What does SPDC stand for?

State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The copy of the letter carried on the websites said: "I specially request a meeting with the Senior General to make a submission regarding co-operation with the State Peace and Development Council [the military government] for the benefit of the nation.

Suu Kyi asks to meet Myanmar rulers

Ms Suu Kyi wrote: "I would like to earnestly request permission to meet you so that we can talk about cooperating with the State Peace and Development Council [the government] in working in the interest of the nation.

Suu Kyi offers to work with Burma generals

The present regime named as State Peace and Development Council is headed by Senior General Than Shwe, who has developed a kind of enmity towards the pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar: Burmese Activists Urge Halting Shwe Pipeline Project

Having pushed through a new constitution that enshrines the military's leading role in politics — engineering a 92 percent "yes" vote in a national referendum in May — the junta, formally known as the State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC, is preparing to hold a general election in 2010 totally on its own terms.

Myanmar junta rules roost 1 year after crackdown

Last week the ruling state peace and development council obscenely announced that 99% of eligible voters (does that mean the living?

Prising the door open

The generals, known as No 1, No 2 and No 3, head the ironically-titled State Peace and Development Council.

No1, No2, No3.. the evil heart of Burma; GENERALS BEHIND A COUNTRY'S ...

According to the Federation of Trade Unions - Burma (FTUB, an ITUC associate organisation), the 4x4 vehicle used by the assassins belongs to a Thai business partner of the DKBA, a proxy Karen militia controlled by Burma's military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

Burma: Ruling junta to blame for murder of top Karen leader, says ITUC

In 1992, four years after the military gunned down thousands in a failed pro-democracy uprising, Than Shwe emerged as the chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, the country's 12-member ruling body.

Myanmar's leader seems budge-proof