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Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)

 



 

Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, Burma, which became Yangon, Myanmar in 1989.

Her father, Aung San, was assassinated when she was two years of age.

Her mother was Ma Khin Kyi. She died in 1988 at the age of 76.

 

In 1972, Aung San Suu Kyi married Michael Aris.

In 1973, their son Alexander was born at London, England.

In 1977, their second son Kim was born at Oxford.

 

In 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Prize in Peace "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights." Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest at the time, so her son, Alexander Aris, traveled to Oslo and accepted the prize in his mother's honor.

 

Parallel to the Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing from September 4-14, 1995, the NGO Forum on Women was held at Huairou, just outside Beijing, from August 31 to September 8, 1995. NGO stands for Non-Governmental Organizations, by the way.

It was at this NGO Forum that Aung San Suu Kyi was scheduled to deliver the keynote address. However, she was unable to attend in person, so she sent a video of her speech.

Here you can read Aung San Suu Kyi's Opening Keynote Address.

 

On November 13, 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi became a free woman again after having been under house arrest for seven years.

 

And here is the lady in a nutshell:

 

 

 

In December 2011, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton stopped by for a three-day-visit in order to encourage further reforms in Myanmar.

Hillary Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar democracy icon, talk prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar.
Hillary Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar democracy icon, talk prior to dinner at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Rangoon, Myanmar.
Saul Loeb /Pool via Bloomberg

 

 

On June 16, 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi was finally able to deliver her Nobel Lecture. She had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. With regards to her country, Suu Kyi advocates "cautious optimism," and appealed to the vital role the international community has to play. "The potential of our country is enormous."

Here is an excerpt:

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades and embitters and enrages.

...

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world. To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart.

Kindness can change the lives of people.

 

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