On June 28th, after the reception at the Elysee by French president François Hollande yesterday and the one at Hôtel de Ville by Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë, Burma's historical leader Aung San Suu Kyi met lawmakers in the National Assembly and in the Senate. Then she went to the Musée Marmottan to take part in a meeting organized in her honor by the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society.

It is perhaps the beginning of a difficult and complicated journey for a region narrowed between great powers. Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted to use this window of opportunity in the midst of many contradictions. Hers is an act of great courage and hope, which has gone through 15 years of house arrest without abandoning the dialectic of nonviolence.” She is aware of the necessity of exploring any possible way to keep momentum” "This is the comment that Emma Bonino delivered to Tgcom24 on the victory by Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the by-election of April 1st.

The Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, an NGO in Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, Radicali Italiani, the Radical MPs of the "Rose in the Fist" Hons. Emma Bonino, Donatella Poretti, Maurizio Turco, S

Rome, May 18, 2005

Democratic nations in Asia must oppose the appointment of Burma as chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations in 2006, a group of leaders of human rights and pro democracy organizations from more than 20 countries