August 22, 2017
Mr. Kofi Annan,
the chair of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State and the former UN
Secretary General, arrived in Yangon yesterday in advance of the release of the
commission’s final report.
Mr. Annan is
scheduled to hold talks with members of the Central Committee for the
Implementation of Peace, Stability and Development in Rakhine State chaired by
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today in Nay Pyi Taw, according to the
Ministry of Information.
The central
committee includes 20 cabinet ministers.
According to the
website of the advisory commission, Mr. Annan will answer questions from the
media in the Sule Shangri-La hotel on Thursday morning. The commission’s final
report will be published on the same day.
The report will
include recommendations for the government on conflict prevention, humanitarian
assistance, reconciliation between the region’s Buddhist and Muslim
communities, institution building, and development in conflict-torn Rakhine
State.
The advisory
commission has already submitted a15-page interim report to the government with
30 recommendations that the Burmese government could undertake immediately
including points related to citizenship, humanitarian aid, border issues, and
bilateral relationships with Bangladesh.
The nine-member
Advisory Commission is chaired by Mr Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General
of the United Nations, the chairman and founder of the Kofi Annan Foundation
and a Nobel laureate. In addition to Mr. Annan, the commission comprises three
international and six national persons of eminence who are highly experienced,
respected and neutral individuals, added the statement.
GNLM
Ref; The Global
New Light of Myanmar
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