Providing Technical Support to the Pa-O National Dialogue

02/20/2017

The Pa-O National Dialogue was jointly organized by the Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO), an NCA signed Ethnic Armed Organization, Pa-O National Organization (PNO), a Pa-O Political Party and Pa-O Civil Society Organizations, and was held in Ho Pong in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone between the 16th and 20th February 2017. It is part of the series of national dialogues that are currently taking part in many regions.

Group Photo of the participants of the Pa-O National Dialogue along with Khun Myint Tun, Chairman of PNLO and Convening Committee

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The national dialogues are an important step within the peace process in Myanmar and were a preparation for the upcoming 2nd Panglong Union Peace Conference in mid-March.

The invitation to the Pa-O National Dialogue went out to more than 700 people and is seen as a multi-stakeholder dialogue that also included the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). All organizations that were attending the dialogue had the opportunity to present and submit their papers focused on four key issues:

Social
Politics
Economics
Land and Natural Resources

Fruitful discussion throughout the Pa-O National Dialogue.

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The multi-day dialogue included workshops and presentations on key issues. Finally, the dialogue was summarized and concluded in key principles and policies from the perspectives of the Pa-O people.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank Khun Myint Tun, Chairman of PNLO and also Chairman of Convening Committee for their trust to invite the Hanns Seidel Foundation alongside our Programme Manager U Aung Soe Min as a resource person and technical advisor to the dialogue and the workshops.

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