Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives in Geneva

Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Geneva to kick off an historic two-week visit to Europe. The Burmese legislator will address the U.N.’s International Labor Organization while in Geneva before traveling to the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Norway, where she will be able to accept in person the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 1991. The Burmese pro-democracy leader is on the continent for the first time since 1988, as she spent much of the last 24 years in house arrest. Of her tour, Suu Kyi said, “Each country will be different. I will know how backward [Burma] is when I reach the other countries.”