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"BACKGROUND ON ANU 2009
MYANMAR/BURMA UPDATE
CONFERENCE: Preparations are under way for the first elections in Myanmar/Burma
since 1990, to be held in 2010 as part of the military regime’s “Road Map
for Democracy”. The conditions under which the elections will be held are
far from favourable, although the laws and procedures under which they
will be conducted have not yet been announced. Political controls remain
repressive, freedom of expression and assembly does not exist, and
international access is restricted by government controls as well as sanctions.
Nevertheless, is this a turning point for Myanmar/Burma? Presenters at
the Australian National University 2009 Myanmar/Burma Update
conference examined these questions and more. Speakers were leading
experts from the United States, Japan, France, and Australia, as well as
from Myanmar/Burma.....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: We greatly appreciate the ongoing and generous support of the Australian
Agency for International Development (AusAID), without whose financial
support the 2009 Australian National University Myanmar/Burma Update
Conference would not have been possible. AusAID’s encouragement has
gone much further that just providing financial support, and helped
organizers improve the focus and structure on the conference. We are also
grateful for the steadfast backing we have always received from the
Department of Political and Social Change, in the ANU College of Asia
and the Pacific, especially from the current and former Heads of
Department, Paul Hutchcroft and Ed Aspinall, respectively. Finally, we
thank the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore,
which was once again prepared to publish the conference papers, and
copy-editor John Owen for his prompt and fine copy-editing. Last but not
least, this publication would not have amounted to anything without the
willingness of the contributors to devote time and thought to their chapters,
which makes this project worthwhile..."
Source/publisher:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
Date of Publication:
2010-00-00
Date of entry:
2022-08-03
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- Individual Documents
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Myanmar
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English
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