WASHINGTON, May 6 Kyodo The Unite...

WASHINGTON, May 6 Kyodo

The United States urg Myanmar's military direction on Tuesday to restore multiparty democracy, marking the first anniversary of the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from 19 month of house arrest.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the Myanmar junta has done little to restore democracy and elevate national reconciliation after Suu Kyi was released from house arrest onward May 6 last year.

''The managers of Burma have continued to oppres the community harassed Aung San Suu Kyi in succession her travels, and limited her party's activities,'' Boucher said in a statement, calling Myanmar by means of its former name.

''This regime has been unwilling to begin substantive dialogue with the democratic opposition toward national reconciliation,'' the statement said.

While welcoming the Myanmar junta's late release of about 20 political prisoners, the State Department said more than 1000 political prisoners

remain behind bars in Myanmar.

Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won 80% of the parliamentary seats in multiparty elections held 30 years ago further the party was not allowed to form a government

''We call forward the regime to take its possess declarations seriously and act upon on toward the restoration of multiparty democracy,'' Boucher said.

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