myanmar

STATES OF INDIA HAVING COMMON BORDER WITH MYANMAR ----MIZORAM,MANIPUR, NAGALAND, ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Myanmar’s first Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo resigned on 4 July 2012 due to health reasons. The move, which is expected to begin a broader reshuffle in the government, could see the appointment of some more reformers to Myanmar's cabinet.

Tin Aung Myint Oo, a former army general is widely regarded as a hard-liner. He took over as the vice president in 2011 after being selected by a bloc of military officers in the country's legislature.

The resignation of  Tin Aung Myint Oo is likely to accelerate the pace of economic change in Myanmar after the European Union and the US began lifting their longstanding economic sanctions against the country during the past several months.

the following is the winner of 2012 Amnesty
International Ambassador of Conscience Award--------]Aung San
Suu Kyi

The Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi received, the US Congress highest Civilian Honour at a ceremony organized in the Capitol Rotunda on 19 September 2012, before her meet with the US president Barack Obama. Before her, the recipient of this award includes George Washington, Pope John Paul II and Dalai Lama-the Tibetan Buddhist Leader. During her 15 year long house arrest against the military rule in Myanmar, she received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2008.

Other awards received by Suu Kyi before the US Congress highest Civilian medal are:

1. Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the year 1990
2. Rafto Prize in the year 1990
3. Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1991
4. The government of India awarded her with Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in the year 1992
5. The government of Venezuela awarded her with International Simón Bolívar Prize
6. The Government of Canada in 2007 awarded her with Honorary citizenship, she was among the only four people by then to receive the award
7. She won Wallenberg Medal in 2011

US eases sanctions on Myanmar
US declared easement of sanctions against Myanmar. Some travel and financial
sanctions would be eased and thus now senior Myanmar officials will now be able
to visit the United States and US will open a development office in Myanmar. The
EU is also considering a similar package.
Why USA and EU are considering an ease in sanctions over Myanmar?
The declaration for easing of sanctions against Myanmar from US as a result of the
National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi winning a seat in
Parliament and her party sweeping the by-elections for the Myanmar’s lower house of Parliament. US and EU have
been propounders of a popular and Democratically elected Government in Myanmar. With the election of Aung San
Suu Kyi in Myanmar Parliament, they are now assured that AALL IS WELL in Myanmar now.
April 5, 2012
Suu Kyi’s NLD party wins majority, main opposition in Myanmar
In Myanmar, the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) announced that its leader Aung San Suu
Kyi has won a seat in the bi-election for the country’s lower house of Parliament. NLD party has also
claimed to have swept most of the 45 Parliamentary seats for which bi-elections were held. But, this
announcement has not been affirmed officially so far. Ms Aung San Suu Kyi spent over 15 years under
house-arrest after the military annulled her party’s landslide general election victory in 1990. The NLD
contended in elections the first time since 1990.
What role did India play during the Elections?
For the first time international observers have been allowed to monitor the elections and playing its role in the
elections, India also had designated two senior election officials and its Ambassador to Myanmar to supervise the
elections.

Kachin State  is the northern most state of Burma. It is bordered by China to the north and east. The area of Kachin State is 89,041 km²(34,379 sq mi). The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo. Kachin State has Myanmar’s highest mountain, Hkakabo Razi, forming the southern tip of the Himalayas, and a large inland lake, Indawgyi Lake. 

The Kachin ethnic rebels, who are recently in news are found in ____________?

Myanmar
Recently, Kachin ethnic rebels in northern Myanmar said that military air attacks
against them are continuing. The Kachin, like Myanmar's other ethnic minorities,
have long sought greater autonomy from the central government. They are the only
major ethnic rebel group that has not reached a cease-fire agreement with elected
President Thein Sein's reformist government, which came to power in 2011 after
almost five decades of military rule.








Australia to lift some sanctions on Myanmar
Australia has decided to lift sanctions against Myanmar’s President and more than 200 others who are at present
under travel and financial bans.
The declaration follows a series of reforms in Myanmar in 2011.
 Australia announced that some 130 names will still continue on the restricted list, counting senior members of
the military and others alleged of human rights abuses.
The decision comes just days after British PM David Cameron and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
issued a mutual call for the suspension of sanctions. The EU foreign ministers are also likely to act on the issue
soon.
 Norway has also decided to lift economic sanctions against Myanmar, whilst keeping the arms embargo and
limitations on military cooperation in force.