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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's message on B (r)



Subject: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's message on Burma's Human Rights Day

National League for Democracy
NO (97/B), West Shwegondine Road
Bahan, Rangoon

Tribute from Aung San Suu Kyi , General Secretary of the National League 
for Democracy on the 13 March (Burma's Human Rights Day) on production 
of the NWE-OO OWAY  poster



I wish to remind the people how it came about that the 13th of March 
(beginning of summer) is now commemorated as Human Rights Day for Burma- 
the day when Maung Phone Maw, a Rangoon Institute of Technology student 
was felled down and died. When the youths and students came together in 
1989, the anniversary of Maung Phone Maw's death, they resolved that 
they would not let revenge or hatred rule their hearts but would focus 
on the need for human rights in Burma.

NWE-OO OWAY and untimely death of Maung Phone Maw is a reminder of 
outstanding contribution made by the students and youth in politics and 
the revolution. This poster not only depicts the deterioration in human 
rights but the determination and courage of the youth to renew, restore 
and revive these human rights.

At this time when human rights are being so strenuously violated, when 
there is great need for courage and loyalty to the nation, I applaud 
with pride the NWE-OO OWAY poster that the youth wing of the National 
League for Democracy has successfully produced.


Daw Aung San Suu Kyi



(Translator explanation- "Nwe-Oo" (poetic language) means commencement 
of summer. " Oway" is the word used in imitation of the sound made by 
the peacock, which for the students symbolises their struggle for 
independence and human rights.)









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