Aung Zaw für Open Democracy: Burma’s question - The voices of open dissent raised against the military regime in Burma represent a test for the international community as much as the will of the Burmese people
“Popular hunger for change can be met with a reshuffle of the ruling elite that leaves the people as powerless as before. Yet the emancipatory surge of democratic energy in 1988 and after in Burma can never be underestimated or forgotten as an inspiration of what Burma’s people are capable of.
Today, the rare protests in Burma are testing the international community’s political will and the capacity of the UN to take action. Burma’s people are again asking a question of the governments of the world and the main world body: how far and how much are you prepared to invest in the fight for justice and peaceful change in our country?”