Eleanor Roosevelt Awards for Human Rights

WAP2000120655- 06 DECEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON, D. C. USA:President Clinton presents to Alexander Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000. Clinton awarded Aung San Suu Kyi America's highest civilian award for her work against Human Rights violations by the Burmese Government. rw/Ricardo Watson UPI

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Myanmar storm aid logjam breaking?

YANGON, Myanmar, May 27 (UPI) -- Relief agencies say they are starting to get more personnel into Myanmar nearly a month after a cyclone left some 135,000 people dead or missing.

Junta: 90 percent supported constitution

YANGON, Myanmar, May 16 (UPI) -- The military junta ruling Myanmar claims that more than 90 percent of voters supported a new constitution.

Myanmar referendum goes on despite cyclone

YANGON, Myanmar, May 10 (UPI) -- Even as the country lay devastated from a cyclone, Myanmar's military government went ahead Saturday with a referendum on a new national constitution.

Suu Kyi awarded Congressional Gold Medal

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Myanmar pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor awarded in the United States.

Myanmar cyclone official toll: 22,464

YANGON, Myanmar, May 6 (UPI) -- Relief agencies Tuesday worked feverishly to mount a massive effort for Myanmar after military rulers reported 22,464 people died due to a monster cyclone.

Bush to sign bill to honor Suu Kyi

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush will sign a bill awarding Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar the Congressional Gold Medal, first lady Laura Bush said Monday.

U.N. envoy meets with Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar, March 8 (UPI) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Saturday left her house in Yangon to meet with a special United Nations envoy, the BBC reported.

U.N. envoy arrives in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar, March 7 (UPI) -- Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N. special envoy, arrived Thursday in Myanmar for another effort to get the military junta to talk to its opposition.

Bush urges pressure on Myanmar

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- President Bush announced Monday orders for targeted sanctions against people allegedly complicit in the Myanmarese military regime's opposition to reform.

EU 'concerned' over democracy in Myanmar

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The international relations arm of the European Union said it was "deeply concerned" Myanmar will fail to take appropriate steps toward democracy.

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