Nobel laureate under house arrest in Myanmar needs more medical attention: U.N. official
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A U.N. official who held a rare meeting with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Sunday she seemed "reasonably well" and alert but that she needs more regular medical attention.
Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.'s undersecretary-general for political affairs, met Suu Kyi for an hour on Saturday before wrapping up a four-day mission to press the leaders of Myanmar's military junta for democratic reforms.
Gambari's visit came two months after the U.N. Security Council took the historic step of putting the country on its agenda in September, meaning that Myanmar's ruling junta is subject to greater U.N. scrutiny.
The United States has said it plans to introduce a resolution on Myanmar to the Security Council this year. John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said Washington would wait until after Gambari's visit before deciding on the contents of the resolution.
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Gambari told reporters in Bangkok after arriving from Yangon that his talks with junta leaders were "frank, and very constructive" and included dialogue on Suu Kyi's continued detention and the need for political reforms in Myanmar.
"It was a very good meeting," he said of his talks with junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe. "It laid out the concerns of the international community and the U.N."
The visit was Gambari's second since May, when he became the first foreigner to see Suu Kyi in two years.
"She is reasonably well, considering that she has been in detention for 10 of the last 17 years or so," Gambari said. "Of course, she needs to be allowed to see her doctors much more regularly."
Suu Kyi has spent 11 of the last 17 years in detention, mostly under house arrest.
Gambari's comment followed up on a statement issued by the United Nations on Saturday, which said Suu Kyi had conveyed to Gambari that she is in "good health but requires more regular medical visits." Neither the statement nor Gambari elaborated on her health condition.
"She is very alert," he told reporters. "She has concern not only about her own welfare but the welfare of the people of Myanmar, all of them."
Myanmar's junta took power in 1988 after crushing the democracy movement led by Suu Kyi. In 1990, it refused to hand over power when Suu Kyi's party won a landslide election victory. Since then, Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel peace prize, has been in and our of detention. She is kept in near-solitary confinement at her home, and is generally not allowed telephone contact or outside visitors.
Suu Kyi looked gaunt in a rare photo released by the United Nations after her meeting with Gambari.
The photograph is believed to be the first image of Suu Kyi released to the outside world since her latest detention began in May 2003. It shows Suu Kyi standing beside Gambari with her hands clasped in front of her, staring at the camera without smiling. She is wearing a light purple silk traditional shirt and a violet silk floral-patterned formal sarong, known as a longyi.
Suu Kyi's physician, Tin Myo Win, is one of her only connections with the outside world. Until recently, he was allowed to visit about once a month. However, he was recently quoted as saying that he had not seen her since Aug. 24 because of political developments in the country. He did not elaborate.
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A U.N. official who held a rare meeting with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Sunday she seemed "reasonably well" and alert but that she needs more regular medical attention.
Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.'s undersecretary-general for political affairs, met Suu Kyi for an hour on Saturday before wrapping up a four-day mission to press the leaders of Myanmar's military junta for democratic reforms.
Gambari's visit came two months after the U.N. Security Council took the historic step of putting the country on its agenda in September, meaning that Myanmar's ruling junta is subject to greater U.N. scrutiny.
The United States has said it plans to introduce a resolution on Myanmar to the Security Council this year. John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said Washington would wait until after Gambari's visit before deciding on the contents of the resolution.
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Gambari told reporters in Bangkok after arriving from Yangon that his talks with junta leaders were "frank, and very constructive" and included dialogue on Suu Kyi's continued detention and the need for political reforms in Myanmar.
"It was a very good meeting," he said of his talks with junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe. "It laid out the concerns of the international community and the U.N."
The visit was Gambari's second since May, when he became the first foreigner to see Suu Kyi in two years.
"She is reasonably well, considering that she has been in detention for 10 of the last 17 years or so," Gambari said. "Of course, she needs to be allowed to see her doctors much more regularly."
Suu Kyi has spent 11 of the last 17 years in detention, mostly under house arrest.
Gambari's comment followed up on a statement issued by the United Nations on Saturday, which said Suu Kyi had conveyed to Gambari that she is in "good health but requires more regular medical visits." Neither the statement nor Gambari elaborated on her health condition.
"She is very alert," he told reporters. "She has concern not only about her own welfare but the welfare of the people of Myanmar, all of them."
Myanmar's junta took power in 1988 after crushing the democracy movement led by Suu Kyi. In 1990, it refused to hand over power when Suu Kyi's party won a landslide election victory. Since then, Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel peace prize, has been in and our of detention. She is kept in near-solitary confinement at her home, and is generally not allowed telephone contact or outside visitors.
Suu Kyi looked gaunt in a rare photo released by the United Nations after her meeting with Gambari.
The photograph is believed to be the first image of Suu Kyi released to the outside world since her latest detention began in May 2003. It shows Suu Kyi standing beside Gambari with her hands clasped in front of her, staring at the camera without smiling. She is wearing a light purple silk traditional shirt and a violet silk floral-patterned formal sarong, known as a longyi.
Suu Kyi's physician, Tin Myo Win, is one of her only connections with the outside world. Until recently, he was allowed to visit about once a month. However, he was recently quoted as saying that he had not seen her since Aug. 24 because of political developments in the country. He did not elaborate.
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