The report was broadcast as the UN security council discussed the crisis in Burma, and it referred to her as "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi" - a respectful form of address not used in the past.
The head of Burma's junta, General Than Shwe, said he would meet Ms Suu Kyi on condition she gives up her call for international sanctions against Burma. The offer was later rejected by the opposition, which describing it as a tactic to force their leader to abandon the campaign for democracy. She has been under house arrest since September 2003.
Speaking at the UN security council yesterday following his four-day trip to Burma, Mr Gambari said it was an "hour of historic opportunity" but warned of international consequences if the suppression of protesters and detentions continued.
He was "cautiously encouraged" by the general's talk of a meeting, but called for all conditions to be dropped and for "maximum flexibility" from both sides. "Of great concern to the UN and the international community are the continuing and disturbing reports of abuses being committed ... particularly at night during curfew, including raids on private homes, beatings, arbitrary arrests, and disappearances," he told the security council.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, also insisted the junta release political prisoners "without delay" and described the use of force against peaceful demonstrators as "abhorrent and unacceptable".
Sir John Sawyers, UK permanent representative to the UN, offered the assistance of the international community in helping Burma achieve "national reconciliation."
The junta claims 10 people were killed in its crackdown but western commentators say the toll is likely to be far higher. It is thought as many as 10,000 people, many of them Buddhist monks, have been rounded up. Burma's ambassador to the UN, Kyaw Tint Swe called for "patience, time and space" and promised the further releases of political prisoners.
