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        "id": 1155069,
        "msgid": "rp-legislator-opposes-myanmar-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-01-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "RP legislator opposes Myanmar",
        "author": null,
        "source": "DPA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "RP legislator opposes Myanmar PHILIPPINES: A senior Philippine legislator urged the government on Tuesday to oppose Myanmar's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2006. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, chairman of the Senate's foreign relations committee, said Myanmar must first improve its human rights record before being allowed to chair ASEAN. \"We must insist that Myanmar first stop its human rights violations,\" she said.",
        "content": "<p>RP legislator opposes Myanmar<\/p>\n<p>PHILIPPINES: A senior Philippine legislator urged the government<br>\non Tuesday to oppose Myanmar's chairmanship of the Association of<br>\nSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, chairman of the Senate's<br>\nforeign relations committee, said Myanmar must first improve its<br>\nhuman rights record before being allowed to chair ASEAN.<\/p>\n<p>\"We must insist that Myanmar first stop its human rights<br>\nviolations,\" she said. \"The Philippines should take steps to<br>\nimpress on the government of Myanmar to stop the oppression of<br>\nhuman rights.\"<\/p>\n<p>Santiago said Myanmar could start by releasing opposition<br>\nleader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and more than 1,000<br>\nother political detainees from jail.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN rotates the chairmanship of its standing committee,<br>\nwhich heads its annual leaders' summit, among its 10 members.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ASEAN Secretariat, Myanmar is scheduled to<br>\nassume the chairmanship of the standing committee in 2006 when<br>\nthe group's annual summit will also be held in Yangon. -- DPA<\/p>",
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