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Myint Zan
For Myint Zan's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2001
Two victories for international justice
Slobodan Milosevic has again made history: this time as the first former head of state to be brought before an international tribunal to be tried for crimes against humanity and other violations of international law. It should be pointed out, though, that The Hague tribunal, where the former Yugoslav president is scheduled to be tried, is not a permanent international tribunal but an ad hoc one limited to a particular geographical area and time frame -- the former Yugoslavia since Jan. 1, 1991.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2000
In defense of U Thant
VICTORIA, Australia -- Much criticism has been written about U Thant, the third secretary general of the United Nations, who died from cancer 25 years ago on Nov. 25, 1974. While some of it may be just, much of it is not.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2000
The U.N. should have its day in court
A report in the Jan. 10 issue of The Age newspaper stated that the National Post newspaper of Canada had editorialized that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign. The National Post editorial call was made in the light of the alleged inaction of Annan when he was chief of U.N. peacekeeping forces in 1994.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 1999
Australia's republic: If not now, when?
Australian Prime Minister John Howard recently had an "audience" -- as some Australian media described it -- with Queen Elizabeth II at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting in Durban, South Africa. During the meeting, the prime minister of Australia personally informed the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that she will also -- following the country's Nov. 6 referendum -- remain the queen of Australia.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 1999
Pinochet advances human rights after all
Both the anti-Pinochet crowd that had gathered outside the House of Lords in London and the Pinochet supporters at the Pinochet Foundation in Santiago, Chile, cheered and celebrated soon after the seven Law Lords gave the gist of their judgments live on radio and television. Both pro-Pinochet and anti-Pinochet groups have claimed "victory" when they commented on the third -- not necessarily the last -- judgment the Law Lords have given in less than four months regarding Pinochet. What in the name of the (Law) Lord(s) does this latest decision signify?

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