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ASIA
SOCIETY: EMERGENCY TOWN HALL MEETING ON BURMA - MONKS, MEDIA AND THE
MILITARY: THE SAFFRON REVOLUTION: FRIDAY 6PM O.S.I.: 05/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 04 October 2007 -- Asia
Society is pleased to announce a special
Emergency
Town Hall
Meeting on
Burma
– Monks, Media and the Military: The Saffron Revolution – to
take place Friday 10/5 at 6p eastern, presented with Open Society
Institute.
The
official speakers include the United Nations Special Rapporteur on
Myanmar
, Burmese activist leaders, Burmese monks and live teleconferencing from the
Thai border.
Speakers:
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, UN Special
Rapporteur on Myanmar
Ashin Cando Bhasacara, Burma
American Metta Buddhist Association
Aung Din, US Campaign for Burma
and former political prisoner
Nay Tin Myint (via
teleconference), National League for Democracy Youth leader and
political prisoner (released in
2005);
Patrick Shank, Human Rights
Education Institute of Burma, who just returned from
Burma last weekend
Maureen Aung-Thwin, Director,
Burma Project/Southeast Asia Institute/Open Society
Institute (moderator)
Suzanne DiMaggio, Director, Asian
Social Issues Program/Asia Society, will
introduce the program
**A reception will precede the
program from 5:30 to 6:00 pm.**
Friday, October 5, 2007
5:30 to 6:00 pm Registration and
Reception
6:00 to 7:30 pm Discussion and
Q&A
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street,
New York City
Details
are included in the attached pdf. Special attention will be paid to the
role of other countries including
China
and
India
.
The event in NY
is sold out, but we will be streaming live
audio easily accessed internationally.
Please join us for this exciting event, and spread
the word!
You have 2
options:
1) Go to http://www.asiasociety.org/burma;
the media player will be operational at 6p eastern, 10/5.
2) There will
also be a limited number of spots to listen to a SKYPECAST of the event.
You must have Skype installed and have a Skype Login. Please join us at 6
pm at this address, and click “Join
Now”
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