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Burma Government 1996
Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of
Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar)
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as Yangon)
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Administrative divisions:
7 divisions* (yin-mya, singular - yin) and 7 states (pyine-mya, singular -
pyine); Chin State, Ayeyarwady*, Bago*, Kachin State, Kayin State, Kayah
State, Magway*, Mandalay*, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing*, Shan State,
Tanintharyi*, Yangon*
Independence Day, 4 January (1948)
3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988); National Convention
started on 9 January 1993 to draft a new constitution; chapter headings and
three of 15 sections have been approved
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council Gen. THAN SHWE
(since 23 April 1992)
State Law and Order Restoration Council:
military junta which assumed power 18 September 1988
People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw):
election last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never convened; results - NLD
80%; seats - (485 total) NLD 396, the regime-favored NUP 10, other 79; was
dissolved after the coup of 18 September 1988
limited; remnants of the British-era legal system in place, but there is no
guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the
executive
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Political parties and leaders:
Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), THAN AUNG, Secretary;
National Unity Party (NUP; proregime), THA KYAW; National League for
Democracy (NLD), U AUNG SHWE; and eight other minor legal parties
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Other political or pressure groups:
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), headed by the
elected prime minister SEIN WIN (consists of individuals legitimately
elected to Parliament but not recognized by the military regime; the group
fled to a border area and joined with insurgents in December 1990 to form a
parallel government; Kachin Independence Army (KIA); United Wa State Army
(UWSA); Karen National Union (KNU); several Shan factions, including the
Mong Tai Army (MTA); All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF)
AsDB, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU,
NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
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US diplomatic representation:
(vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marilyn A. MEYERS
581 Merchant Street, Rangoon (GPO 521)
American Embassy, Box B, APO AP 96546
[95] (1) 82055, 82182 (operator assistance required)
red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing, all in
white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of
rice; the 14 stars represent the 14 administrative divisions
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