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Myanmar to reform Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee

Xinhua, May 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) in Myanmar will be reformed with State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi heading a 18-member body, according to official sources on Friday.

Three vice chairmen have been nominated to the committee, namely U Kyaw Tint Swe, Padoh Saw Kwel Htoo Win and U Thu Wai, while former government peace negotiator U Hla Maung Shwe of the previous Myanmar Peace Center will serve as secretary of the committee.

Aung San Suu Kyi said on the first day of a meeting of the UPDJC that the reformed committee will include some old members who are representatives from ethnic groups, political parties and the government.

Discussions on details of the reform will be continued during Saturday's meeting, which will also touch upon issues including the establishment of the new National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and preparation for the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference in Nay Pyi Taw.

The previous Myanmar government and eight ethnic armed groups out of 15 signed the Nationwide Cease fire Accord (NCA) on Oct. 15, 2015. After that a union-level Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JCMC) was formed along with the tripartite UPDJC which was to draft a framework for holding political dialogue as part of the implementation of the NCA. Endit