Editing Foreign relations of Myanmar (section)

===Denmark===
{{main|Denmark–Myanmar relations}}

Myanmar is represented in Denmark through its embassy in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web |title=Embassy of Myanmar in the United Kingdom |url=http://www.mofa.gov.mm/myanmarmissions/uk.html |access-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130183454/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/myanmarmissions/uk.html |archive-date=30 November 2010}}</ref> and Denmark is represented in Myanmar through its embassy in [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.mm/foreignmb/denmark.html |title=Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand |publisher=Mofa.gov.mm |date=19 August 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325082418/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/foreignmb/denmark.html |archive-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Diplomatic relations were established in 1955.<ref name="relations">{{cite book|title=Far Eastern economic review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeMnAAAAMAAJ|quote=Diplomatic relations Between Burma and Denmark, while friendly, have been limited to formal exchanges of greetings and condolences on appropriate occasions ...|year=1972|access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref> Relations between the two countries are friendly,<ref name="relations"/> but economically, Denmark has the "worst" trade with Myanmar in the European Union.<ref>[http://burmalibrary.org/docs/Imports_from_Burma_to_EU_countries.htm Burma's economic relations with Denmark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223241/http://burmalibrary.org/docs/Imports_from_Burma_to_EU_countries.htm |date=10 May 2013 }} ''Online Burma/Myanmar Library''</ref> 

Development assistance to Myanmar is a top priority of the [[Danish International Development Agency]]'s engagement in Southeast Asia. 93 million DKK was given to education and healthcare projects.<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Activities in Burma 
 |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar 
 |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark 
 |access-date=23 January 2011 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152242/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar 
 |archive-date=11 May 2011
}}
</ref> Danish development assistance has focused on promoting democracy and human rights. Denmark was one of the first countries to respond to [[cyclone Nargis]] by providing humanitarian assistance to Myanmar.<ref>{{cite news|title=DANIDA in Burma |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark |access-date=23 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152258/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> [[Three Diseases Fund]] was founded in 2006, and Denmark joined in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Diseases Fund|url=http://www.3dfund.org/index.php|publisher=The Diseases Fund 3DF|access-date=23 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225011915/http://www.3dfund.org/index.php|archive-date=25 February 2011}}</ref> Three Diseases Fund helps Myanmar fight HIV and AIDS, and has assisted with 73 million dollars.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Diseases Fund (3DF) |url=http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar/3df |publisher=Foreign Affairs of Denmark |access-date=23 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511152357/http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk/en/menu/DevelopmentDanida/DanidainBurma-Myanmar/ActivitiesInBurma-Myanmar/3df |archive-date=11 May 2011}}</ref>

====Burmese Consul incident====
In 1996, the consul in Myanmar for Denmark, James Leander Nichols, was sentenced to three years in jail. The sentence was for illegal possession of two facsimile machines and a telephone switchboard. Two months later, he died in prison. Despite Danish insistence, Burmese authorities refused to allow an independent [[autopsy]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Anais Tamen|title=The European Union's Sanctions Related to Human Rights: The Case of Myanmar|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/Memoire-Anais_Tamen.pdf|date=2002–2003|page=98|access-date=8 December 2010|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101173533/http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs09/Memoire-Anais_Tamen.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after, the [[European Union]], with Canada, called for a United Nations gathering on the democratisation process.<ref>{{cite news|title=James Leander Nichol's Death Imprisoned For Owning an Illegal Fax Machine in Burma|url=http://www.cfob.org/burmaissue/politicalPrisoners/JLNichols.shtml|publisher=CFOB Canadian Friends of Burma|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501061942/http://www.cfob.org/burmaissue/politicalPrisoners/JLNichols.shtml|archive-date=1 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Response of the Union of Myanmar to the United Nations|url=http://www.cfob.org/Background/JLNichols.shtml|publisher=CFOB Canadian Friends of Burma|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501061939/http://www.cfob.org/Background/JLNichols.shtml|archive-date=1 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>