21. "The Federation of Trade Unions of Burma has never held arms and never resorted to terrorism, " said the statement. 22. The Union of Burma contained an express state right to secede from the union under a number of procedural conditions. 23. Ethnic groups demanded for succession and independence, as well as autonomy, equal rights and federal democracy within the Union of Burma . 24. Thus the hosts for the Burmese, and President Win Maung of the Union of Burma inaugurated the 1961 meet at Rangoon. 25. "Nu completed the final negotiations " preceeding Burmese independence, she wrote, " and the independent Union of Burma was born ." 26. In 1947 the five country constracted union of Burma by the Chin hill, Kachin hill, federated Shan state, Karen state and Burma. 27. The now-defunct 1974 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma constitutionalised the BSPP s leading role in Burmese politics. 28. October 1896 ) was instrumental in laying the foundation in 1945 for what was to become the Union of Burma in 1948. 29. In 1973, Arakan became a state of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma , designated as the homeland of the Rakhine people. 30. A number of senior NLD members escaped arrest, however, and formed the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma ( NCGUB ).
