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Rangoon,  May  9:  A  senior  United  Nations  official  met  Burmese
Opposition  leader Aung San  Suu Kyi,  who  lives under virtual house
arrest, in Rangoon on Friday, a UN official said.

Assistant  secretary-general  Alvaro  de  Soto  met  the  Noble peace
laureate  at the  home of the  resident representative  of the United
Nations Development Programme, the official said.

Senior  UNDP  officials and  other leader  in  Ms Suu  Kyi's National
League for Democracy Party were also at the meeting.

Mr  de Soho, who last visited Burma  in August, 1995, held talks with
Burmese  foreign  minister  Ohn  Gyaw  on  Thursday.  Sate-run  media
reported  the visit with Mr Ohn but  did not say what they discussed.

Diplomats  sad they expected  Mr de Soto to  discuss the human rights
situation  in  Burma with  Mr Ohn  and other  leader in  the military
government.

The ruling Sate Law and Order Restoration Council has been accused by
the  United  Nations  and  many western  government  of  human rights
abuses,   including summary executions,   forced labour and arbitrary
arrests  of Opposition  politicians and supporters.   His August 1995
visit  came only one month after Suu  Kyi was released form six years
of house arrest.  He had been refused permission to see Ms Suu Kyi on
a previous trip. (Reuter)

The Asian Age 10 May 1997

News and Information Bureau All Burma Students League.     ABSL

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