Many believe that the mission of the UN Special Envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, was a failure. Gambari did not meet with SPDC Chairman, Senior-General Than Shwe.  He only met with ‘Relations Minister’ U Aung Kyi. 

The negatives seem to outweigh the positives. The SPDC is being defiant and aggressive, showing that it does not care what the world thinks.

Some in the audience may be wondering why I have been asked to speak about the perspective of the Ethnic Nationalities or ethnic minorities. They may ask, ‘Why are we complicating matters by bringing in the ethnic minorities?’