Burmese PM tells UN sanctions are 'unjust'

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Updated September 29, 2009 11:25:16

Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein has addressed the UN General Assembly, the first top government representative to do that in 14 years, and has criticised sanctions against the regime.

Thein Sein also insists that his country is on the path to democracy and that it is against the spread of nuclear weapons. Despite signs of growing engagement between the diplomatically-isolated nation and the West, his speech made no mention of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: General Thein Sein, Burma Prime Minister; George Yeo, Singapore Foreign Minister

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