latest ethnic armed alliance expected to meet

    The government Peace Commission is preparing to meet “soon” with members of a recently formed alliance of ethnic armed groups based largely in Burma’s north, an apparent signal that the new coalition is increasingly viewed as an important factor in the peace process calculus.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    KIA official in explaining UNFC exit: ‘Things that can’t be said here’

    The dwindling alliance of ethnic armed groups joined under the United Nationalities Federal Council banner convenes a conference in Thailand chaired by a leader of one of its former members, the influential Kachin Independence Army.

    Karen Lead Story News Peace Process

    Zipporah Sein questions KNU’s commitment to accord

    The KNU Concerned Group says the Union Accord fails to include all ethnic armed organisations and does not take into account the opinions of ethnic political parties.

    Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Opinion Peace Process

    Post-Panglong, peace process challenges remain

    The second session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference made substantial progress that offers a beacon of hope for sustainable peace in Burma, but key hurdles remain.

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