Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Nigeria

Nay Pyi Taw, 1 Oct— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which falls on 1 October 2006.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm
 

Senior General Than Shwe felicitates Chinese President

Nay Pyi Taw, 1 Oct— On the occasion of the 57th Anniversary of the Founding Day of the People’s Republic of China, which falls on 1st October 2006, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm
 

Attempt to put Myanmar affairs on UNSC agenda is particularly designed to impede progress of National Convention
US, exploiting UN authority, pressuring variously UNSC members in its bid to set up hegemony over the whole world

Nay Pyi Taw, 30 Sept—The PaO National Organization on 25 September issued the declaration on its stance on the decision to put Myanmar affairs on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council.

The following is the full text of the declaration:

The declaration of PaO National Organization (PNO) on its stance on decision to put Myanmar affairs on UNSC agenda

25 September 2006

1. Due to the submission of the permanent US representative to the UN that Myanmar’s situations are posing a threat to regional stability and peace, a decision was made on 15 September 2006 to put Myanmar on the agenda of the UNSC.

2. Upholding Our Three Main National Causes, Myanmar is putting into action the 12 political, economic and social objectives, and the seven-step Road Map for transition to a discipline-flourishing democratic nation, thereby resulting in stability, peace, prevalence of law and order, national solidarity along with the development of all regions including border areas.

3. At the ongoing National Convention, more than 1,000 delegates of political parties, delegates of national race armed groups that have returned to the legal fold, and delegates representing the people from all strata of life are holding discussions on a grand scale. Now, the 104 basic principles have been laid down and many detailed basic principles have been adopted. So, the attempt to put Myanmar affairs on the UNSC agenda is particularly designed to impede the progress of the National Convention.

4. The US is exploiting the authority of the United Nations and pressuring variously UNSC members in its bid to set up political, economic, social and security hegemony over the whole world. Under the pretext of the problems of political inmates, refugee outflows, narcotic drugs and infections inclusive of AIDS, the US is resorting to various means to deal a devastating blow to the fruitful results Myanmar has achieved — tranquillity, peace, national cohesion, all-round development and democratic transition.

5. The PNO hereby declares that the US interference in the internal affairs and attempts to jeopardize the progress of the nation are absolutely unacceptable and the PNO strongly protests against such evil acts.

Signed
U Aung Hkam Hti
Chairman
PaO National Organization

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm
 

Minister for Foreign Affairs back from UN General Assembly

Nay Pyi Taw, 30 Sept — Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win arrived back in here this morning after attending the Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York.

Leader of the Myanmar Delegation Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win delivered his statement in the general debate of the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on 26 September 2006.

While in New York, the Minister for Foreign Affairs attended the Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, the ASEAN-UN working lunch and the 13th Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 and China on 22 September 2006. On 26 September 2006, the Minister co-chaired the ASEAN-ECO Joint Ministerial Meeting.

In the afternoon, a Joint Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Union of Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste was signed by the two Foreign Ministers at the Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations in New York.

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win was welcomed back at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Minister for Cooperatives Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint and departmental heads of the ministry.

Assistant Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Win Zeyar Tun also arrived back here on the same flight.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm

F&R Minister receives financial mission

Nay Pyi Taw, 29 Sept — Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun received Mr Katsuyaki Meguro of Financial Action Task Force On-Site Visit Mission at his office here today.

Also present at the call were Deputy Finance and Revenue Minister Col Hla Thein Swe, President of the Central Bank of Myanmar U Kyaw Kyaw Maung and officials.

At the meeting, the minister briefed on Myanmar’s actions in combating money laundering and financial support to terrorism and the rules and regulations of banks and institutions under the Ministry of Finance and Revenue. Mr Katsuyaki Meguro and party acknowledged achievements of the ministry.

Source: "The New Light Of Myanmar", www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm