UN votes to put Burma on agenda
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A US-sponsored motion puts Burma on the formal agenda of the UN Security Council, drawing China's anger.
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Burma's military junta announces a constitutional referendum in May and a general election in 2010.
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A U.N. special envoy will meet Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, the United Nations said
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Burma's government says its draft constitution has been completed, paving the way for a referendum in May.
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The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to wrap up the U.N. peacebuilding mission in Sierra Leone in September 2008, praising this year's democratic elections and efforts to professionalize its armed forces.
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Myanmar's ruling junta has agreed to bring forward a visit by U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who now expects to go there in the first week of November, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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The UN Secretary General says he is  "encouraged" by the release of several top political prisoners in Burma.
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United Nations, Oct 20 - The United Nations has expressed concern over the dismissal and detention of Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, who was seen as favouring talks with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May 2008 followed by multiparty elections in 2010 as part of the junta's roadmap to democracy, state television announced on Saturday.
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Foreign ministers of the US, UK and France call on Burma's regime to respect its people's human rights.
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The US House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to take immediate action to restore democracy and the rule of law in military-ruled Myanmar.
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Myanmar's military government will hold  a referendum on a new constitution in May 2008 followed by  multiparty elections in 2010 as part of the junta's roadmap to  democracy, state television announced on Saturday.
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The United States on Monday accused  Myanmar's military rulers of planning a sham referendum in a  "pervasive climate of fear" but the United Nations reacted more  cautiously to the junta's surprise election pledge.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations on Friday said it was âencouragedâ by the release of nearly 4,000 inmates in military-ruled Myanmar, including opposition leaders, and encouraged the junta to free all remaining political prisoners.
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President George W. Bush is set to announce new U.S. sanctions against Myanmar over human rights as the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders gets under way on Tuesday.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called today for the swift release of Burma&#39;s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest has been extended for another year by the country&#39;s military junta.
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The U.N. Security Council  upbraided Myanmar on Thursday for slow progress on democratic  reforms as the world body's special envoy said the junta there  was trying to delay his next visit until April.