Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams and Thin Thin Aung of the Women’s League of Burma met yesterday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to deliver the findings and recommendations of the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women in Burma, held earlier this week in New York. Thin Thin asked his support in pushing the UN Security Council to implement its own resolutions on violence against women.

Ki-moon told the group he has sent a letter to General Than Shwe, asking him to make the upcoming elections ‘credible, inclusive and transparent’ and to release all political prisoners – including Aung San Suu Kyi. The Secretary General noted that he is still looking for a new Special Advisor on Burma.

Ban Ki-moon also expresses his strong support for ending violence against women in Burma, and around the globe – and asked the Laureates and the Women’s League of Burma to keep pushing governments to do the right thing.

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Press Release: International Tribunal On Burma Calls For End To Impunity Of Military Regime, Nobel Women’s Initiative, 3 March 2010.

Nobel winners push for Myanmar regime to face court, Reuters, 3 March 2010.