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'Ban's Myanmar visit a complete failure'

Accusing the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon [ Images ] of "failing" to release the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners in Myanmar, a rights group has dubbed his recent trip a "complete failure." Full Article at Rediff

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  3. Ban Ki-moon

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Related Quotes

  1. For over a decade, the UN Secretary-General has sent envoys to Myanmar seeking changes in the country, a policy used by China and Russia [ Images ] as an excuse to avoid action on Myanmar at the UN Security Council. Finally, the world can see how this process is fundamentally flawed -- without strong ac...
    SOURCE: Rediff 4 months ago
  2. The United Nations must not allow its credibility to be destroyed by a two-bit dictator like Than Shwe
    SOURCE: Rediff 4 months ago
  3. Time and again, the U.N. has politely requested Aung San Suu Kyi's release, but her 'release' back to house arrest would be a huge failure
    – Kenneth Roth SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 5 months ago
  4. I told him that I wanted to meet her, but he told me that she is [on] trial
    Ban Ki-moon – Ban Ki-moon SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 5 months ago
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  4. PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussenm, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hold a...
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  1. United Nations United Nations
  2. Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi
  3. Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon
  4. Than Shwe Than Shwe
  5. U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
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