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High cost of Myanmar's isolation
UN's Noeleen Heyzer says agricultural reform is vital for the country's development.
Last Modified: 19 Jun 2010 06:23 GMT

Although its military government has said it will hold elections later this year, decades of isolation have left Myanmar one of the most under-developed nations in the world.

Noeleen Heyzer, the UN undersecretary-general, who has led an unprecedented dialogue with Myanmar's leaders about how to move the country forward, talks to Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa.

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