<p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her work towards establishing peace and democracy in her country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ban Friday lauded Suu Kyi's "commitment to peace, security and human rights" and called the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner a "global symbol of human rights", Xinhua reported.<br />"We have great expectations and hope that she will lead this path of reconciliation and greater participatory democracy and development of her country, together with (Myanmar) President Thein Sein," Ban said.<br /><br />"Let us work together for your country's democratization and many other countries and peoples who may look to you, to your leadership and vision," Ban told Suu Kyi.<br /><br />Suu Kyi, also chairperson of Myanmar's 15-member central-level Committee for Rule of Law and Tranquility of the Lower House, is on a 17-day historic official visit to the US, her first in 24 years, on the invitation of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />She will also take part in the launch of Ban's initiative Education First at the UN next week.<br />Suu Kyi, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy, was elected member of the Myanmar parliament in April. She was under house arrest for 16 years in Myanmar as a political prisoner until November 2010.</p>
<p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her work towards establishing peace and democracy in her country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ban Friday lauded Suu Kyi's "commitment to peace, security and human rights" and called the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner a "global symbol of human rights", Xinhua reported.<br />"We have great expectations and hope that she will lead this path of reconciliation and greater participatory democracy and development of her country, together with (Myanmar) President Thein Sein," Ban said.<br /><br />"Let us work together for your country's democratization and many other countries and peoples who may look to you, to your leadership and vision," Ban told Suu Kyi.<br /><br />Suu Kyi, also chairperson of Myanmar's 15-member central-level Committee for Rule of Law and Tranquility of the Lower House, is on a 17-day historic official visit to the US, her first in 24 years, on the invitation of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />She will also take part in the launch of Ban's initiative Education First at the UN next week.<br />Suu Kyi, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy, was elected member of the Myanmar parliament in April. She was under house arrest for 16 years in Myanmar as a political prisoner until November 2010.</p>