Tag: Ban ki Moon
Cambodia seeks U.N. help to halt battle with Thailand at ancient temple – Los Angeles Times
Hanoi holiday for Burma’s junta – The Irrawaddy
Cool winds at Hanoi summit – Asia Times
HANOI – Great power rivalries, including US-China chest-thumping on a wide range of political, economic and security issues, look set to dominate this weekend’s Asian summits set inside the bleak, socialist-cliché trappings of Hanoi’s imposing National Convention Center. The immediate focus of the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, with regional leaders in attendance, will be Myanmar’s first elections in two decades scheduled for November 7. As ever, the military-ruled country has added an edginess to the typically anodyne proceedings, where attention to the ephemera sometimes borders on the absurd. Two days after Robert Kelley, a former International Atomic Energy Agency official, called on ASEAN to take the lead in addressing an alleged nuclear weapons program in Myanmar, one of the three official summit press statements released by ASEAN at time of writing was devoted to the issuing a commemorative stamp by host country Vietnam.
Still time for inclusive election in Burma, says Ban – The Irrawaddy
Quintana recommends war crimes commission on Burma – The Irrawaddy
What is Important Now: Free and Fair Elections – The Irrawaddy
Quake victims dying from treatable wounds as aid trickles through – Voice of America/Today FM/The Irrawaddy
PORT-AU-PRINCE – “You are the first foreigners we have seen here”, said Pierre Ronald. Standing beside a group of thirty Haitians sheltering from the midday sun, Mr Pierre said in Carrefour, one of the worst-hit areas of Port-au-Prince, no aid had been delivered. Visibly agitated, he exclaimed – “we need food, water, doctors – but one week after the disaster, nothing!” “Do you know anyone who can help? Can you tell people we are here, without anything, please?”