Thank you, Gambia for filing a lawsuit against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice!
U Nu Declared That Rohingyas are Burmese Citizens in His Radio Speech, By Aman Ullah
In accordance with the Aung San- Atlee Agreement, the constituent Assembly election produced an overwhelming majority for the AFPFL. In June, it met and began writing the new constitution. On July 19, while Assembly was in recess, Aung San and six members of the Executive Council were murdered. The Governor immediately called upon Thakin Nu to succeed the fallen hero, reorganize the government and complete the writing of a new basic law. The Burma Constituent Assembly’s decision was in favor of complete independence, and in mid October, Thakin Nu came to London to negotiate Burma’s secession from the British Commonwealth. The outcome was the signature on 17 October 1947, of the Nu-Atlee Agreement, recognizing the Republic of the Union of Burma as a fully independent state on a date to be fixed by the UK Parliament. The Nu-Atlee Agreement came into force on 4 January 1948, on the day of independence of Myanmar. In Article 1 of the Nu-Atlee Agreement, the ...
