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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 2 July 2009
Date of publication: 02 July 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attend Waso robe offering ceremony of Defence Services (Army, Navy and Air) families...Metal spray method introduced to repair machine parts...Laying corner stones for Sasanna Beikman of Maha Arnthttokanthar pagoda held...Tea farms thriving in Haka...Foreign Minister back from Bahrain...Home Affairs Minister receives delegation leaders of ASEAN countries...9th SOMTC commences...Kawhmu Township People’s Hospital gets X-ray room and related equipment...1st Asian Youth Games commence...Families of Defence Services (Army, Navy and Air) of the Ministry of Vice Defence offer Waso robes...Programmes to beautify Yangon discussed...Commander inspects regional development tasks in Myingyan, Taungtha Townships...Industry-1 Minister honours outstanding students...CPT Minister inspects auto-exchanges in Sagaing Division and Kachin State...1,045,192 acres in Ayeyawady Division put under monsoon paddy...Basic Nursing and Elder Care Course concludes..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Maintain bridges built for regional development".... ARTICLE: "Villages of Bago Division have easy access to modern communications" Article and photos: Reporter Peinzalok Thein Nyunt
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.9MB)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2009
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Title: Robbing the Future - Russian-backed Mining Project Threatens Pa-O Communities in Shan State, Burma
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "The transformation of Mount Pinpet, or "Pine Tree Mountain," in Burma's war-torn Shan State, for the excavation and refinement of the country's second largest iron ore deposit is changing the very nature of life there, and if not stopped could permanently destroy the home of more than 7,000 primarily ethnic Pa-O residents. Since 2004 Russian and Burmese companies have been preparing to develop the deposit and are currently building an iron processing plant and a cement factory on a total of 11,000 acres of lands. An Italian company is also believed to be involved in the project. Although there has been a ceasefire in the area since 1991, the military ruling Burma has established three sizeable battalion camps and two military universities in or around the nearby towns of Taunggyi and Hopone. Fighting has flared up south of the project site and has led to recent torture and killing of villagers by the Burma Army. Twenty-five villages, a total of 7,000 people, could be permanently displaced from their homes and farmlands by the projects. A further 35,000 people rely on the watershed of the Thabet Stream in the valley east of the mountain. Fifty people have already been forced to move and were not adequately compensated. The confiscation of vital farmlands has begun, leaving over 100 families without the primary source of their livelihood and sustenance. Travel restrictions have closed down a major road and prohibited villagers from collecting firewood, food, and shelter materials on the mountain. The entire mountain of Pinpet will be excavated for this project, irrevocably changing the landscape and environment of the area. Pollution from mine tailings and erosion of mine heaps threaten the main water source of Hopone Valley. Ancient pagodas have been cracked and may be demolished altogether by explosions to prepare construction sites and begin excavation. Local communities have not been informed or consulted about project plans and complaints to authorities about the confiscation of lands and lack of compensation have not been addressed. No assessments of the projects have been made public and mining authorities are pushing ahead by using the force of armed local military to relocate families, confiscate lands, restrict movements, and intimidate communities. The lack of information is compounded by persistent speculation that the mining operation is in fact being set up to exploit and refine uranium, not only iron ore and limestone. These fears are fueled by Burma's announcement in 2007 that Russia is to build a nuclear reactor in the country. The companies responsible for these projects should stop all activity and first conduct thorough and transparent assessments of the projects' environmental and social impacts; adequate compensation should be provided for those who have already lost their homes and lands; to assuage fears, all nuclear and uranium mining plans should be made public; and, such projects should not be conducted under the force of military power. The Pa-O Youth Organization stands with its community to protect livelihoods, land ownership, and cultural heritage, and calls on regional and international actors to inspect the Pinpet projects and use their influence to ensure respect for the rights of affected communities."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO)
Format/size: pdf (3.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2009
ML > Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Metal mining


Title: BURMA/MYANMAR: Views from the Ground and the International Community
Date of publication: 08 May 2009
Description/subject: On May 8th, 2009 the Atlantic Council of the United States, the US-ASEAN Business Council and NBR in cooperation with Refugees International convened this forum to inform policymakers about the situation in Burma/Myanmar and the international response. Representatives of the international community, humanitarian workers with on-the ground experience, experts, and the policy community in Washington D.C. joined together for an off-the record discussion. Experts and aid workers addressed questions about the humanitarian situation, which is on the verge of crisis, highlighting what programs are successful and where the needs are greatest. Members of the international community shared their approaches and explored avenues for better international coordination. FORUM INFORMATION AND MATERIALS * "Burma/Myanmar: Views from the Ground and the International Community Project Report," by Catharin Dalpino, Georgetown University * "Setting the Scene: Lessons from Twenty Years of Foreign Aid," by Morten B. Pedersen * "What to do for Burma’s children?" by Andrew Kirkwood * "Strategy and Priorities in Addressing the Humanitarian Situation in Burma," presented by Richard Horsey * "Singaporean Perspectives and Approaches," presented by HE Ambassador Chan Heng Chee * "Japanese Perspectives and Approaches," presented by Keiichi Ono * "Norwegian Perspectives and Approaches," presented by HE Ambassador Wegger Christian Strommen * "The High Costs of Non-Solutions in Burma/Myanmar," by Khin Zaw Win * Forum Agenda and Participant Biographies FORUM PROCEEDINGS Welcome/Opening Remarks
Language: English
Source/publisher: National Bureau of Asian Research
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2009
ML > International Assistance to Burma > Humanitarian assistance > The debate on humanitarian assistance to Burma


Title: Tropical Cyclone Nargis - Maps as of 30 june 2009
Date of publication: 30 June 2009
Description/subject: Latest maps: MIMU Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis - Who/What/Where - Counts of Organisations with Projects Under Implementation: Shelter, Protection, Nutrition, Early Recovery, Food, Health, Agriculture, Education, All Clusters, WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2009
ML > Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath > Cyclone Nargis: Individual documents


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 1 July 2009
Date of publication: 01 July 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sends message of congratulations to Iranian President...Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Cuban Ambassador...CPT Minister inspects communication stations...“Pan-si-kyo”, “Tein-yan-thitsar” in circulation...Sports competitions for disabled persons held...Values-Based Leadership talks on 4 July...Educational staff, the driving force to achieve goals, objectives and procedures of national education promotion plan - Special Refresher Course No (34) for Basic Education Teachers opened...Outstanding students honoured in Kungyangon...Dy Health Minister, experts meet to prevent, control New Influenza A (H1N1)...Hong Kong Trade Fair introduced...Transport Minister inspects freight handling tasks...Ministry of Health copes with the patient found infected with New Influenza A (H1N1) with great care - People urged to take part in preventive measures against possible spread and outbreak of disease...Opening ceremony of Journalism Course (2/2009) held...Talks on “Risk Management”...Special sales of Industry-1 Ministry...Commander inspects hospital and tea factory...Industry-1 Minister meets people in Myingyan Township...Industry-2 Minister receives CEO of SUZUKI...Ministry of Transport holds 4th monsoon tree-planting ceremony...Books donated to schools in Myanaung and Kyangin Townships...Mayor attends opening ceremony of basic computer course No. 2/2009 of MCDC and inspects development tasks...Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Iranian Ambassador..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work in concert for complete realization of educational aims"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 30 June 2009
Date of publication: 30 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo receives Chinese guests...Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends coord meeting of Yangon Division Industrial Zones Management Committee...Ministers U Soe Tha, Maj-Gen Hla Tun meet with Chinese delegation...Supreme Court (Yangon) dismisses criminal revision case for refusing nomination of two defence witnesses in trial against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma...Billboard to mark Myanmar Women’s Day...Villager loses foot in mine blast in Kyaukkyi...Respect-paying ceremony on 25 July...Special Refresher Course No 68 for basic education teachers commences...Talks on A/H1N1, DHF held...Industry-1 Minister inspects regional development tasks...Farmers from Ayeyawady Div get agricultural loans, aids...Minister inspects Aunglan-Pyay-Hsatthwa railway...Hti-se-kha Bridge across Thabat Creek in Loikaw Township inaugurated...Railway schedules of Pyinmana Station to be shifted to Nay Pyi Taw Station...A/H1N1 patient in recovering stage...Noteworthy amount of rainfall..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Plant trees and conserve forests".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Supreme Court (Yangon) dismisses criminal revision case for refusing nomination of two defence witnesses in trial against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma
Date of publication: 30 June 2009
Description/subject: "YANGON, 29 June -- Final statements of both sides were heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) on 24 June for Criminal Revision Case No 333 (b)/2009 filed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma in dissatisfaction with Yangon Division Court's order of confirming Yangon North District Court's order of refusing nomination of defence witnesses U Win Tin and U Tin Oo in Yangon North District Court's Criminal Case No 47/2009 against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma. Supreme Court (Yangon) pronounced the judgment on the Criminal Revision Case at 10 am today..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (94K)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: "The Myanmar Times" June 22 - 28, 2009 Volume 24, No. 476
Date of publication: 28 June 2009
Description/subject: NEWS TOPICS: Mekong River dolphin is nearing extinction: WWF » South Korean ambassador hails ‘new momentum’ in relations » Travel Co reportedly offers visas on arrival » Delta must be weaned from dependency: NGOs » Malaysia Airlines offers ASEAN Pass » Thailand under fire over illegal ivory » Japan donates tide tracking devices » President of Sri Lanka on first Myanmar visit » Rental rates in delta towns falling » Myanmar birds facing extinction » UNICEF hands out Lego toys » Monk provides psychological support to delta » Exclusive breastfeeding best for infants, say experts » Physiotherapy provides jobs for blind » Tourism workshop planned » Sitagu Buddhist academy to expand » Yangon Airways gets new designator code » Pedal-powered purifiers on the way » Grand Royal Challenge Cup future in doubt » Yad’bon, Yangon fight out draw » Myanmar cueists gear up for Laos SEA Games » Aung Myo Naing takes national road crown...BUSINESS: Sakura Auto Auction Centre starts bidding » Mandalay gets new bus line » SKorean officials plan big in Myanmar » Property classifieds add zest to flat biz » India cements pharmaceutical place » Condo apartment (almost) with the lot
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2009
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" 2009


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 29 June 2009
Date of publication: 29 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: 8th Plenary Meeting of Sixth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee concludes...Sanitation tasks in Mandalay Division...Vocalist, beauty queen contests held in Ayeyawady Division...Myanmar delegation leaves for Dubai of UAE...Railway schedules of Pyinmana Station to be shifted to Nay Pyi Taw Station...F & R Ministry organizes tree planting activity for monsoon season...Rakhine State focuses on school health care...Ayeyawady Div marks World Population Day...Refresher Course for Office Work (1/2009) concluded...Monsoon tree planting ceremony held...Ticketing system in new Nay Pyi Taw Railway Station..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Beware of infectious diseases in rainy season"..... ARTICLES: "Myitkyina in Kachin State getting prosperous" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)..."Want to be a millionaire? Run noni farm, then" Interviewed by Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos by Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 29 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 28 June 2009
Date of publication: 28 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: 8th Plenary Meeting of Sixth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee commences...Yangon Division DAC awards winners...Outstanding students from Bogale Township honoured...Seinle Shwepyi Journal latest issue in circulation...Mr Gambari concludes visit...Commander attends opening ceremony of Commander’shield football tournament...Cash provided for school children, disabled servicemen...UMFCCI meets Sri Lankan guests...Traditional medicine proves successful for MDR-TB...Traditional costumes show held to mark Myanmar Women’s Day...H&T Ministry holds prize presentation ceremony...Ministry of Information grows trees...Sports Minister presents sports gear in Sagaing, Mandalay...Wellwishers donate cash to mark Myanmar Women’s Day...Girl found infected with New Influenza A (H1N1)...The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded... "PERSPECTIVES": "Boost production of quality agro-based foodstuff"..... ARTICLES: "Wegyi Dam contributing to agricultural and regional development" Article by Win Naing (Kyemon) , Photos by Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)..."Project for Greening 30-mile Radius of Yangon moves into high gear" Article, photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 28 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Drugs and HIV/AIDS Country Programme [Myanmar] (2009-2010)
Date of publication: December 2008
Description/subject: Explanatory notes... Introduction... 1. Overview: 1.1. Background; 1.2. Institutionalized Population; 1.3. Human Trafficking; 1.4. UNODC Strategy; 1.5. United Nations Division of Labour; 1.6. UNODC Drugs and HIV/AIDS Policy; 1.7. HIV/AIDS Situation in Myanmar; 1.8. IDU and DU Situation in the Country; 1.9. Legal Environment; 1.10. Myanmar National Drugs and HIV/AIDS Strategy; 1.11. UNODC Country Office Myanmar Strategy... 2. Drugs and HIV/AIDS Country Programme: 2.1. Scope of the Programme; 2.2. Mission Statement; 2.3. Guiding Principles; 2.4. How We Work; 2.5. What Has to Be Achieved?; 2.6. Objectives and Strategies of the Country Programme; 2.6.1. Coverage; 2.6.2. Strategic Information; 2.6.3. Mainstreaming; 2.7. The Work Plan for 2009-2010; 2.8. Coordination and Partnership; 2.9. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation; 2.9.1. Planning and Reporting; 2.9.2. Monitoring and Evaluation; 2.9.2.1. Monitoring; 2.9.2.2. Evaluation... Bibliography... Tables: Table 1. Programme Portfolio
Language: English
Source/publisher: Drug Demand Reduction, Drugs and HIV/AIDS Unit , United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Country Office Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (1.8MB)
Date of entry/update: 28 June 2009
ML > Health > Threats to Health > Diseases > Communicable (infectious) diseases > HIV/AIDS
Drugs > Drugs and Burma > Burma: HIV/AIDS-Heroin Nexus


Title: World Drug Report 2009
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: Search for Myanmar...85 references including in opium, ATS and cannabis
Language: English (also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish)
Source/publisher: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Format/size: pdf (9MB)
Date of entry/update: 28 June 2009
ML > Drugs > Drugs and Burma > Drugs and Burma: UN System > UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) > UNDCP/ODCCP/UNODC (English)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 27 June 2009
Date of publication: 27 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Over 90 companies gather at First Myanmar Foodstuff Exhibition-2009...H&T Minister inspects regional development tasks...CSSTB holds rainy season tree growing ceremony...Applied Pharmaceutical Management Course concludes...Rainy season tree planting ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw Tsp...SAM donates K 4.5 million to MMCWA...Ministry of Industry-2 holds tree planting ceremony...MWAF holds paper-reading session...14th ISD Karatedo Championship prize-presenting ceremony held...Extempore talks contest in honour of Myanmar Women’s Day held...New school building opened in Htantabin Tsp...Monsoon tree planting ceremony 2009 of Ministry of Culture held...éko Office Furniture Showroom opened...Energy Ministry grows trees...Winners in competitions to mark Myanmar Women’s Day announced...Winners in competitions to mark Int’l Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking honoured...Defence witness Daw Khin Moe Moe summoned in connection with cases against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma...Rare book exhibition, book fair open...ALPHA Health Cup golf tournament organized...Shwe Naing Ngan News Journal Volume 8, No 4 comes out...Myanmar actively cooperating with international community and implementing anti-drug campaigns with added momentum based on own strength, resources International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed...Railway schedules of Pyinmana Station to be shifted to Nay Pyi Taw Station..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Harness natural resources expeditiously for greater economic growth"..... ARTICLE: "Nawnghkio Township enjoying cumulative development in all sectors" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 27 June 2009
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Title: Defence witness Daw Khin Moe Moe summoned in connection with cases against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma
Date of publication: 27 June 2009
Description/subject: YANGON, "26 June—Judges sat for Criminal Cases Nos 47/2009, 48/ 2009, and 49/2009 filed against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma at Yangon North District Court this morning..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (551K)
Date of entry/update: 27 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Shan Drug Watch Newsletter No. 2, June 2009
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: Contents: Ten Years After (S.H.A.N evaluates the first decade of the 15-year drug eradication policy undertaken by Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council in 1999)... Evaluating SPDC’s 15-year master drug elimination plan (After ten years, according to S.H.A.N research, the regime has failed to eradicate opium in 29 of the 51 targeted townships)... Update for 2007-2008 (S.H.A.N summarizes developments in Burma’s drug trade from June 26, 2007 to June 26, 2008 so as to provide an update to our 2007 Drug Watch newsletter)... Wa vow to hang on ("According to a Shan Drug Watch interview on 18 April, 2009, the Wa are finding it increasingly difficult to return to poppy cultivation...")... Want to pluck the moon? Try glue sniffing ("Glue sniffing has been becoming a new phenomenon among youth in Shan State replacing other drugs, according to several sources...")... Generals’ offspring involved in drug scandal ... Naw Kham - Back in action ("On 18 February 2009, a Chinese cargo ship on the Mekong was shot up and one of its crew members killed and at least three others wounded: The blame was placed on Naw Kham, 48, a former Mong Tai Army (MTA) officer, who has been running a protection racket in the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Laos and Thailand meet. Until 2007, the Burmese side of the Triangle was an operational area of the anti- Naypyitaw Shan State Army (SSA) “South”. But during the year, the SSA was chased out by the Burma Army. The resultant vacuum was filled up by Naw Kham, who had become a pro-junta militia chief, and later went underground in 2006...")
Language: English
Source/publisher: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Format/size: pdf (2MB)
Alternate URLs: http://www.shanland.org/images/stories/reports/shan-drug-watch-2009.pdf
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2009
ML > Drugs > Drugs and Burma > Drugs by State and Division > Shan Drug Watch Newsletter


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 26 June 2009
Date of publication: 26 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Local people need to work with zeal for economic development as nation already has an abundant array of land and water resources - PM General Thein Sein inspects rehabilitation tasks in Bogale Township...Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects beautifying and upgrading tasks in Yangon...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Final contests and prize presentation of Japan Cup Karatedo Championship held...Minister performs regional development tasks in Kayin and Mon States...Information Minister visits IPRD office, retransmission station in Htilin Township...First meeting of the ASEAN experts Group on Forestry Products Development held...Bago Division (West) sees progress in road sector...Marijuana, stimulant tablets seized in Yangon, Mandalay Divs...Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry...Photos show seized items, photos and maps showing routes to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house compound displayed at the press conference on intrusion of US citizen Mr. John William Yettaw.—MNA...Questions and answers at press conference on US citizen Mr John William Yettaw’s secretly entering house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...There must be a strong reason why such a sick person chose a long way instead of short, safe way he had used three times Chief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi clarifies on case of US citizen Mr John William Yettaw's secretly entering house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the press conference.—MNA Mr Yettaw was arrested in the water of Inya Lake on 6 May 2009 morning, about 30 yards from the residence of the Charge d' Affaires of the US Embassy...Clarification made on US citizen Mr John William Yettaw’s secretly entering house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...Press conference on intrusion of US citizen Mr John William Yettaw into Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s residence held..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work together with the government conscientiously for total elimination of narcotic drugs".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7MB)
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2009
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Title: Press conference (25 June) on intrusion of US citizen Mr John William Yettaw into Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s residence
Date of publication: 26 June 2009
Description/subject: Press conference on intrusion of US citizen Mr John William Yettaw into Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s residence held...There must be a strong reason why such a sick person chose a long way instead of short, safe way he had used three times - Chief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi clarifies on case of US citizen Mr John William Yettaw's secretly entering house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi - Clarification made on US citizen Mr John William Yettaw’s secretly entering house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (2.8MB)
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - statements etc. by the SPDC and its associates


Title: "The Mon Forum" No. 6/2009 (June 2009)
Date of publication: 30 June 2009
Description/subject: News: (1) Village in Mudon township forced to repair pipeline ruptures... (2) Over 2,981 Karen flee during the SPDC/DKBA and KNLA clashes... Commentary: SPDC's will to oppose 'National Reconciliation'... Personal Accounts: Interview with three women who fled from home and attempted to migrate to Thailand... Report: A road runs through it: Accounts of abuse during strand road construction in Thanbyuzayat: INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; LAND SEIZURE; FORCED SECURITY AND MANUAL LABOR; FORCED PROVISION OF FOOD; Map of Mon PDC road project connecting Setse beach and Kyaikkami Sub-Township, which has directly affected the economic well-being of the local farmers and villagers in Thanbyuzayat Township; CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Format/size: pdf (581K)
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Discrimination > Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on > Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations > Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups > Discrimination against the Mon > "The Mon Forum" and other HURFOM Human Rights Reports (Complete archive)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 25 June 2009
Date of publication: 25 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Each and every citizen has to adhere to Our Three Main National Causes as national policy - Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects reconstruction tasks in Mawlamyinegyun Township...Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends monsoon tree planting ceremonies...International Olympic Day commemorative Mass walk held in Nay Pyi Taw...Mayor attends coord meeting...Statements of both sides heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) for appeal case of refusing two defence witnesses nominated for lawsuit against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma...Tug of War organized to mark International Olympic Day 2009...Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Golf Challenge 2009’s final and prize presenting ceremony...Appointment of Bangladeshi Ambassador agreed on...DPRK owned MV Dumangang cargo vessel due to arrive for shipment of Myanmar rice..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work together with the government for emergence of a modern and developed nation"..... ARTICLE: "Pathein Bridge, a drive for ensuring better transport in Delta of Ayeyawady Division" Article: Kyaw Zeya Myint; Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 June 2009
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Title: Statements of both sides heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) for appeal case of refusing two defence witnesses nominated for lawsuit against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma
Date of publication: 25 June 2009
Description/subject: "YANGON, 24 June—Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma filed an appeal case No 333 (b)/2009 to Supreme Court (Yangon) in dissatisfaction with Yangon Division Court’s decree of confirming Yangon North District Court’s decree of declining the nomination of defence witnesses U Win Tin and U Tin Oo in Criminal Case 47/2009 filed against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma. After hearing the statements of U Kyi Win, the lawyer of the defendants, Supreme Court (Yangon) accepted the case on 17 June. Final statements of both sides in the appeal case were heard at Supreme Court (Yangon) at 10 am today..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (219K)
Date of entry/update: 25 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 24 June 2009
Date of publication: 24 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: People to participate in building a peaceful, modern and developed nation - Prime Minister inspects reconstruction tasks in Labutta Township...Minister receives Chinese guests...Inter-District Road No-1 inspected...Seminar on Prospect of Trade and Tourism Indonesia-Myanmar held...Gifts for Zoological Gardens (Yangon)...F&R Dy Minister arrives back from Spain...Mandalay Mayor provides spur to development tasks...Dicota appoints KMD as sole agent...Talk on “How to Develop Successful Website” on 27 June...Labutta Township gets 60 schools...Labour Minister and party back home...Japan Cup Karatedo Contest kicks off...People to make sustained efforts to achieve better social-economic life - Information Minister holds discussions with local people in Htilin...Dy FM arrives back from Belgium...Over 80 staff of Industry-1 Ministry receive English, job skills...12th meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group of Herbal and Medicinal Plants he...Myanma Foodstuff Fair to be held on 26 June...Earthquake Report..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards lasting Paukphaw friendship"..... ARTICLE: "Takaw Sluice Gate supplying fresh water to monsoon and summer paddy plantations in Thongwa Township" Article: Zar Ni; Photos: Htay Aung
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Sink or Swim
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "Can efforts to relax US sanctions against Burma stay afloat in the wake of John William Yettaw’s fateful swim across Inya Lake?... NOBODY knows for sure what inspired John William Yettaw to don a pair of homemade flippers and swim across Inya Lake to the home of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. But if his intention was to frustrate efforts to open a new chapter in US relations with Burma’s ruling regime, all we can say is: Mission Accomplished. Suu Kyi enters the Insein Prison building where the trial is being held. Of course, Yettaw should not be the one held accountable for the hardening of attitudes toward the Burmese junta in the wake of this incident. For that, Burma’s generals have only themselves to thank..."
Author/creator: Aung Zaw, Neil Lawrence
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Foreign Relations > USA-Burma relations


Title: Chronicle of a Cooked-up Crime
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "As rumors swirled around the arrest and trial of Aung San Suu Kyi and her uninvited American visitor, The Irrawaddy pieced together the known facts of this bizarre case..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: China’s Chance
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: How the global financial crisis has helped Beijing expand its influence in Southeast Asia
Author/creator: Antoaneta Bezlova
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Economy > Burma's economic relations with various countries > Burma's economic relations with China


Title: Get the Ball Rolling
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "Move over Liverpool and Man United! Burma’s first ever professional football league has kicked off THERE are no high-profile names like Cristiano Ronaldo or Leo Messi, and the stadiums might not generate the fever of an 80,000-crowd at Old Trafford or the Bernabeu. But the football-crazy Burmese public was finally given the chance to taste the atmosphere of live professional football matches when the new Myanmar National League Cup kicked off on May 16..."
Author/creator: David Paquette
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Society and Culture > Sports


Title: Character Assassination, or Something Worse?
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "Burma’s rulers may take their efforts to silence Aung San Suu Kyi a step further... THE ruling generals in Naypyidaw must be smiling as their nemesis goes to trial charged with a crime that they did nothing to prevent. In Burma, that is the kind of perversion of justice that truly delights the country’s brutal junta. The case against Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been accused of violating the conditions of her house arrest by allowing a “guest” to stay overnight in her home, is as ludicrous as it is outrageous. But the people of Burma are not laughing, because they know the consequences of this absurd episode could be deadly serious..."
Author/creator: Kyaw Moe Zaw
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: Naked Defiance
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "Artists pay scant attention to regime restrictions by tackling a taboo genre... ENCOURAGED and emboldened by an increasing interest in their work among Western art enthusiasts and collectors, some Burmese artists are venturing into a genre that breaks with the past and bravely flouts official disapproval. It’s literally naked defiance. These artists are tackling an aesthetic subject that has been treated openly in the West for centuries—the nude..."
Author/creator: Jim Andrews
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Society and Culture > Visual and Plastic Arts > Painting


Title: Never Say Die: Review of "Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West" by Zoya Phan and Damien Lewis
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West" by Zoya Phan and Damien Lewis; Simon & Schuster, 2009. P 355... A prominent new voice in the world of Burma activism tells a timely tale of survival and determination
Author/creator: Neil Lawrence
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
RR > Book Reviews and Announcements


Title: Melamine, Chemical Dyes—What’s the Next Poison to Spike Burmese Food?
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "FIRST it was the melamine scandal, in which a harmful chemical was found in milk and dairy products sold in Burmese stores. Then came the pickled tea scandal, also involving chemical additives—followed by a similar scare over tainted shrimp paste. Burmese consumers are having an increasingly difficult time finding risk-free foodstuffs in the markets these days..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Health > Threats to Health > Restricted access to essential resources > Restricted access to adequate food > Food safety


Title: Under a Stormy Sky
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy delta, there’s a sense of accomplishment, but also a realization that recovery remains a distant goal for those without homes, land and livelihoods..."
Author/creator: Yeni
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath > Cyclone Nargis: Individual documents


Title: Distrust and Division in the Delta
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "One year after Cyclone Nargis, doubts about the Burmese regime’s role in the relief effort continue to slow the recovery of the Irrawaddy delta..."
Author/creator: Htet Aung
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath > Cyclone Nargis: Individual documents


Title: What They Say One Year On
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: "A year after Cyclone Nargis devastated a wide swathe of the Irrawaddy delta, many survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives. One of the greatest obstacles to a return to normalcy has been the reluctance of international donors to fund projects that depend on the cooperation of the Burmese junta. Among humanitarian relief agencies, a debate is raging about how to respond to the needs of the people of the delta, while addressing concerns that aid could be misused by the regime. Here is a selection of comments from people engaged in this ongoing discussion, which could have long-term implications for Burma’s social, political and economic development..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 3
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2009
ML > Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath > Cyclone Nargis: Individual documents


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 23 June 2009
Date of publication: 23 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar delegation led by Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San on tour of Hangzhou...Commander presents shield to Sepak Takraw winning teams...Commander attends football match...International Olympic Day 2009 commemorative Hockey demonstration held...ISD Karatedo Championship...Information Minister inspects regional development tasks in Magway Div...Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Golf Challenge 2009 held in Bagan...Five special criminal appeal cases heard...Talk on “Tourism Related Insurance” by UMTA...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Governor...Ministers discuss respective sectors during goodwill visit to China...Myanmar delegation attends second disaster risk reduction workshop...Premier coffee & Ginsetin singer selection contest held in Ayeyawady Division...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Mr. Guo Sheng Kun, Secretary of Communist Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and goodwill delegation members visit Guangxi Zhuang Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Zone..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Further strengthen friendly ties between Myanmar and PRC".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 23 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 22 June 2009
Date of publication: 22 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: China and Myanmar have been good neighbourly nations for many years based on mutual understanding, respect and friendship - Vice-Senior General Maung Aye... In the international arena, China will protect the just and fair interests of Myanmar - Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao... Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao...Maj-Gen Ko Ko looks into development tasks in Pyapon District, Maubin Township...Olympic Day Run Cricket Movement organized...International Olympic Day commemorative swimming contest organized...Information Minister meets local people of Saw Tsp in Gangaw District...Collective tree planting ceremony for 3rd week of Ministry of Information held...Web Essentials course for creation of websites...Talk on Noni (Morinda angustifolia) given...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San meet staff of Myanmar Embassy in Beijing...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of Provincial People's Congress of Zhejiang Province...Nagapauk sluice gate in Waw Township commissioned...Myanmar delegation led by Vice-Senior General Maung Aye visits China Science and Technology Museum, Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Fa Men Si Temple...Governor of Shaanxi Province calls on Vice-Senior General Maung Aye..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Try to achieve new successes in China-Myanmar relations"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 21 June 2009
Date of publication: 21 June 2009
Description/subject: CYCLONE NARGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH: New school buildings in storm-hit area handed over to Ministry of Education.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing welcome back Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, wife Daw Mya Mya San on return from PRC...Secure and smooth transport for Yangon Division discussed...F&R Minister meets management officers...Religious Affairs Minister receives Vietnamese Ambassador...Action to be taken against undisciplined video industries...Vice-President of PRC hosts dinner in honour of Myanmar goodwill delegation led by Vice-Chairman of SPDC Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wifE...The aim of visit to the People’s Republic of China is to enhance existing bilateral friendship and cooperation - Vice-Senior General Maung Aye...Foreign countries should not interfere in internal affairs of Myanmar - Chinese Vice-President Mr. Xi Jinping...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets Chinese Vice-President Mr. Xi Jinping...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San and party pay homage to Buddha Tooth Relic, visit Bird Nest Stadium and Water Cube in Beijing...Nay Pyi Taw BEPS No. 17 gets new school building...Dy Health Minister attends coord meeting of Public Health University...Markets in Mawlamyine Tsp under way of inspection...PRC Vice-President welcomes Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San arrive in People’s Republic of China..... "PERSPECTIVES": "All arid regions to have easy access to potable water".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar
Date of publication: 01 June 2009
Description/subject: Summary: "The present report, which has been prepared pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005), covers the period from 1 October 2007 to 31 March 2009 and is the second report on children and armed conflict in Myanmar to be presented to the Security Council and its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. The report provides information on the grave violations against children in Myanmar and identifies State and non-State parties to the conflict responsible for such violations. It highlights the fact that United Nations agencies and its partners in Myanmar remain constrained by the absence of an agreed action plan and access and security impediments which present a challenge for effective monitoring and reporting efforts, and for the provision of a comprehensive account of grave violations being perpetrated by a range of armed forces and groups in Myanmar. The report notes various levels of contact and some progress in establishing child protection dialogue between the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the United Nations country team, the country task force and the Government, as well as some ceasefire groups. It also recognizes several important ongoing initiatives by the Government of Myanmar to address the issue of underage recruitment into military service since my first report and pursuant to Security Council Working Group conclusions, including actions to discharge underage children, and training and awareness-raising activities for military personnel on international and national law on the prevention of recruitment of children. The report stresses the need for the Governments concerned to facilitate dialogue between the United Nations and the Karen National Union and Karenni National Progressive Party for the purposes of signing an action plan in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005), following their initial deeds of commitment. Finally, the report contains a series of recommendations aimed at securing strengthened action for the protection of children in Myanmar."
Language: English
Source/publisher: United Nations Security Council (S/2009/278)
Format/size: pdf (107K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs07/UNSC-Children_and_armed_conflict_in_Myanmar.pdf
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > Civil War > The Civil War in Burma > Children and armed conflict


Title: ILC 2009 (98th session):- Committee on the Application of Standards: Special Sitting to examine developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Provisional Record
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: Contents: A. Record of the discussion in the Committee on the Application of Standards... Document D.5: B. Observation of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations on the observance of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), by Myanmar ... C. Report of the Liaison Officer to the special sitting on Myanmar (Convention No. 29) of the Committee on the Application of Standards... D. Conclusions of the Committee on the Application of Standards in its special sitting to examine developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (International Labour Conference, 97th Session, June 2008)... E. Documents before the Governing Body at its 303rd Session ... F. Documents before the Governing Body at its 304th Session ... Document D.6: G. Information received from the Government of Myanmar – Communication received by the Office on 1 June 2009
Language: English
Source/publisher: International Labour Office
Format/size: pdf (1MB, OBL version; 2.4MB Original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_108330...
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: CIT 2009 - 98e session: Seance speciale sur le travail force au Myanmar de la Commission de l'Application des Normes - Compte rendu provisoire
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: Table des matières: A. Comptes rendus de la discussion de la Commission de l’application des normes..... Document D.5: B. Observation de la Commission d’experts pour l’application des conventions et recommandations sur l’exécution par le Myanmar de la convention (no 29) sur le travail forcé, 1930 ... C. Rapport du chargé de liaison à la séance spéciale de la Commission de l’application des normes sur l’application par le Myanmar de la convention no 29 ... D. Conclusions adoptées par la Commission de l’application des normes lors de sa séance spéciale pour l’examen des faits nouveaux concernant la question de l’exécution par le gouvernement du Myanmar de la convention (no 29) sur le travail forcé, 1930 (Conférence internationale du Travail, 97e session, juin 2008) ... E. Documents soumis au Conseil d’administration à sa 303e session ... F. Documents soumis au Conseil d’administration à sa 304e session..... Document D.6: G. Information reçue du gouvernement du Myanmar – Communication reçue par le Bureau le 1er juin 2009
Language: Francais, French
Source/publisher: Bureau International du Travail
Format/size: pdf (450K - OBL version; 1.2MB - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_108311...
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents de la Conference internationale du Travail (CIT) - Francais


Title: CIT 2009, 98.a reunion:- Comision de Aplicacion de Normas, Sesion especial sobre el trabajo forzoso en Myanmar - Actas Provisionales
Date of publication: June 2009
Description/subject: Índice: A. Actas de la discusión de la Comisión de Aplicación de Normas..... Documento D.5: B. Observación de la Comisión de Expertos en Aplicación de Convenios y Recomendaciones relativa a la observancia por Myanmar del Convenio sobre el trabajo forzoso, 1930 (núm. 29) ... C. Informe del Funcionario de Enlace a la Sesión especial sobre Myanmar (Convenio núm. 29) de la Comisión de Aplicación de Normas ... D. Conclusiones adoptadas por la Comisión de Aplicación de Normas en su Sesión especial para examinar acontecimientos relacionados con la cuestión de la observancia por el Gobierno de Myanmar del Convenio sobre el trabajo forzoso, 1930 (núm. 29) (Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo – 97.ª reunión – junio de 2008) ... E. Documentos sometidos a la 303.ª reunión del Consejo de Administración ...F. Documentos sometidos a la 304.ª reunión del Consejo de Administración.....Documento D.6: G. Información recibida del Gobierno de Myanmar – Comunicación recibida por la Oficina el 1.º de junio de 2009
Language: Espanol, Spanish
Source/publisher: Oficina Internacional del Trabajo
Format/size: pdf (1MB)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_108313...
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documentos de la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo (Espanol)


Title: ILC 2009 (98th session): Statement by H.E. U Wunna Maung Lwin, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of the Union of Myanmar at the Committee on the Application of Standards of the 98th Session of the International Labour Conference
Date of publication: 06 June 2009
Description/subject: "...I would like to reiterate that Myanmar has shown its political will and she has been and will be cooperating with the ILO in a constructive manner with a view to eradicating the practice of forced labour in the country..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Mission, Geneva
Format/size: pdf (63K - OBL version; 1.14MB - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.myanmargeneva.org/statement&speech/Statement%2098th%20ILC.pdf
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: ILC 2009 (98th Session): Myanmar Statement on Convention 87
Date of publication: 09 June 2009
Description/subject: Statement by His Excellency U Wunna Maung Lwin, Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of the Union of Myanmar at the Committee on the Application of Standards of the 98th Session of the International Labour Conference regarding Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (Convention No. 87), Geneva, 9 June 2009
Source/publisher: Myanmar Mission, Geneva
Format/size: pdf (69K - OBL version; 1.1MB - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.myanmargeneva.org/statement&speech/Statement%20Convention-87.pdf
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: ILC 2009 (98th Session): Statement by His Excellency U Aung Kyi, Minister for Labour of the Union of Myanmar at the 98th Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 11 June 2009
Date of publication: 11 June 2009
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Mission, Geneva
Format/size: pdf (62K - OBL version; 551K - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.myanmargeneva.org/statement&speech/Statement%20by%20Labour%20Minister%20at%2098th%20Sess...
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases Press Statement [No. 5/2009] in response to the declaration of EU Presidency
Date of publication: 15 June 2009
Description/subject: "The European Union (EU) Presidency issued a declaration on 11th June 2009 voicing its unwarranted concern at the alleged mounting offensive of the Myanmar Army and its allies against the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the Myanmar-Thai border areas which resulted in large numbers of so-called civilians fleeing from the conflict area in Kayin State to Thailand. It is quite obvious that the EU's declaration must have been based on inaccurate news emanated from the insurgent groups. The tone and tenor of the declaration obviously reflects the total ignorance of EU Presidency on the true facts and main causes of the clashes between the two factions of the armed groups..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Myanmar Mission, Geneva
Format/size: pdf (85K - OBL version; 543K - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.myanmargeneva.org/pressrelease_PMGev/Press%20Release%20No%205-2009.pdf
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - statements etc. by the SPDC and its associates


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 20 June 2009
Date of publication: 20 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: 16th cash donation ceremony Four political objectives held for supply of clean drinking water to rural areas...Commander views World Population Day commemorative painting contest...Industry-2 Minister receives officials from HMT International Ltd...Dy Health Minister meets fresher doctors...Eight special civil appeal cases heard...Sports Refresher Course for Teachers concludes...Gift for Central Women’s Hospital (Yangon)...Winners of International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking competitions announced...Saplings distributed free in Mudon Township...Ways sought to implement ASEANSocio- Cultural Community Blueprint...Minister inspects pharmaceutical factory...19th Myanmar Police Force Chief’s Shield Chess Tournament prize presenting ceremony...Construction of training hall in CICS (Phaunggyi) inspected...Collective ploughing for cultivation of monsoon paddy in Waw Tsp, Bago Div...Continuing Professional Development Forum on 24 June..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Enhance national prestige and integrity through the might of literature"..... ARTICLES: "Shan State (East) sees better road transport facilities" Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)..."Kunchaung Dam in Kyangin Township, Ayeyawady Division" Article: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (9MB)
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 18 June 2009
Date of publication: 18 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends rainy season tree planting ceremonies, opening of library in Dagon Myothit and Mayangon Townships...Sepak Takraw Competition kicks off...Karatedo Referee Seminar concludes...International Olympic Day Commemorative Cycling Contest 2009 concludes...MMA Chairman’s Cup Golf Tournament on 21 June...Sanitation tasks carried out in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital (Mandalay)...Regional development undertakings speeded up...Commander, Minister visit Taninthayi, Palaw Townships...Health personnel urged to step up works for human flu pandemic prevention...US Diplomats in Thailand meet so-called refugees in Thai-Myanmar border...Myanmar entrepreneurs win Best Organizer Award in Kunming Trade Fair...Commander visits Basic Education High Schools in Bago...Vice-Mayor sees off Chinese delegation...Forestry Minister receives Vietnamese Ambassador...Offer to those wishing to sell automobiles...MWAF holds educative talks and stationery donation ceremony...Get-together of Hiking and Mountaineering Associations on 28 June...Health Minister inspects hospitals in Bago Div...Military Codes of Conduct contest held...Ayeyawady Naval Region Command wins championship shield...Course on Home Based Care for Older People concludes...Judgment delivered to accept appealing case on decree of declining nomination of two witnesses by the accused in trial against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma...Talks on traffic rules organized..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Raise the momentum of anti-drug campaign"..... ARTICLES: "Hsenwi sees considerable development in various sectors" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)..."Steamed rubber wood with export quality used in making modern furniture" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 19 June 2009
Date of publication: 19 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Construction Minister inspects bridges, roads in Mandalay Division...Duya Station BEHS gets new building...Minister tours Taninthayi Division...Second round of Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Golf Challenge 2009 held...Commander looks into academic matters of Hsinmyeeswe Village BEHS...Chaungtha Village gets primary education school...Magway computer university grows trees...Talks on Current Perspectives in Liver Transplantation on 21 June...Commander attends opening of Commander’s Shield Football Tourney...World Population Day commemorative contests held...Social welfare officers appointed...IBTC introduces new products...Government-Business Relations in South East Asia talk on 20 June...Rainy season tree growing ceremony held in Mandalay...Myanmar Human Rights Group issues statement ["1. Myanmar authorities have been putting American citizen Mr. John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her two aides on trial for their offences in accordance with international standards and domestic laws. 2. While doing as such, it is regretful to learn that five UN human rights Special Rapporteurs issued a statement..."... Commander meets athletes of Yangon...New building handed over to Specialist Hospital (Mingaladon)... Command sports teams...Paediatric Emergencies: An Illustrated Guide talk on 27 June...Discussion on revival of noni..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Save lives with pure and healthy blood"..... ARTICLES: "Kayin State in position to provide tertiary education for the youth" Article: Kyaw Zeya Myint; Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)..."Loilem, a lovely township amongst lush, green mountain ranges" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
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Title: A Struggle between Truth and Injustice - A Comprehensive Report on The Unfair Trial of Democracy Leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Date of publication: 19 June 2009
Description/subject: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "Due to intrusion of an American citizen into her residence compound in May 2009, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was taken into custody by the State Peace and Development Council. She, not her guards, was accused of violating terms of her house arrest, a sentence she began serving approximately six years ago. The recent trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appears politically motivated and is a way for the SPDC to continue her custody from Insein prison. Since the beginning of her house arrest in 2003, the SPDC declared Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s detainment was a temporary 'protective custody.' Her original sentence was extended last year, although current laws in Burma suggest an extension was illegal. This year the SPDC is attempting to extend her detention under the pretext of a show trial in order to prevent her participation in the current political process and 2010 parliamentary election. The military regime may be attempting to permanently purge Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma's political scene. The National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) compiled data and information regarding Daw Aung San Suu Kyi' trial. This report demonstrates this trial is politically motivated, procedures and sentencing do not follow existing Burmese law, highlights the weaknesses and injustices in the legal process of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, and shows how flawed the legal system in Burma is under the SPDC military rule. It also points out the 'crisis of Constitution', the term Daw Aung San Suu Kyi used to symbolize the trial. This comprehensive report includes transcripts of the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her two colleagues that reside in her residence. This report includes information from sources inside Burma and refers to articles printed in the state-run news paper 'New Light of Myanmar'..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) Research and Documentation Unit
Format/size: pdf (781K)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
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Title: "The Myanmar Times" June 15 - 21, 2009 Volume 24, No. 475
Date of publication: 21 June 2009
Description/subject: NEWS TOPICS: Chin Hills conservation gains momentum » E-commerce the first challenge in ASEAN free trade deal » Singapore minister reopens hospital destroyed by Nargis » Carelessness caused pagoda mishap » Results of matriculation exams posted » Disease control plan to be implemented » DCA probes Sittwe crash » Villagers in Kayin State get free medical treatment » State media slams Thai interference » Strong wind decks houses in Yangon » UMTA holds meeting » Hninzigone to hold nursing course » Woodcutter chomped by croc in Tanintharyi Div » Australia mulls Asia language program » Weather still a major concern in Myanmar » Seminar to focus on Theravada Buddhism » Paungde museum honours charity worker » Govt to roll our CDMA fixed phones as quick fix » Southern shift focus to 2010 » Weightlifters prepare for national championships » Myanmar disappoints at futsal » Delta crash from finals contention...BUSINESS: Education plus material aid for farmers: World Vision » B&P export volumes to rise in 2009-10: govt » China tips Myanmar bilateral trade to increase again » Further training slated for textile workers in August: JETRO » Better living standards equal higher rents in delta » Top floor living a tricky prospect » A taste of the suburban dream?
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
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Title: Myanmar Human Rights Group issues statement
Date of publication: 19 June 2009
Description/subject: "1. Myanmar authorities have been putting American citizen Mr. John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her two aides on trial for their offences in accordance with international standards and domestic laws. 2. While doing as such, it is regretful to learn that five UN human rights Special Rapporteurs issued a statement misleadingly on 16 June 2009..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (647K)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
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Title: Judgment delivered to accept appealing case on decree of declining nomination of two witnesses by the accused in trial against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma
Date of publication: 18 June 2009
Description/subject: "...As to whether the appealing case should be heard or not, the statements of defence lawyer U Kyi Win were heard at court room No (2) of Supreme Court (Yangon) at 10 am today, and a decree was delivered to hear the case..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (531K)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 17 June 2009
Date of publication: 17 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Sri Lankan goodwill delegation concludes visit...Forestry Minister and Kayah State Chairman inspect regional development tasks...Work coordination meeting of Myanma Insurance held...New issue of Yangon Travels Journal in circulation...Over 9600 acres of poppy in Shan State (North) wiped out...Minister for Industry-2 inspects truck and LED bulb production...Selected candidates for further studies to be qualified ones, says Health Minister...Seminar between Myanmar and Sri Lanka held...MKF organizes Karatedo Referee Seminar...Rules, regulations for restaurants, boarding houses in Mandalay to be tightened...MOC Chairman attends prize-presentation ceremony of ISD Taekwondo competition (2009)...Upgrading of Nay Pyi Taw National Herb Garden Work Committee meets...Industry-2 Ministry holds 2nd rainy season tree planting ceremony...Literary discussion held...Awareness against human influenza pandemic to be raised in states/divisions..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Act according to health education announcements"..... ARTICLES: "Integrated farming system benefiting rural people" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)..."Mongtin Village on brink of transition to urban area" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (8MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2009
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Title: "The Myanmar Times" June 8 - 14, 2009 Volume 24, No. 474
Date of publication: 14 June 2009
Description/subject: NEWS TOPICS: Shwe Amyutay prizes announced » S. Korea, ASEAN mark 20 years of dialogue by inking free trade pact » Postponed ASEAN summit scheduled » World-roving Japanese cyclist pedals through Myanmar » Famed science writer, translator Maung Su Shin passes away » Blood bank donations increase » World Vision provides monsoon paddy » U Thant honoured by UN secretary general » NGO sends plants to Ayeyarwady delta » Myanmar doctors weak in research techniques: experts » Gov’t rebuts trial concerns » The Myanmar Times to raise advertising rates » Community conserves wildlife in Natmataung » Domestic airlines brace for monsoon » Foreign worker enclaves mushroom in globalised Singapore » Dengue prevention starts » Tours link Myitkyina with Bagan » We’re targeting mid-table, says U Kyaw Tint » Babo strike secures win for Yadanarbon...BUSINESS: Thai expo inspires fisheries exporters » Japanese private schools accept more local students » Car prices drive up » MES opens mechanical course in June » Sky’s the limit for Singapore gardens » An obsession with white in South Okkalapa
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2009
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" 2009


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 16 June 2009
Date of publication: 16 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe and wife bid farewell to Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa and wife at Nay Pyi Taw Airport...MPF Special Refresher Course opens...U Win Shein presents Credentials to Cambodian King...Newly appointed doctors receive management skills...A World of Wonder Program launched...Information Ministry plants 5,770 trees in monsoon season...Second leg of Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Golf Challenge 2009 Tournament held...Yangon Mayor meets Chinese delegation...High tide, but no danger...Auditor proficiency course concluded...Essay contest held to mark WPD...Sri Lankan President and wife pay homage to Uppatasanti Pagoda...Sri Lankan goodwill delegation arrives in Yangon...Mayor inspects upgrading of roads in Mandalay...Sri Lankan President unveils bronze plaque of Mitta Village established in Kungyangon Township...Chin State marks World No -Tobacco Day...Commander inspects sanitation tasks...Winners of table tennis tourney awarded...Mandalay mayor meets entrepreneurs...Regional developments inspected in Kayah State...MPF Chief’s Shield Chess tourney kicks off...Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing see off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San who leave for People’s Republic of China on goodwill visit...Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host dinner in honour of visiting Sri Lankan goodwill delegation..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Further strengthen friendship and cooperation between Myanmar and Sri Lanka".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 15 June 2009
Date of publication: 15 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing welcome Sri Lankan President Mr.Mahinda Rajapaksa and Madam Shiranthi Rajapaksa at Nay Pyi Taw Airport...Commander inspects road/bridge in An Tsp...World Population Day commemorative essay contests held...Kayah State marks World No-Tobacco Day...Sakura Auto Auction Centre opened...World Population Day commemorative essay contests held...Myanmar delegation led by Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Sri Lankan delegation led by Hon’ble President Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa meet...Forestry Minister inspects development tasks...Madam Shiranthi Rajapaksa visits Gems Museum, Nay Pyi Taw Water Fountain Garden, Nay Pyi Taw Myoma market...Press briefing on future programmes of Okkthar United FC...Senior General Than Shwe receives Sri Lankan goodwill delegation..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Build a network of railroads across the Union"..... ARTICLE: "Flourishing oil palm farming in Taninthayi Division" Article, photos; June Maung Maung
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2009
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Title: A Governance Gap: The Failure of the Korean Government to hold Korean Corporations Accountable to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Regarding Violations in Burma
Date of publication: 15 June 2009
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "This report is intended to inform the upcoming meetings of the OECD Investment Committee in Paris, France in 2009. It documents substantive errors in the Korean NCP’s interpretations of the OECD Guidelines, and its failure to achieve functional equivalence with other NCPs. EarthRights International (ERI) and the Shwe Gas Movement (SGM) request the Investment Committee to address the governance gap within the OECD Guidelines system of implementation by acknowledging the Korean NCP’s errors in interpretation, and by clarifying certain aspects of Guidelines with respect to the Korean NCP’s decision in the Shwe case. Chapter 1 provides an updated context of the situation in Burma, highlighting the environmental and human rights, political, and economic situations, with particular attention to updates on the impacts of natural gas development in the country. Chapter 2 describes the OECD Guidelines specific instance procedure and the complaint filed by ERI and SGM et al. in October 2008. Chapter 3 explains structural shortcomings and conflicts of interest at the Korean NCP, noting that these are problems that appear to pervade the NCP system, raising important questions about the ability of the Guidelines to have their desired effect. Chapter 4 describes specific substantive problems with the Korean NCP’s decision in the Shwe case, noting how the NCP decided in favor of the companies on every count, concluding that the complaint did not merit further attention. Chapter 5 highlights the ways in which the Korean NCP’s decision is inconsistent with decisions of other NCPs, most notably with decisions by the French and UK NCPs. Chapter 6 makes specific requests of the OECD Investment Committee with respect to clarifying certain aspects of the Guidelines and taking effective action to improve the performance of the Korean NCP. Appendix A of this report is an unofficial English translation of the Korean NCPs decision. The text of the complaint filed by ERI and SGM et al. is available at www.earthrights.org."
Language: English
Source/publisher: EarthRights International, Shwe Gas Movement
Format/size: pdf (496MB)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs07/A_Governance_Gap-ERI.pdf
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2009
ML > Economy > Investment in Burma/Myanmar > Foreign investment in oil and gas > Arakan (Shwe) gas field > Shwe gas field -- reports and articles


Title: "Voice of Burma" 714
Date of publication: 14 June 2009
Language: Burmese
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (381K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2009
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2009


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 14 June 2009
Date of publication: 14 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Profile of the Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka...Minister visits Insein Locomotive Shed...Commander, Mayor inspect schools in Thakayta Township...Deputy Health Minister presents medical kits for rural health centres...Secure and smooth transport discussed...CPT Minister inspects functions of communication stations...Mines Minister performs regional development tasks in Mon State...Fourth AGM of Union of Myanmar Travel Association held...Poster contest to mark World Population Day held in Nay Pyi Taw...228 drug-related cases exposed in May...Warning on prevention and control of human influenza pandemic...Physic nut growing ceremonies held in Myitkyina, Waingmaw Tsps...SWRR Minister attends stake driving ceremony for fire station...Inter-State/Division Taekwondo tournament commences...Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases Press Statement in response to declaration of EU Presidency [on recent Karen refugee flows to Thailand]..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Progress of border areas contributes to perpetuation of sovereignty"..... ARTICLES: "Lelu Bridge helps improve transport sector of Namsang Township" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)..."Technological University in Shan State (East) reflecting goodwill of government" Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2009
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Title: ILC 2009 (98th session):- Committee on the Application of Standards: Special Sitting to examine developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Conclusions
Date of publication: 06 June 2009
Description/subject: "...The Committee strongly urged the Government to fully implement without delay the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry and the comments and observations of the Committee of Experts, and in particular to: 1. take necessary steps without any further delay to bring the relevant legislative texts, in particular the Village Act and the Towns Act, into line with Convention No. 29; 2. amend Paragraph 15 of Chapter VHI of the new Constitution in order to bring it into conformity with Convention No. 29; 3. ensure the total elimination of forced labour practices that were still persistent and widespread; 4. ensure that perpetrators of forced labour, whether civil or military, were prosecuted and punished under the Penal Code; 5. issue an authoritative statement at the highest level clearly confirming to the people of Myanmar the Government's policy for the elimination of forced labour and its intention to prosecute perpetrators; 6. approve a simply worded brochure in accessible languages on the functioning of the Supplementary Understanding; 2 3 7. eliminate the continuing problems in the physical ability of victims of forced labour or their families to complain and immediately cease harassment, retaliation and imprisonment of individuals who used or facilitated the use of the complaints mechanism..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: International Labour Office
Format/size: pdf (99K)
Date of entry/update: 13 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: ILC 2009 (98th session):- Committee on the Application of Standards: Convention 87 (Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise) - Conclusions on Myanmar
Date of publication: June 2009
Language: English
Source/publisher: International Labour Office
Format/size: pdf (103K)
Date of entry/update: 13 June 2009
ML > International Labour Organisation (ILO) > International Labour Conference > Documents of the International Labour Conference (English)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 12 June 2009
Date of publication: 12 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe felicitates Russian President...Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Philippines President...Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San to pay official visit to PRC...Secretary-1 attends National Day reception of Russian Federation...Foreign Affairs Minister felicitates Russian counterpart...Foreign Affairs Minister sends message of felicitations to Philippine counterpart...Myanmar Government hands over cash donation to Sri Lanka...Health care service provided with impetus...Staff children get cash assistance...Printing and publishing of school textbooks for 2010-2011 academic year discussed...Development tasks inspected in Pyay, Shwedaung, Paukkhaung...Traditional costume show on 27, 28 June...Talks on hotel business on 13 June...Singaporean Senior Minister and party pay homage to Shwedagon Pagoda, attend opening of station hospital in Twantay Tsp...Mayor inspects development tasks...Online Visa on Arrival system introduced...National Seminar on OIE Standards for Veterinary Services takes place...MAAS holds talks (3/2009)...LBVD conducts talks on A/H1N1 in Myaungmya...Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitates Russian counterpart...Prime Minister General Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Philippine President...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Take an active part in the anti-drug campaign"..... ARTICLES: "Tachilek enjoying development fruits, trade promotion" Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)..."The whole country must be green with woodlands" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.9MB)
Date of entry/update: 13 June 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 13 June 2009
Date of publication: 13 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Meeting No. 1/2009 of Myanmar War Veterans Organization Central Organizing Committee held...Ways sought to expedite precautionary measures against New Influenza A/H1N1...MFPTMA discusses cooperation with economic mission of Malaysian Timber Council...Information Ministry staff urged to join hands with people to successfully realize State’s seven-step Road Map with political, organizational and security outlooks - Anniversary ceremonies aimed at reviewing strong and weak points in previous year’s performances and awarding outstanding staff...Old students of YUCS to be pay respects in July...Myanmar Wushu team back from Macao...F&R Ministry holds rainy season tree planting ceremony...Defence witness Daw Khin Moe Moe to appear for case against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma...Indian Pharmaceuticals Exposition 2009 commences...Magway Div observes World No Tobacco Day...ASEAN Energy meetings held...Mandalay Mayor inspects regional development tasks...Central Command Commander views sanitation tasks..... INTERNATIONAL NEWS: UN official sees promising prospect of Trans-Asian Railway Network..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Take preventive measures against New Influenza A/H1N1"..... ARTICLES: "Easy access to higher education, better health care in Bago Division (West)" Article: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos; Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)...Gwegyo Dam contributing to greening of Pakokku District Article & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 13 June 2009
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Title: Defence witness Daw Khin Moe Moe to appear for case against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma
Date of publication: 13 June 2009
Description/subject: "NAY PYI TAW, 12 June—The cases filed against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma under Criminal Case 47/2009, 48/2009 and 49/2009 were heard at Yangon North District Court this morning. The cases were put off to 10 am on 26 June for Yangon North District Court to question defence witness Daw Khin Moe Moe for Criminal Case 47/ 2009 to be heard under the order dated 9 June of Criminal Amendment No. 437/ 2009 of Yangon Division Court."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: PDF (432K)
Date of entry/update: 13 June 2009
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Title: Burma-Nachrichten 8/2009, 12. Juni
Date of publication: 12 June 2009
Description/subject: Meldungen: Aktionstag am 19. Juni in Berlin!; Prozess gegen Aung San Suu Kyi auf Ende Juni vertagt; Krieg im Karen-Staat löst Fluchtwelle aus; Deutschland und Frankreich besorgt um Aung San Suu Kyi; Kupfermine nimmt Produktion wieder auf; Keine Dämme in China, aber am Salween-Fluss
Language: Deutsch, German
Source/publisher: Burma-Initiative Asienhaus
Format/size: html (14k)
Date of entry/update: 12 June 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 11 June 2009
Date of publication: 11 June 2009
Description/subject: CYCLONE NARGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH: Agricultural loans disbursed to farmers in Ayeyawady Div.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Sri Lankan President and wife to pay State Visit to Myanmar ...Government has practically improved all infrastructures for restoration of peace, stability and development - Commander, minister attend opening of self-reliant village libraries in Sagaing Division...Intellectual Property Rights beyond 2010...Narcotic drugs seized in Taunggyi, Lashio...Respects paid to oldest grandma at Hninzigon Home for the Aged...Deputy Minister meets senior pilots, pilots...“External Immobilization in Orthopaedic Practice” on 13 June...Singaporean delegation visits Mandalay, Taunggyi... "PERSPECTIVES": "Open more village libraries for self-improvement of rural people"..... ARTICLES: "If good neighbourly relations are maintained" Kyaw Ye Min ["...Thai government’s current stand on Myanmar shows that it is not a good neighbouring country of Myanmar...Though the relations between Thailand and Myanmar were good during the time of the former prime minister, at present the relations between the two countries are under strain which had been unprecedented in the history. There should be a conviction that as we are neighbouring countries we can ignore each other, but we cannot deny the fact that we are neighbours. As we are sharing a common land border we will be always neighbours till the end of the world. It is impossible to change this situation. Hence, it is specially required to show amicable relations, friendly acts and right stand. Myanmar’s internal affairs will never be a threat to the region although Thailand has expressed concern. The government of Thailand should believe that with Thailand’s right stand and good neighbourliness, the two countries can sort out any problems. Our stand is that we want to maintain the amicable relations...". Contains references to the tria;l of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the KNU]..."Mandalay-Lashio-Muse Union Highway facilitates smooth transport" Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 11 June 2009
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Title: Results (mainly news items) of a Google seach for: Aung San Suu Kyi trial
Description/subject: 2,390,000 results (11 June 2009)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Google
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 11 June 2009
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 10 June 2009
Date of publication: 10 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe felicitates Portuguese President...Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe receives Senior Minister of the Republic of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong and party...Join hands with government for stability of State, community peace, national development - Information Minister attends opening of self-reliant libraries in Sagaing Division...Kayah State chairman meets with trainees of UDNR...Using Web as a Professional & Using Web to be a Professional...Chindwin Gonyi Magazine in circulation...58 receive carpentry, bricklaying and steel fixing skills in Putao...Judgement delivered on statements by both sides as to dismissing three witnesses nominated by the accused...Lt-Gen Myint Swe receives Singaporean goodwill delegation...Singaporean Senior Minister arrives in Nay Pyi Taw on goodwill visit...MWAF donates stationery, school uniforms to school-age children in Ayeyawady Div...Singaporean Senior Minister Mr. Goh Chok Tong arrives in Yangon...Minister visits main workshop, training centre...Foreign Minister felicitates Portuguese Minister of State NAY PYI TAW, 9 and Foreign Affairs...Myanmar, second in Japan-Mekong U-15 friendship football tourney...Experts discuss ways to promote veterinary to prevent animal-to-human infectious disease...Myanmar still an influenza A/H1N1 free country - Health Ministry taking preventive measures against influenza A/H1N1...First qualifying cut of Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Open Golf Challenge 2009 held in Mandalay...Prevent influenza [Ministry of Health notice]...“Marine product processing technology with organic system” course opens...Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitates Portuguese counterpart...Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Singaporean Senior Minister...Prime Minister General Thein Sein hosts lunch in honour of Senior Minister of the Republic of Singapore Mr. Goh Chok Tong and party..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Grow fruit trees as well as shade trees for green and pleasant environment"..... ARTICLE: "Rakhine State with thick foliage of valuable forests" Article: Reporter Singu Soe Win; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
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Title: Judgement delivered on statements by both sides as to dismissing three witnesses nominated by the accused
Date of publication: 10 June 2009
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (315K)
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (proceedings of 25-26 May)
Date of publication: 27 May 2009
Description/subject: Details of the trial, legislation etc. with reports of the proceedings of 25, 26 May...Undated. Date estimated
Language: English
Source/publisher: National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
Format/size: pdf (26K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ncgub.net/
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (proceedings of 21-22 May)
Date of publication: 23 May 2009
Description/subject: Details of the trial, legislation etc. with reports of the proceedings of 21, 22 May...Undated...Date estimated
Language: English
Source/publisher: National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
Format/size: pdf (20K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ncgub.net/
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (proceedings of 20 May)
Date of publication: 21 May 2009
Description/subject: Details of the trial, legislation etc. with reports of the proceedings of 20 May...Undated...Date estimated
Language: English
Source/publisher: National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
Format/size: pdf (21K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ncgub.net
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (proceedings of 19 May)
Date of publication: 20 May 2009
Description/subject: Details of the trial, legislation etc. with reports of the proceedings of 19 May...Undated...Date estimated
Language: English
Source/publisher: National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
Format/size: pdf (42K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ncgub.net/
Date of entry/update: 10 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 9 June 2009
Date of publication: 09 June 2009
Description/subject: CYCLONE NARGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH: Buffaloes distributed to storm-hit areas in Ayeyawady Division.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 44 reconstructed schools in Maubin handed over to Education Ministry...Industry-2 Minister attends 1st tree growing festival...Mayor inspects dredging of drains...U Ohn Thwin presents Credentials to President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka...New annexe of canteen of TTC opened...Auto auction centre to be inaugurated on 14 June...Myanma Gonye Magazine Vol 30 in circulation...Vice-President of MWAF presents cash, kind to two eye patients...“External Immobilization in Orthopaedic Practice” on 13 June...Indian Pharmaceuticals Exposition 2009 on 12-14 June...58 receive carpentry, bricklaying and iron work skills in Putao...Weight lifting contest on 27-30 June...Weather report...Noteworthy amounts of Rainfall..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards deeper friendship and closer cooperation between Myanmar and Sri Lanka"..... ARTICLES: "Women’s and Children’s Specialist Hospital of Taunggyi providing health care" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)..."ASEAN-Korea Poetry night" Maung Swe Ngae..."Aungban enjoys economic growth through agricultural farming" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.9MB)
Date of entry/update: 09 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 8 June 2009
Date of publication: 08 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Arrangements made for applying international level curricula and syllabuses, multi-media system and teaching aid, electronic and educational network system in education sector - Special Refresher Course No. 12 for Faculty members concludes at CICS (Upper Myanmar)...Yangon Div level computer, cartoon, painting, poster contests organized...Stimulant tablets, marijuana seized in Yangon Division, Shan State (South)...Hninzigon Home for the Aged honours wellwishers...BIG service and new products of LION launches...Ministry of Forestry holds coordination meeting...Myanmar under 13 youth football team arrives back...Nay Pyi Taw Command Commander attends harvesting, ploughing ceremony...Noteworthy amounts of Rainfall..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Nurture human resources systematically"..... ARTICLES: "A dream of domestic salt security" Ngar Min Swe..."Namsang People’s Hospital (50-bed) Project, part of wide-ranging health care for the people" Article: Myint Maung Soe and Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 08 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The Myanmar Times" June 1 - 7, 2009, Volume 24, No. 473
Date of publication: 07 June 2009
Description/subject: NEWS TOPICS: Cooperation needed in Nargis recovery » Intense rainfall drenches Yangon as monsoon roars into Myanmar » PM to travel to SKorea » Monywa copper mine restarts production » CDMA SIM cards hit the shelves » Agricultural food exhibition scheduled » Shwedagon workers get rules warning » ASEAN journalists tour SKorea » Daw Aung San Suu Kyi testifies » Thawtar Swe library to open » Meditation teacher takes students on Singapore tour for ‘mental development’ » Bagan, Luang Prabang named sister cities » Italy gives more than US$5m to FAO » Tourism boosts Ngwe Saung growth » MNL sets sights on foreign leagues » Okkthar snatch first victory » MNL Cup entrance fees top K33 million » The fans’ verdict: MNL Cup Grand Royal 2009 » KBZ tops table with 1-0 win...BUSINESS: Billboard ad revenue rises one-third » Customers wary of pork products » Fertiliser deal with Israeli company voided » Loi Hein seeks investors » Workers look to Brunei for opportunities » Gold price increase » Myanmar-Korea trade to rise » CAEXPO 2009 adds agro-based products » Expert surveys foodstuff industry » Family fare in Mayangone
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 08 June 2009
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" 2009


Title: Reports from Mark Canning on the trial of Daw Aung SAn Suu Kyi
Description/subject: Mark Canning is the British Ambassador in Rangoon
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Guardian"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 08 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 6 June 2009
Date of publication: 06 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar’s forest cover until now is about 50% of total land area Myanmar Agenda 21 formulated as long-term guidelines for conservation of environment and sustainable development - Prime Minister attends ceremony to mark World Environment Day 2009...Prime Minister General Thein Sein felicitates Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden...Minister U Soe Tha signs ASEAN-ROK Investment Agreement...MMCWA donates exercise books and fly-proof latrines to BEPSs in Nay Pyi Taw District...Myanmar secure three wins, one draw and one loss in Japan-Mekong U-15 football tourney...Section 257 (1) of Code of Criminal Procedure says if the accused, after he has entered upon his defence, applies to the Magistrate to issue any process for compelling the attendance of any witness for the purpose of examination or cross-examination, or the production of any document or other thing, the Magistrate shall issue such process unless he considers that such application should be refused on the ground that it is made for the purpose of vexation or delay or for defeating the ends of justice - The court does not need to summon all the witnesses the accused has nominated - Final statements of both sides for amendments regarding dismissal of three witnesses nominated by plaintiffs heard...Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends tree planting ceremonies in Hmawby, Taikkyi Tsps...FM sends message of felicitations to Swedish counterpart...Proficiency Course (1/2009) for staff concludes...Text for 2008 Translation Manuscript comes out...UMFCCI officials leave for PRC...Secretary-1 of the SPDC receives Japanese Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister...Authorities concerned warn those in charge of NLD youth branch, NLD CECs regarding announcement dated 2 June issued by youth taskforce of NLD..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Regional cooperation for food security, environmental conservation".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.8MB)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 7 June 2009
Date of publication: 07 June 2009
Description/subject: CYCLONE NAGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH: Motorboats donated to storm-hit areas.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Heads of State, Heads of Government and FMs of Myanmar and Sri Lanka exchange messages of congratulations on 60th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations...Young people are State’s major forces responsible for realizing national goals such as creating a better human society and building a new modern, developed democratic nation with flourishing discipline - Special Refresher Course No. 15 for Faculty Members of Universities and Colleges concludes...Industry-1 Minister inspects regional development in NyaungU Township...Educational institutions in Yangon inspected...Chairman of Myanmar Geosciences Association leaves for Malaysia...1st Japan Cup Karatedo Championship on 23-24 June...Commander presents school uniforms, stationery to students...Dy Health Minister meets staff of Medical Research Department...World Environment Day marked by holding paper-reading session...Organizing Yangon Division Poster and Essay Contest discussed...Sarpay Beikman issues its 48th book...Special criminal appeal cases heard...Exercise books with health education to be on sale...Information Minister visits rainy season tree planting festival for 2009...Aircraft incident leaves copilot slightly injured...Special sales of Industry-1 Ministry held in Mahlaing...Result of matriculation examination announced..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Work in harness for conservation of the environment"..... ARTICLES: "Fullmoon Day of Nayon" Dr Khin Maung Nyunt..."Shan State (East) having easy access to hilly regions and plains through communication system" Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "Voice of Burma" 713
Date of publication: 07 June 2009
Language: English
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (393K)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2009


Title: Report on the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al, 5 June 2009 - Final statements of both sides for amendments regarding dismissal of three witnesses nominated by plaintiffs heard
Date of publication: 06 June 2009
Description/subject: "Section 257 (1) of Code of Criminal Procedure says if the accused, after he has entered upon his defence, applies to the Magistrate to issue any process for compelling the attendance of any witness for the purpose of examination or cross-examination, or the production of any document or other thing, the Magistrate shall issue such process unless he considers that such application should be refused on the ground that it is made for the purpose of vexation or delay or for defeating the ends of justice The court does not need to summon all the witnesses the accused has nominated - Final statements of both sides for amendments regarding dismissal of three witnesses nominated by plaintiffs heard"
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (22K)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Authorities concerned warn those in charge of NLD youth branch, NLD CECs regarding announcement dated 2 June issued by youth taskforce of NLD
Date of publication: 06 June 2009
Description/subject: "...Regarding the intrusion case of US citizen Mr. John William Yettaw, the paragraph 2 of the announcement No. 01/06/09 released by the youth tasks undertaking group of NLD mentioned that the case against Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was being heard under Article 22 of the Law to Safeguard the State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts without attendance of the public at the special court in the Insein Jail. In reality, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case is being tried at the special court with the court decision for the application of prosecution law officers and the crime of security violation. Although the trial is taking place at the special court, court reporters have been appointed and daily court hearings are reported in newspapers. Moreover, diplomats and local and foreign correspondents are allowed to visit the court occasionally. Therefore, the people are informed about the case in time. As stated in the announcement of the youth branch, there has been no report yet on the side of the accused that the people have no chance to know about the case. Therefore, the announcement with false accusations against the measures the court is taking in accord with the law is tantamount to disturbing the court and the existing laws..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (105K)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: BURMA BULLETIN ISSUE 29 - MAY 2009
Date of publication: May 2009
Description/subject: KEY STORY: Daw Suu’s show trial; Timeline; Solidarity with Daw Suu; International outrage; ASEAN turns up the heat; ASEM & ASEAN-EU meetings; UNSG and UNSC; ASEAN MPs slam SPDC... INSIDE BURMA: A rock and a hard place; Escalating violence; Nargis one year on; War on children... HUMAN RIGHTS: ICC campaign; Freedom of information; Detention conditions; Forced labor... DISPLACEMENT: Chasing the tail; BDR push back; Death in Malaysian camps... INTERNATIONAL: US and EU sanctions... ECONOMY: Empty baskets; Full of gas; Corporate social responsibility... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.
Language: English
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Format/size: pdf (200K)
Date of entry/update: 07 June 2009
ML > Activism (groups from Burma, solidarity groups, campaigns, publications) > Online publications by Burma solidarity groups > ALTSEAN-Burma archive
Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 5 June 2009
Date of publication: 05 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends Green Growth, Green Asia Exhibition, ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit Session-II, signing of MoU, dinner - Commitments and responsibilities necessary for all nations according to UN climate change framework...Commander inspects left canal of Kinda Dam, Zawgyi regulating dam...Stimulant tablets seized in Muse...Mid-year meeting of FEIAP kicks off...Those from US and British embassies visited NLD (Headquarters) 25 times in May...Commander inspects factories in Ayeyawady Div ...Commander, Minister for Sports attend opening of Sports and Education Course...Myanmar youth secure three wins, one draw, two losses...2nd coord meeting for marking World Population Day held...Establishment of village fuel wood plantation assigned...Prime Minister attends dinner hosted by Governor of Jeju Island Special Self-governing Province...Prime Minister arrives back from Jeju, Republic of Korea...Yangon Mayor signs Condolence Book...No Influenza A/H1N1 cases found in Myanmar...Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Open Golf Challenge 2009 for Mandalay, Yangon...Myanmar still remains influenza A/H1N1 free country - Health Ministry taking preventive measures against influenza A/H1N1...Baron’s “Commands Respect” Amateur Open Golf Challenge 2009 for Mandalay, Yangon...Myanmar, ROK seek means to promote multi-sectoral cooperation...Prime Minister receives President & CEO of Daewoo International Corp...Low pressure area over Bay of Bengal..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards closer cooperation between ASEAN and ROK".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 05 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: INDIA-MYANMAR RELATIONS (1998-2008): A DECADE OF REDEFINING BILATERAL TIES
Date of publication: February 2009
Description/subject: Abstract India-Myanmar rapprochement began in 1991 and gained momentum in the latter part of the decade, as evidenced in the growing political, economic and military cooperation since 1998. This paper argues that it was during the period between 1998 and 2008 that the bilateral relationship withstood the test of critical events. Furthermore, expansion and diversification of these bilateral ties tookplace during the very same period. The paper identifies some issues that could emerge as potential fissures to upset the relationship. In conclusion, the paper suggests that it is high time the leadership of the two countries initiated measures to address these issues. As the stakes increase for both countries, it is imperative for them to ensure the sustenance of the hard earned relationship..
Author/creator: K. Yhome
Language: English
Source/publisher: OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Format/size: pdf (578K)
Date of entry/update: 05 June 2009
ML > Foreign Relations > India-Burma relations


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 3 June 2009
Date of publication: 03 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Tree plantation ceremony held to mark World Environment Day 2009...F & R Minister tours Kyaukpadaung, Meiktila, Yamethin...Talk on “Leadership in You” held...Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe inspects development tasks in Ayeyawady Div...Minors handed over to parents...Minister for Industry-2 inspects Pakokku Industrial Region...Shwe Naing Ngan Journal comes out...School enrolment in Amarapura Township launched...Kanbalu Tsp sees school enrolment activities...Director of Yangon Division DAC inspects road and market in Hlegu...UMFCCI officials leave for ROK...Information Minister visits Yegu transmission station...Educative talk on Intellectual Property Rights to be held...PBANRDA Deputy Minister arrives back from Vietnam...Acer brand notebooks introduced..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Use dam water effectively and grow high-yield quality crops"..... ARTICLE: "DaikU Township in Bago Division enjoying better transport" Article: Peinzalok Thein Nyunt; Photos: Nay Lin" (Nyaunglebin)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 04 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 4 June 2009
Date of publication: 04 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister General Thein Sein on the PM’s return from ROK...Educative talks on prevention against A/H1N1 held...Good opportunity for CDMA 450 MHz phone users...Reading for Self- Improvement on 6 June...Forestry Ministry to celebrate World Environment Day...Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects Kayan Sluice Gate, attends Yangon South District rainy season tree growing ceremony...Industry-2 Minister visits Magway Industrial Region...Upgrading of Yangon-Pathein Road in progress...Danok Pagoda collapses in Danok Model Village of Dalla Township...Tree growing ceremony held in Bahan...Prime Minister visits Myanmar booth in Jeju World Culture & Travel Expo...Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends dinner hosted by ROK President and wife...Prime Minister attends opening ceremony of ASEAN-Korea CEO Summit, enjoys entertainment of ASEAN-Korea Traditional Orchestra...Pre-primary teachership course concludes...A & I Minister receives Chinese guests...Myanmar Prime Minister meets Vietnamese counterpart...Myanmar gladly recognizes improvement in political and security cooperation between ASEAN and Republic of Korea - Prime Minister attends ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit...Prime Minister General Thein Sein arrives Jeju, ROK, to participate in ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit and Related Summits..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Build new roads and bridges for higher socio-economic status".
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 04 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 2 June 2009
Date of publication: 02 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe felicitates President of Republic of Italy...Prime Minister General Thein Sein sends felicitations to Prime Minister of Republic of Italy...Course No.1 for Multimodal Transport and Logistics Management opens...Winners in World Environment Day commemorative article and essay contests announced...Introductory Reception of PEB Steel Buildings Co Ltd organized...Information Minister meets with local people in Pazundaung...Yangon Airport runway extension inspected...Industry-2 Minister receives chairman of Sinotech Co Ltd...Commander, deputy minister supervise regional development tasks...Foreign Affairs Minister U Nyan Win felicitates Italian counterpart...Carpentry, Mason, Steel Work Course open in Khamti...Courses for 2009-2010 academic year of UNDR opened...Non-interference in internal affairs of a nation is a fundamental principle of United Nations, ASEAN and regional organizations - As Myanmar does not interfere in internal affairs of others, it opposes interference in its internal affairs Myanmar reaches crucial and last step of transition to democracy - Matters of an individual should not overshadow that process - Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint addresses the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Create tobacco-free environment"..... ARTICLE: "Shwemyay Thayar Rubber Farm to cover Tachilek District with white gold" Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon).
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 02 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint addresses the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting.
Date of publication: 02 June 2009
Description/subject: "...Non-interference in internal affairs of a nation is a fundamental principle of United Nations, ASEAN and regional organizations - As Myanmar does not interfere in internal affairs of others, it opposes interference in its internal affairs Myanmar reaches crucial and last step of transition to democracy - Matters of an individual should not overshadow that process ..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (36K)
Date of entry/update: 02 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - statements etc. by the SPDC and its associates


Title: SPDC’S 2010 ELECTIONS: UPHEAVAL IN THE MAKING
Date of publication: 30 May 2009
Description/subject: • Burma’s State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC’s) preparations to ensure full control over the 2010 election is fueling instability, with consequences that will dramatically intensify the cross-border economic and security issues already adversely affecting the region. • The expected outcome of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, coupled with lengthy jail terms imposed on about 300 activists in the past year, will exclude the most viable pro-democracy opposition candidates from the electoral process. • This has destroyed hopes that the 2010 elections, despite its obvious flaws, would somehow lead to incremental steps towards democratization and urgently-needed reforms. Those who have grudgingly accepted the 2010 elections will now be pressed to choose between resistance and surrender. • The SPDC’s recent ultimatum to key ethnic ceasefire groups to surrender control of their forces and participate in the elections is expected to provoke a resumption of armed conflict. • Growing political and military tensions between the junta and ethnic groups and continued aggression against ethnic civilians is projected to create new waves of refugees flooding over Burma’s borders. • Migrants are being pushed back into Burma because of job losses caused by the global economic crisis. This will be another factor in increasing domestic unrest. A significant number will be vulnerable to recruitment as soldiers by the SPDC Army, its proxies, and ethnic resistance groups. • Reduced remittances from overseas workers have intensified the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. This, along with the SPDC’s failure to address economic woes, is likely to trigger renewed social unrest. • The regime’s violent response to these developments will likely devastate Burma’s fragile stability and intensify cross-border impacts on neighbors already reeling from the impacts of the global economic crisis. • Meanwhile, the 2010 elections are likely to widen the gap between SPDC Army’s top officers and the rank and file. Once appointed to the Parliament, high-ranking military officers will gain additional influence, power, and money-making opportunities. By contrast, the SPDC Army’s rank and file will remain in their miserable and increasingly deteriorating situation. • It is imperative that regional and global political pressure be generated and focused on ensuring that the regime engages in a durable solution that will avoid such destruction. First steps towards the solution will involve the release of all political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who commands broad trust and respect across key stakeholder groups, an inclusive review of the 2008 Constitution, and measures to guarantee that a subsequent electoral process will be free and fair.
Language: English
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Format/size: pdf (96K)
Date of entry/update: 01 June 2009
ML > 7-Step Roadmap > 7-Step Roadmap (5): Holding of free and fair elections for Pyithu Hluttaws (Legislative bodies) according to the new constitution.


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar " 1 June 2009
Date of publication: 01 June 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: World No-Tobacco Day-2009 marked in Nay Pyi Taw...A&I Minister views free eye care services for patients...Biggest buyers of SD paints honoured...New medicines of Renata Limited (Bangladesh) introduced...Talks on Quality of Service on 4 June...Information Minister meets with town dwellers in Mingala Taungnyunt Tsp - Make concerted efforts with awareness for prevalence of peace and stability of the nation...Works for proper flow of drains inspected...There are some internal problems in countries that can be solved only on their own proceedings - In accordance with law, solving one’s internal affairs through its legal system with legal proceedings does not amount to threat of peace or breach of security of the region - Countries should refrain from interfering in internal affairs of Myanmar that will affect peace and security of the region - Deputy Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Aye Myint addresses 8th Shangri-La Dialogue Meeting..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Strive for national development through the strength of government, people and Tatmadaw"..... ARTICLES: "For sustainable development of natural lakes" Article and Photos: Win Kyaing (MFF)..."Gwa Township achieving sector-wise development with momentum" Article & Photos: Reporter Singu Soe Win
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 01 June 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Reports and articles on the trial from BurmaNet News
Language: English
Source/publisher: Varioius sources via BurmaNet News
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 01 June 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: Development Project of Energy and Resources in Myanmar
Date of publication: 10 March 2009
Description/subject: Contents: Who is Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE)?... Oil Companies Jointly Working with MOGE by Production Sharing Basis... Current Oil and Gas Projects in Myanmar... Future Oil and Gas Projects in Myanmar... Future Gas Production Trend.
Author/creator: U Aung Htoo
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE)
Format/size: ppt (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 01 June 2009
ML > Economy > Investment in Burma/Myanmar > Foreign investment in oil and gas > SPDC (oil and gas)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" 31 May 2009
Date of publication: 31 May 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister General Thein Sein on departure for Republic of Korea...Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Magway...Health Minister receives guests...Basic fire fighting course concludes...Construction Minister receives Japanese guests...Relief tasks ongoing in flooded townships, Mandalay Division...Forestry Minister arrives back from China...Bahan Tsp sees school enrolment day activities...Coord meeting held to build library in Yenangyoung...Bago Division holds school enrolment day...ASEANForeign Affairs Dy Minister back from Cambodia...Respects to be paid to centenaries...Stipends provided to students of staff of MCDC...Dam projects being implemented systematically for development of agriculture sector and for greening regions - Madan Dam in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township inaugurated..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Say no to tobacco to become healthy, fit citizens"..... ARTICLES: "Lush and green Inlay Lake in Nyaungshwe Township" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (6.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 31 May 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "Voice of Burma" 712
Date of publication: 31 May 2009
Language: Burmese
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (420K)
Date of entry/update: 31 May 2009
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2009


Title: Statements made by ASEAN + China on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi
Date of publication: 25 May 2009
Description/subject: Statements by Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, China between 15 and 25 May 2009
Source/publisher: Media
Format/size: pdf (81K)
Date of entry/update: 31 May 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al


Title: Letter submitted by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the court
Date of publication: 27 May 2009
Description/subject: The full text of statement submitted by the National League for Democracy leader General Secretary Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the court regarding the case charged against her, as per section 256 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Language: English
Source/publisher: National League for Democracy via Mizzima
Format/size: pdf (65K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/letters/2207-letter-submitted-by-suu-kyi-to-the-court.html
Date of entry/update: 31 May 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" 29 May 2009
Date of publication: 29 May 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Magway Division witnesses more development facilities...Fifth Monsoon Forum 2009 commences...Made in Thailand Festival launched...SD Paints Co., Ltd to present prizes to buyers...Charges against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma heard for ninth day...Myanmar goodwill delegation arrives back from Socialist Republic of Vietnam...Blood donation ceremony of Myanmar Brewery Limited held...Industry-1 Ministry special sales in Katha, Patheingy...No case of influenza A/H1N1 infected to pigs in Myanmar - L&F Ministry raising awareness against A/H1N1...Health Ministry says Myanmar is still free from influenza A/H1N1...UMFCCI officials meet Israeli Ambassador and party...Myittamon blood donors’ association makes blood donation...XMM-newton takes astronomers to black hole’s edge...Leading Committee for Beautifying and Upgrading of Yangon meets..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Take an active part in school enrolment"..... ARTICLE: "Thebyu Dam in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe benefits some 1200 acres of arable lands" Article & Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt).....[Analysis of coverage: of 16 pages, 5 are domestic news; 8 are foreign news]
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (5.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 May 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" 30 May 2009
Date of publication: 30 May 2009
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon Division Industrial Zones Management Committee holds coord meeting...School-age children enrol in Yangon...Monsoon electronic fair at Diamond City Hyper Mart...Vocalist and beauty queen contests held...Preventive measures against A/H1N1 under discussion...Writer Chit Naing’s 79th book comes out...Myanmar U-15 to participate in Japan-Mekong Football Tournament...Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Magway Division...Kyaukme, Momeik townships gaining development momentum...Yangon North District Court judges, district law officers and defence lawyer U Khin Maung Oo together with Mr. John William Yettaw inspect the scene...Yedashe Township facilitated with newly inaugurated Swa Creek Bridge for better transport..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Make concerted efforts for improvement of health care services"..... ARTICLES: "Lush and green pine forests and crop plantations thriving in Kalaw of Shan State (South)" Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)..."Laws enacted for State stability and community peace" A Lawyer
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (7.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 May 2009
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the SLORC/SPDC > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar" 2009 via the Online Burma/Myanmar Library


Title: Report on the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al, 28 May 2009
Date of publication: 29 May 2009
Description/subject: "Charges against US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma heard for ninth day"
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The New Light of Myanmar"
Format/size: pdf (585K)
Date of entry/update: 30 May 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents


Title: Code of Criminal Procedure - index
Language: English
Source/publisher: Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC)
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/show.php?cat=1710&lo=d&sl=0
Date of entry/update: 30 May 2009
ML > Human Rights > Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009) > The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - relevant legislation (texts)


Title: The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009)
Date of publication: May 2009
Description/subject: Various documents -- reports, relevant legislation, commentary, statements etc.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Format/size: html, pdf
Date of entry/update: 30 May 2009
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