Sample letter to Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt
calling for a re-opening of colleges and universities.
Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt,
Secretary 1, State Peace and Development Council
Chairman, National Education Committee
c/o Director of Defence Services Intelligence (DDSI)
Ministry of Defence, Signal Pagoda Road
Dagon Post Office
Yangon
Union of Myanmar
Telegrams: General Khin Nyunt, Yangon, Myanmar
Telexes: 21316
Faxes: +95 1 229 50
Your Excellency,
We have an honour to address you on the subject of the long-term closure of the universities and colleges in
your country.
In view of the information available to us concerning this long-term closure, youth and students are deprived
of their right to education, in violation of the Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which
says "Everyone has the right to education...... Education shall be directed to the full development of the hu-
man personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms." It is ex-
traordinary that in your country, institutions that are the guarantee of the future of the country are being
closed down and youth are being denied a future for their own. A whole generation, and the country itself, is
being deprived of the knowledge, intellectual development and expertise which a country badly requires for
its own development and human welfare.
Educational rights of youth are as crucial to the young's existence as air is to the breathing lung. The closures
of schools will lead to country's youth of knowledge thereby sealing the fate of the students' future.
We call upon the Government of Myanmar to take urgent and meaningful measures to open all universities
and colleges in accordance with the desire of youth and students in your country. We therefore request you
look into this situation urgently with a view to opening all universities and colleges unconditionally.
Your Sincerely,
Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt,
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