U.N. Representative Arrives in Burma
A UN human rights representative landed in Burma Monday for a five-day stopover ahead of the country’s ballot vote, an official said.
Tomas Ojea Quintana arrived via commercial flight at Rangoon airport and was whisked to his hotel prior to meeting with UN staff, the official spoke on condition of anonymity.
“He arrived at about 9:00 am,” he was quoted as saying.
Quintana is to inspect Burma’s advancement on human rights in advance of national polls expected to take place this year.
His visit comes just days after the junta freed a key aide to confined democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, her aged party deputy Tin Oo.
The Burma official stated that Quintana would convene with diplomats on Monday subsequent to the talks with UN staff, and would then be permitted to get together with lawyers from Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party.
NLD spokesperson and one of Suu Kyi’s lawyers, Nyan Win, said he and three other party attorneys had been called upon to meet the envoy.
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