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"Coca-Cola's planned entry into Burma, following the suspension of sanctions, will be governed by its well-established global standards for corporate ethics including strict adherence to its global human and workplace rights policy, supplier guiding principles, code of business conduct, and anti-bribery policies," said Coca-Cola in a statement on Thursday.The beverages major is planning to import products from the neighbouring countries as a first step before starting its production facilities in Burma.With its latest entry into Burma, Cuba and North Korea are the other two nations where the company has no presence, said Coca-Cola in the statement.Other corporate majors who have announced their plans to foray into the minerals-rich nation are the London-based WPP, the world's biggest advertising company and India's major automaker, Tata Motors.  General Electric (GE) and Honda Motors also have plans to enter Burma, according to a report by Bloomberg.   Follow us  Follow @IBTimesUKMeanwhile, Burma's pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appealed for worker's rights during a speech at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva on Thursday and warned against economic development ignoring the rights of labourers. Suu Kyi was released from decades of detention in late 2010. She is due  to accept her 1991Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday in Oslo. The US has eased the economic sanctions on Burma followed by its recent transition to democracy from decades of military rule, which left its 64 million people in isolation and poverty.    This article is copyrighted by IBTimes.co.uk, the business news leader We recommendThe WikiLeaks GiFiles: Coca-Cola Hired Stratfor to Monitor Peta activists at Winter OlympicsCoca Cola Habit Behind New Zealand Woman's Death?Anti-Junk Food Campaigners Launch ‘Super-complaint’ over Ads     Must ReadGoogle Unveils Revamped Image Search With New Metadata Display Jet Airways Shares Gain on Etihad Deal Speculation Apple Admits to Child Labour in iPhone, Mac Supply Chains      Join the ConversationPlease enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.                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