Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and largely excluded from the [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 19, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Myanmar government peace negotiators and the Karen National Union (KNU) have vowed to resume formal peace talks as quickly as possible, after they were postponed [...]
By Nyein Neyin / The Irrawaddy | November 20, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), a non-signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), said solving problems on the ground would help to move forward the process [...]
By Naw Betty Han / Myanmar Times | November 16, 2018 Myanmar's Peace Commission and the leaders of armed ethnic groups that have signed the government’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will hold an informal meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, this [...]
By Ye Mon / Frontier Myanmar | November 12, 2018 YANGON — The government’s Union Peace Commission has scheduled a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw this week to address the recent decision by the two largest ethnic signatories to [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) Headquarters | November 10, 2018 The 6th Central Standing Committee Emergency meeting of Karen National Union (KNU) was held from 6th to 10th November, 2018 in Lay fah, Hpa-an District. Eighty-eight participants, including Central Executive Committee [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 2, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) said it would stop participating in every level of Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee discussions at least until the [...]
Mizzima | Novmber 3, 2018 Some peace meetings including the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) of ten ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), which are the signatories of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), have reportedly been suspended. Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) CEC [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | November 2, 2018 Signatory groups of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement are seeking the participation of non-signatory ethnic armed groups to the peace process. “It’s everyone’s wish for non-signatory groups of the [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | October 31, 2018 Hardly has the sharp tone of the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Laing died down, when he sabotaged the top leaders’ meeting of government-military and Ethnic Armed [...]