Thread: Burma and the UN

Thanks for keeping the updates going, Mid.

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Thanks for keeping the updates going, Mid.

Although your pearls of wisdom are much more, uhh, edumactional.

You are banned too.

Canada grants honorary citizenship to democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi

The Associated Press
Published: October 17, 2007

OTTAWA: The Canadian government granted honorary Canadian citizenship to Burmese democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday.
The move came in response to Myanmar's recent bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for almost 12 of the past 18 years, is the living embodiment of the long struggle for democracy in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

"Aung San Suu Kyi is an inspiration to all of us. A political prisoner for most of the last 18 years, she has never wavered in her pursuit of freedom and democracy for Burma," said Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier...

Canada grants honorary citizenship to democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi - International Herald Tribune