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Debate: It Is Time To Lift Sanctions Against Burma
02 December 2009, 6:45-8:30pm
Should Aung San Suu Kyi change her position and call for the removal of sanctions on the junta?
Speakers for the motion:
Thant Myint-U, Author of the acclaimed history of Burma The River of Lost Footsteps.
Dr Frank Smithuis, Medical doctor who ran Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland in Burma for 15 years.
Derek Tonkin, Former ambassador to both Vietnam and Thailand, and currently chairman of Network Myanmar.
Speakers against the motion:
John Bercow, Conservative MP and former Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.
Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign.
Benedict Rogers, South-East Asia team leader for Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Brad Adams, Executive director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division
Organiser: Intelligence Squared
Venue: Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London
Website: http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events.php?event=EVT0193
Email: info@intelligencesquared.com
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