02 May 2014
Among recommendations that came out of the Arakan National Conference in Kyaukpyu is a call for the Arakan state (also known as Rakhine) to get 50 percent of all revenues generated by the region’s oil and gas projects. U Kyaw Khine from the Watch the Oil civil society group is among delegates who called for […]
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28 April 2014
The Arakan National Conference is now underway in Kyaukpyu, a coastal township on Ramree Island. The goal of the conference is to find solutions to a number of issues, including communal conflicts and violence problems that plague the state. The national conference of the Arakan (also known as Rakhine) people was scheduled for five days […]
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23 March 2014
Kyaukpyu Town will be the site of the Rakhine National Conference for five days from April 27 to May 1, according to an official source. Research papers will be read and discussed at the conference about issues including setting up a national day, according to organising committee member Zaw Aye Maung, who is also Rakhine […]
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12 February 2014
Delegates from a variety of Arakanese organisations have declared they will carry out the 4th Arakan National Conference in Kyaukpyu during 27 April to 1 May as they aim to find responses to the continuing turmoil in the area. Debating at a press meeting at the end of the convention in Chiang Mai on Monday, […]
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