[1] Nonetheless, in its early period members of the National Convention were permitted to put forward proposals which ran counter to the SLORC's aims.

[4] NLD delegate Aung Khin Sint was arrested on 15 October 1993 alongside his assistant Than Min, and both were sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on charges of political agitation and sending threats to other members of the convention.

[4] On 28 November 1995 the convention reopened to widespread protests from the NLD, which called on Chairman of the Work Committee Aung Toe to allow for dialogue between the opposition and SLORC to achieve the desires of the population for democracy.

[1] On 30 August 2003, following the Depayin massacre a few months prior, Prime Minister general Khin Nyunt publicly outlined the State Peace and Development Council's[a] roadmap to democracy, the first point of which called for the reconvening of the National Convention.

This was again confirmed by the Bangkok Process in December of the same year, with Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Nations all in support.

[7] Human Rights Watch condemned the National Convention, noting in 2008 that "Any proposal at odds with the SPDC's own vision for its draft constitution was dismissed or ignored."

A last-ditch effort by the Kachin Independence Organisation to push through 19 proposals failed, and, amidst the Saffron Revolution, the convention concluded on 3 September 2007.