UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Southeast Asian parliamentarians urged the United Nations to launch a new initiative to unite the European Union, the United States, China and other key nations behind a programme leading to democracy in military-ruled Myanmar.
"We feel that the military generals in Myanmar will not change, will not accommodate the expectations of the people of Burma for more representative government, for more democracy, for a better economy, for stability because ... in spite of all their promises they have not done anything in a tangible way to show that they are serious about accommodating these expectations,'' said Malaysian lawmaker Zaid Ibrahim, the caucus chairman.
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