PEACE Info (February 19, 2020)
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PEACE Info (February 19, 2020) − Plan for inclusion of NCA non-signatories in framework dialogue presented to government − Government, NCA-S EAOs make 8 common agreements after three-day ceasefire talks in Yangon − Ethnic armed groups aim to draft own charters − ANOTHER INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT BREWING?: Naga territorial expansion urge and Shanni rejection − The game of Myanmar’s Senior General − Burma Army Issues Shoot-On-Sight Order, Extorts Civilians in Northern Burma − Accountability Lacking as Civilian Casualties Mount in Myanmar’s Rakhine Conflict − Fighting Blocks off Food Supplies to Myanmar’s Chin State Township − Civilian casualties in Rakhine surge after internet ban: UN − Myanmar Ministers Survive Attack on Military Chopper in Rakhine − Wa denies ownership of amphetamine tablets seized by Thai authorities − ၂၁ ရ�စ�ပင�လ�ံည�လ�ခံ စတ�တ� အစည��အ�ဝ� မတ��င�မ� �က��က�လအတ�င�� က�င��ပရမည�� အစည��အ�ဝ�မ�����င�� ပတ�သက�၍ အစ���ရ��င�� NCA-S EAO အ�က�� ည����င�����င�ခ���ပ�� ဧ�ပ�အတ�င�� ည�လ�ခံ က�င��ပ���င�ရန� အ���ံစ��က� �ဆ�င�ရ�က��နဟ�ဆ�� − လ�မည�� ၂၁ ပင�လ�ံတ�င� �ပည�နယ�ဖ���စည��ပ�ံ�ရ�ဆ��ခ�င��ရရန� တ��င��ရင��သ��မ��� �မ���လင�� − တ��စ��က���ဆ��င��ငံ�ထ��သည�� JMC အစည��အ�ဝ�က�� မတ�လတ�င� �ပန�က�င��ပမည� − အပစ�ရပ� ပ��ခ��င�မ��အ�င� �ဆ������ဖ��� တပ�မ�တ��န�� KNU �က�� သ�ဘ�တ� − ခ� �����င�� ဟ�မ�လင��က�� န�ဂ�ဒသထ�ထည��သ�င��ရန� �တ�င��ဆ��မ� �ပန�လည�ပယ�ဖ�က� − အ���က�င��လ����င�သည�� တ��င��ရင��သ��ပ�တ�မ���၏ အခန��က� − ဝန�မခံရ��ကတ�� စ�သင��က��င��ပစ�ခတ�မ� − မ�တ�စလင� လ�ငယ�တဦ� ��မ�က�ဦ�တ�င� အသတ�ခံရ − ��မ�က�ဦ� လ�ငယ�တစ�ဦ� �သဆ�ံ�မ�အတ�က� တပ�န�� AA အ�ပန�အလ�န�စ�ပ�စ�� − ပလက�ဝ တ��က�ပ��မ��� အရ��န��မင��လ�၍ ခရ��သ���လ��ရ� �ပတ��တ�က� − စ�သင��က��င�� ဧရ�ယ� အန�� စစ�မတ��က��ကရန� ပည��ရ�ဒ�ဝန��က�� �မတ��ရပ�ခံ − �ပည��ထ�င�စ�ဝန��က�� �ဒ�က�တ�ဝင���မတ��အ���င�� ရခ��င�ဝန��က��ခ��ပ�တ��� လ��က�ပ�လ�သည�� ရဟတ�ယ���ပစ�ခံရ − လ�ကယ��ပန�ဝန��က�� စ��နင��လ��က�ပ�လ�သည�� စစ�ရဟတ�ယ��� ပစ�ခတ�ခံရ − ရခ��င�ပဋ�ပက�အ�ပ� စ���ရ�မ���က�င�� က�လအထ��က��ယ�စ��လ�ယ���ပ� − အ�ဆ� န�� နယ��ခ���စ�င��တပ� �မ�င��တ�မ�� တ��က�ပ���ဖစ� − ပလက�ဝန�� ရခ��င�သ�ံ��မ ���နယ�တ��က�ပ�� ၁၀ ရက��က���ထ� �ပင��ထန�ဆ� − ဘဂ��လ�ရ��မ���က�� �အ�အအဖ��� မ��င���ထ�င��နဟ� တပ�မ�တ��ထ�တ��ပန�၊ မဟ�တ�မ�န���က�င�� �အ�အ �ငင��ဆ�� − �မန�မ��ပည�ကဝင�လ�တ�� မ��ယစ��ဆ��တ� ထ��င��မ�� ဖမ��မ� ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 51 Plan for inclusion of NCA non-signatories in framework dialogue presented to government By Soe Thu Aung | 19 February 2020 Photo: Soe Thu Aung/Mizzima Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) presented their plan of inclusion for NCA non-signatory organizations in the political framework review to the government. New Mon State Party (NMSP) central executive member Nai Aung Ma Nge told media that they presented this proposal to government at the 2-day meeting between government and NCA signatory EAOs held at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) in Yangon on February 17 and 18. “But the strategy of Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) clearly states that review and modification of political framework can be done only after signing NCA. So, we must renegotiate on changing UPDJC strategy for reviewing the political framework,” Nai Aung Ma Nge said. Advisor to the government’s Peace Commission (PC), Hla Maung Shwe, said that the presentation sent by NCA signatory EAOs must be discussed before making a decision. Previously the NCA non-signatories attended UPDJC meetings held for review of political dialogue as observers. http://www.mizzima.com/article/plan-inclusion-nca-non-signatories-framework-dialogue- presented-government ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government, NCA-S EAOs make 8 common agreements after three-day ceasefire talks in Yangon Posted by Global New Light of Myanmar | Date: February 19, 2020 | in: National Government officials and representatives of ethnic armed organizations attend the Photo: Phoe Htaung meeting in Yangon yesterday. Government officials and representatives of ethnic armed organizations signed in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement concluded their three-day meeting yesterday in Yangon, reaching eight common agreements to implement the decisions of the 8th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting on the NCA. The meeting also discussed preparations for holding the 4th edition of Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong as scheduled within the first four months of 2020, peace procedures beyond 2020 and implementation processes. Page 2 of 51 In his conclusion remark on the meeting, NCA-S EAO’s Negotiation Leader Sao Sai Ngin said, “The meeting turned out positive results after detailed discussions. We could adopt plans for holding he Union Peace Conference within scheduled period.” He added that both sides agreed on the meeting programmes with their time lines, and made agreements on holding regular meetings of UPDJC, work committees, national level political dialogues, JMC and JICM. The meeting successfully discussed preparations for holding public consultation and the upcoming UPDJC meeting will approve the preparatory measures. They also exchanged views on possible scenarios to persuade non-signatories into NCA. Vice Chairman of NRPC and Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo also said, “We made single text agreements during the three-day meeting. The remaining parts will be discussed in the future. We also agreed on the three implementation processes after 2020. It is hopeful we could approve some points for democracy and federal topics in upcoming meetings.” The final day of the meeting was attended by Vice Chairman of NRPC and Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo, military officers from the Office of Commander in Chief (Army) Lt- Gen Yar Pyae, Lt-Gen Min Naung and Lt-Gen Tin Maung Win, Secretary of Peace Commission Retired Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Pyone Cho (a) U Htay Win Aung, Advisor of Peace Commission U Hla Maung Shwe, as well as Director-General U Zaw Htay of the Ministry of the State Counsellor’s Office. The EAO representatives included NCA Framework Negotiation Team Leader Sao Sai Ngin, its negotiator U Myo Win, its members U Hla Htay, Saw Mra Yarzar Lin, Salai Hta Hlar Hay, Saw Sein Win, Pado Saw Tadomu, Pado Saw Al Klu Sae, Saw Kyaw Nyunt, Salmon, Nai Aung Ma Ngay, Khun Myint Tun and Dr Sai Oo. Peace Commission’s Advisor U Hla Maung Shwe and NCA-S EAO representative Nai Aung Ma Ngay held a press conference on the three-day meeting. U Hla Maung Shwe said, “The next round of JMC meeting is scheduled on 10, 11 and 12 March. We discussed seven decisions, from 2 to 8, of JICM. The working group meeting will also be held in Yangon on 5,6 and 7 next month. The UPDJC secretary meeting will be organized in Nay Pyi Taw on 10 March, and the UPDJC will meet on 12 March. Regarding the meeting on 17 and 18 February, Nai Aung Ma Ngay said, “We could turn out good results. We could make eight common agreements, and the remaining 12 points will be discussed in next meetings. Both sides proposed their plans. We will hold talks on these issues in the upcoming meetings.” — Ye Gaung Nyunt(Translated by Aung Khin) https://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/government-nca-s-eaos-make-8-common- agreements-after-three-day-ceasefire-talks-in-yangon/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 3 of 51 Ethnic armed groups aim to draft own charters Swe Lei Mon | 19 Feb 2020 The 10 ethnic armed groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) expect to get government approval to draft their own charters at the fourth session of Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong, expected to be held in April. Naing Aung Ma Ngay spokesperson of the New Mon State Party, an NCA signatory, said, “We definitely look forward to this at the next Panglong. I think it will be included under the title of power sharing between the union and states. We are working hard to include this provision in the union accord at the conference.” The right of states to draft their own charters was one of the decisions made at the 7th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting held in February 2018, but it was not discussed at the third session of Panglong in July 2018 because they agreed not to bring up political and security matters at the meeting. The government, Tatmadaw (military) and NCA signatories have met several times this year to discuss reviving the national peace process by holding the fourth session of Panglong in April. Last year, no Panglong session was held and the peace process nearly ground to a halt due to disagreements over key issues related to establishing a democratic federal union. Government working groups and the NCA signatories held a three-day meeting in Yangon that ended on Tuesday. U Hla Maung Shwe, a member of government’s team, said, “Our working groups will meet again in Yangon from March 5 to 7, and we will likely resume the (Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee) meetings in March.