[burmanet2-l] World Bank takes part

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Subject: Re: [burmanet2-l] World Bank takes part in UN mission to  Myanmar

According to my USG informant:

The SPDC visa ban exemptions are: 
to attend UN (opening of UNGA etc) and IMF/World Bank meetings. 
They annually attend the Asia Society event as it is part of their
itinerary in NY for UNGA and is allowable under the ban.

David Arnott


At 12:06 PM 10/13/99 +0100, Dawn Star wrote:
>No one in our brillant group seems to know why or how the Finance
>Minister was able to meet world bank and imf reps in Washington. Or did
>he meet them in washington? What is the visa regluation now in the US on
>SPDC reps. Can they come and go as they please? It seems thats the case,
>since Asia Society is not diplomatic turf, ergo no immunity. 
>
>now we know what they were preparing, but we still havent been told what
>they are going to announce in Rangoon? Obviously, the World Bank wants
>to bring in the dictators to the fold, the big happy world family of
>dictators, just like they did with Mobutu et al. 
>
>ds
>
>David Arnott wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> World Bank takes part in UN mission to Myanmar
>> 
>> AFP, 12 October 1999:  The World Bank on Tuesday said one of its
>> representatives would join a United Nations mission to Myanmar.
>> 
>> A Bank spokesman said the technical mission, conducted by UN assistant
>> secretary general for political
>> affairs Alvaro de Soto, was scheduled for October 13 to 19 and would
>> include a World Bank
>> economist.
>> 
>> Much of the world community has banned assistance to Myanmar to press the
>> Yangon regime to
>> improve its human rights record.
>> 
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