"International Educational Development, Inc. (IED) and the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers (AHL) have monitored the situation in Myanmar for 23 years.1 We have submitted written statements and made oral ones at many sessions and have been twice invited by the United States Congress to present testimony at hearings. The past year has been transformative for Myanmar. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, democratic champion of the ethnic Burmese, was elected to the parliament, an event symbolic of the significant democratic gains in the structure of the government of Myanmar. The National League for Democracy (NLD) is now the leading opposition party within the government, and while the Union Solidarity and Development Party still hold an illegitimately inflated representative majority in the parliament, the mere fact that the NLD has gained such a significant foothold is a positive sign of democratization...".....Written NGO statement to the 22th Session of UN Human Rights Council.