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Aung San Suu Kyi addreses delegates to AIDS 2012 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the delegates of AIDS 2012. She discusses HIV-related challenges facing Burma, as well as the country\'s response to the epidemic. She encourages delegates to keep working diligently to end HIV and thanks them for their efforts. |
| Date: 27 July 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2511 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 1.67 |
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Elephant smuggling exposed: UK tourists fuel live elephant trade between Burma and Thailand |
| An illegal and brutal cross-border trade in endangered wild Asian elephants to serve Thailand\'s tourist industry is threatening the future of the species, an undercover investigation by the Ecologist Film Unit (EFU), Link TV and Elephant Family reveals |
| Date: 26 July 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2863 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 4 |
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Plight of Kachin refugees, IDPs |
| Our short film, Ongoing impunity: Atrocities Against the Kachin People, documents interviews with villagers who have suffered human rights violations by the Burma Army during the continuing war against Kachin resistance forces. Since the Burmese regime broke its 17-year ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Army in June 2011, Burmese troops have deliberately targeted civilians with killings, torture and sexual violence, displacing at least 75,000 people during the past year. |
| Date: 23 July 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2013 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 2 |
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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall welcome Aung San Suu Kyi to Clarence House |
| The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall welcome Aung San Suu Kyi to Clarence House. Their Royal Highnesses joined Aung San Suu Kyi for a private discussion before she planted a tree in the garden at Clarence House and met Their Royal Highness\'s staff.http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk |
| Date: 22 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2716 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses Foreign Office staff |
| Aung San Suu Kyi addressed Foreign Office staff during her visit to the UK on 21 June 2012.Source: UK Foreign Office |
| Date: 22 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2843 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi delivers an address at Oxford University |
| Aung San Suu Kyi delivers an address at Oxford University on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in which she recalled her student days and said that Burma\'s road to the future will not be easy. She said she wished for the university system and schools in Burma to be brought up to the best international standards.Source: Oxford University |
| Date: 21 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 2656 - Votes: 7 - Rating: 3.43 |
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Ambassador of Conscience Award |
| After more than 20 years of house arrest in Myanmar. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was final able to travel to Dublin to receive Amnety Internationals highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award. Secretary General was in Ireland to give the award with other notable attendees. Aung San Suu Kyi later addressing the crowds who came to enjoy the occasion. |
| Date: 19 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 1572 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 2.25 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Nobel Peace Prize Lecture |
| Aung San Suu Kyi held her Nobel Lecture on 16 June, 2012, in the Oslo City Hall, Norway. See the entire lecture at http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1809 |
| Date: 17 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 1650 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
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Myanmar needs democracy-friendly development growth, says Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Aung San Suu Kyi called for international aid and investment to promote economic progress in Myanmar and in particular focussed attention on the problem of youth unemployment. Highlighting the potential of her country both in terms of its natural and human resources, she noted, \"it is not so much joblessness as hopelessness that threatens our future. The Nobel laureate made her landmark address to a packed Assembly Hall at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.Her full speech available at http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_183369/lang--en/index.htm |
| Date: 15 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 1424 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Geneva prior to addressing the International Labour Conference |
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| Date: 14 June 2012 - Added by: Mizzima News |
| Views: 1457 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
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