June 14, 2012
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi laughs during a news conference during the annual meeting of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Suu Kyi said that investment in her country should strengthen its nascent process of democratization. The Nobel peace laureate spoke Thursday to the annual meeting of the ILO in Geneva on the first stop of her trip to Europe.
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June 14, 2012
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech at the International Labour Organization (ILO) annual conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva, during her first trip to Europe since 1988. Suu Kyi will visit Switzerland, Norway, Britain, France and Ireland on her more than two week tour, which will include a speech in Oslo to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago.
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June 14, 2012
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, sits next to International Labour Organization Director-General Juan Somavia before she delivers a speech during the last day of the 101st session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva.
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June 14, 2012
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, arrives with ILO director, Chilean Juan Somavia, left, during the 101st International Labor Organization, ILO, Conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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June 14, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader, waves as she arrives at the 101st International Labor Organization, ILO, Conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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June 14, 2012
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,, speaks with Swiss apprentices on the train between Geneva and Bern on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize that thrust her into the global limelight two decades ago.
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