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Refugee Repatriation from Thailand; Returnees and Vulnerable Groups in Northern Rakhine State; Promotion of Refugee Law; Myanmar refugees in India.....
"(a) Context and Beneficiary Population (s):
In a major administrative reorganisation in 2003, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) appointed a Prime Minister who subsequently presented a seven-point road map for a democratic transition in Myanmar. The first step in this process is the reconvening of the national convention to draft a new constitution for the country. The road map has been welcomed by the UN Secretary-General, who urged that it be implemented in an “all inclusive manner”.
Most of the 17 armed ethnic groups who have reached a ceasefire agreement with the SPDC have had consultations with the new Prime Minister, and announced their willingness to join the national convention process. In an unprecedented development, the Kayin National Union (KNU), which has been engaged in active armed conflict with the regime in Myanmar for the past 50 years, reached a verbal ceasefire agreement with the SPDC in December 2003. At the time of writing, negotiations between the SPDC are ongoing. These discussions include the return of refugees in camps in Thailand.....
