¡¡¡¡YANGON, February 10 (Xinhuanet) -- United Nations Human Rights Envoy to Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro arrived here Sunday on a 10-day mission to the country to further inspect the human rights situation in the country.

¡¡¡¡It is the third time for Pinheiro to come to Myanmar since he was appointed as the envoy to the country in February 2001.

¡¡¡¡During his last visit in October 2001, Pinheiro met senior Myanmar government officials and leader of the opposition NationalLeague for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi, the party's General Secretary, who has been under house arrest since September 22, 2000.

¡¡¡¡During the visit this time, Pinheiro is expected to meet separately with leaders of both the government and the NLD.

¡¡¡¡Meanwhile, Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister U Khin Maung Win told Xinhua here recently that during Pinheiro's Myanmar trip, he will be allowed to meet any person whom he wants to.

¡¡¡¡The Myanmar government and the NLD started confidence-building talks in October 2000 and since January 2001, the government has released 212 NLD members and NLD-related individuals.

¡¡¡¡The NLD demands the government release Aung San Suu Kyi and allother political prisoners in the country and guarantee the rights of free activities for all legal political parties.

¡¡¡¡On human rights issues, the Myanmar government insists that whatever human rights mean to various nations with different economic, social, historical, cultural and traditional values, human rights for a third world country like Myanmar mean rights toenjoying the basic human requirements such as security, food and shelter. Enditem

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