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To: mware
And it's placed under the letter "B" after the Brunei Darussalam instead of Malaysia, against the ASEAN's protocol.

The US Government doesn't recognize the junta in Myanmar, and still refers to the nation as Burma.

From the CIA World Factbook: Since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; the US Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw

27 posted on 09/26/2010 6:06:07 PM PDT by mwyounce
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To: mwyounce
The US Government doesn't recognize the junta in Myanmar, and still refers to the nation as Burma.

True enough, but when hosting an ASEAN summit, we should probably go with ASEAN protocol, which does recognize 'Myanmar' as the country's name.

33 posted on 09/26/2010 9:32:25 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Am working on plans for a Knights Templar Community Center next to the Kaaba in Mecca.)
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