Civil societies call for more space at table

Civil society organisations have called for more representation around the negotiating table when the government and ethnic armed groups launch the next stage of the peace process in early January.

CSOs from across the country meeting in Yangon on 17 December complained that they had been completely left out of the framework drafting process, which concluded this week, and called on the current or next government to give them a greater voice in the political dialogue.

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