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Will Burma’s “Roadmap to Democracy” Work?

April 1, 2008
The Crisis in Burma: In Search of a Unified International Response (March 25, 2008)
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Six months have passed since the Burmese military government’s violent crackdown on thousands of monks who took to the streets of Rangoon in peaceful, pro-democracy demonstrations. After making a few initial concessions to the international community, the Burmese junta continues to stand firm and political activists continue to be imprisoned.

Asia Society and the Open Society Foundations convened a panel discussion to revisit the situation in Burma in light of the military government’s recently announced “roadmap to democracy,” including its intention to conduct a national referendum to approve a new constitution in May, followed by a multiparty general election in 2010.

The panel also assessed recent efforts at the international and regional levels to advance national reconciliation in Burma.

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