Re: Senior General Than Shwe sends Union Day message


At least uneducated moron isnt as bad as "educated morons" like Su
Kyi, Sein Win and all the opposition leadership.



On 14 Feb, 20:22, "Socrates" <62hif46dloex...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Who would want to read this rubbish from an uneducated moron ?

On 13 Feb, 04:34, "U Myint Lwin" <umyintlwin2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Senior General Than Shwe sends Union Day message

Warns against attempts to undermine national unity, cause recurrence
of armed conflicts, hinder economic growth

YANGON, 12 Feb 2007-The following is a translation of the message sent
by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General
Than Shwe on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary Union Day of the
Union of Myanmar.

Esteemed national brethren of the Union,

On the auspicious occasion of the 60th Anniversary Union Day, I would
like to extend my warmest greetings to all the national brethren and
may you be blessed with auscipiousness.

Since recorded history, various national races such as Kachin, Kayah,
Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan have been living in the
motherland in harmony and unison sharing joys and sorrows.

In the course of the Myanmar history, all national races have remained
united in repulsing various forms of alien intrusion, and stood tall
as a sovereign nation in the world. Here is a notable point that in
the times of unifying the nation into a sovereign strong one, the
unity of national races reached its peak with flourishing Union Spirit
and
thriving political, economic and social sectors.

However, in the times when national races were not cohesive nor
equipped with Union Spirit well, the nation's political, economic and
social conditions were declining and even the nation's sovereignty was
threatened. In the 19th Century, Myanmar came under three aggressive
wars waged by the imperialists with superior weaponry power-in 1824,
1852 and 1885. Then, the colonialists annexed Myanmar and enslaved
national races.

With a clever scheme to prolong their rule over Myanmar, the
colonialists exercised the divide-and-rule policy between the plains
and hilly regions. In addition, they suppressed national brethren's
nationalistic fervour and patriotic spirit and drove a wedge to sow
doubts and suspicions among them. When they had no choice but to grant
independence to Myanmar, they plotted a conspiracy to leave hilly
regions out of the independence programme.

Nonetheless, as the sayings "Blood is thicker than water" and
"Indivisible is water", Myanmar national races renewed anti-
colonialists spirit, Union Spirit, and national fervour and sought all
possible ways in various aspects to regain independence. Consequently,
leaders of national races could show consolidated national unity
necessary for regaining independence at Panglong on 12 February 1947.
On 4 January 1948, Myanmar became a sovereign nation under the name of
the Union of Myanmar and since then it has stood tall in the world.

In addition to driving a wedge among national races, the colonialists
resorted to various means to widen the development gap between a
region and another, and sowed and raised doubts among national
brethren. Consequently, an armed insurgency was smouldering for more
than 40 years after the independence. And the Union was on the
brink of collapse for three times. Up to now, Myanmar still has to
tackle such evil legacies.
Resulting from lack of peace and stability, national development tasks
could not be carried out effectively. So, the nation lagged behind in
development.

Again, certain powerful countries desirous of gaining dominance over
the Union of Myanmar are stirring up racial conflicts to break up
national unity and cause the recurrence of armed conflicts. Moreover,
they are imposing economic sanctions against the nation and making
political interference in the internal affairs to slow down the
nation's economic growth. So, national people are to develop the
national awareness of such destructive acts.

Taking lessons that the nation was strong with economic development
due to consolidated national unity and the nation was weak with a
slowdown in economic growth due to disintegration of national
solidarity, the State Peace and Development Council laid down the
national policy "Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration
of national solidarity and Perpetuation of sovereignty" to strengthen
national unity. As a result, 17 national race armed groups have
returned to the legal fold. It is also pursuing its determination to
achieve cent per cent unity of national races by offering a warm
welcome to the remaining armed groups so that they will enter the
legal fold.

Owing to the achievement of national reconsolidation, the entire
nation is enjoying fruitful results of peace and stability. The
government is now taking necessary measures to ensure all-round
development of rural areas including border areas that lagged behind
in development in transportation, water supply, economic, health and
education
sectors. At the same time, it is enhancing national unity and ensuring
non-disintegration of the Union.

After building these basic foundations, the government laid down the
State's seven-step Road Map. Now, it is holding the National
Convention, the first and the most important step, with
representatives of the entire national people, and the majority of
them represent national races. It is also implementing the political
objectives such as "Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution"
and "Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with the new
State Constitution" to transform the nation into a peaceful, modern
and developed one that keeps abreast of other nations. Before long,
there will emerge a State Constitution, collectively written by
national races, that will guarantee further burgeoning of liberty,
justice, equality, and prevalence of law and order based on the
noblest and worthiest of worldly values throughout the nation,
perpetual flourishing of fine traditions of peace, harmony and unity
among the national races born in the Union, and ensuring that national
races will equally enjoy fruitful results of development.

The government has already announced the seven-step Road Map. So, all
national races have to steadfastly pursue it for the emergence of a
modern and developed nation with flourishing discipline. All the
people who cherish the motherland are to march forward through the
programme with Union Spirit and the spirit of national unity.
Therefore, the entire national people are duty bound to preserve the
already-achieved national solidarity with Union Spirit so that the
Union of Myanmar will be able to stand tall as long as the world
exists.

Furthermore, the people are to continue to strive through consolidated
unity of the government, the Tatmadaw and national people as well as
the strong national force, for accomplishment of the projects the
government is implementing to enable the nation to meet the
international level by means of development.

In conclusion, on the auspicious occasion of the Union Day of the
Union of Myanmar, I would like to urge the entire national people to
energetically participate in the implementation of the objectives of
the 60th Anniversary Union Day (2007)-

- For all national races to safeguard the national policy - non-
disintegration of the Union, nondisintegration of national solidarity
and perpetuation of sovereignty;
- For all the national races to keep Union Spirit ever alive and
dynamic among the national people;
- For all the national races to defend and safeguard the Union for its
perpetual existence;
- For all the national races to prevent, through national solidarity,
the danger of internal and external destructive elements undermining
peace and stability of the State and national development; and
- For all the national races to make concerted efforts for successful
implementation of the seven-step Road Map, while making efforts to be
equipped with patriotic fervour and Union Spirit for ensuring the
emergence of a modern and developed nation.

MNA

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