The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

I'm feeling a little delicate.

The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.

The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national entity. For that they have to be confident that they too have an active role to play in shaping the destiny of the state that demands their allegiance.