UN Envoy Says Myanmar May Allow Election Observers

ABC News Sunday 5th February, 2012

A U.N. human rights envoy said Sunday that Myanmar is considering letting foreign observers monitor April elections that are viewed as crucial for gauging the nation's much-heralded democratic reforms. The envoy, Tomas Ojea Quintana, praised the "continuing wave of reforms in Myanmar, the speed and breadth of which has surprised" Myanmar watcher...

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