Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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Thai FM meets Friends of Burma

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by Usa Pichai
Thursday, 24 September 2009 20:50

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) —The Thai Foreign Minister held discussions with the Group of Friends of UNSG on Myanmar. The group wants the general election in 2010 in Burma to be “free”.

On Wednesday the Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya participated in the High-Level Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of UNSG on Myanmar (GoF) chaired by Mr Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, according to a statement released on Thursday from Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kasit accompanied Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to attend the opening of the General Debate of the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The participants, comprising Foreign Ministers or high-level representatives from 15 countries and the European Commission, expressed their appreciation and support to the good offices undertaken by the United Nations and Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the UNSG on Myanmar.

“They stressed that the general election to be held by the Myanmar government in 2010 has to be free, fair and inclusive. Prior to the GoF, the Foreign Minister had a bilateral meeting to exchange views on the issue with Mr. Gambari as well,” the statement added.

Foreign Minister Kasit also met Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Both sides exchanged views on the issues of Laotian Hmongs and displaced persons from Burma who illegally entered Thailand.

On Tuesday Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva commented that the United States and Europe appeared to be moving towards engaging Burma rather than a policy of sanctions only as a means of encouraging political change in the military-ruled country, according to a report in Associated Press.

Abhisit told an audience at Columbia University, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly that Thailand shares a long border with Burma, and he believes talks with the country's military leaders are the best way to effect political change, improve human rights and curb drug trafficking.

"Engagement is more productive than alienation and isolation," said Abhisit. The United States and the European Union, he said, appear to be questioning the "thinking that more and more sanctions" will cause change. He did not elaborate.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also raised the issue at the UN General Assembly on the possibility of an eventual easing or lifting of sanctions if US engagement produces political changes in Burma.

Clinton told reporters that "we believe that sanctions remain important as part of our policy, but by themselves they have not produced the results that had been hoped for on behalf of the people of Burma. Clinton said she could "preview" the new approach towards Burma, because a policy review begun by the administration days after it assumed office in January was almost complete.

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