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Skeet (publisher) via Google Books) FOUR YEARS IN BURMAH - Volume II (Charles J. Skeet (publisher) via Google Books) Electronic Resources, Hong Kong University (Hong Kong University) Living Ghosts - The spiraling repression of the Karenni population under the Burmese military junta (Burma Issues) Google Book Search (Google) A Description of the Burmese Empire, Compiled chiefly from Native Documents. (Google Books) NARRATIVE OF THE BURMESE WAR, DETAILING THE OPERATIONS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL'S ARMY, FROM ITS LANDING AT RANGOON IN MAY 1824, TO THE.CONCLUSION OF A TREATY OF PEACE AT YANDABOO, IN FEBRUARY 1826. (JOHN MURRAY via Google Books) Memoir of Ann H. 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Quelles sont les effets de la politique européenne de sanctions à l’égard du Myanmar? (Université Libre de Bruxelles) The Hinthada 6 (Asian Human Rights Commission) GA 2007: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (English) (United Nations (A/62/223)) "Health Messenger" Magazine No. 29 -- special issue on HIV/AIDS (Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)) The Fundamental Principles and Detailed Basic Principles (English) ("The New Light of Myanmar" via Khin Kyaw Han) Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2006: html and pdf version (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) Gas Attack (Wall Street Journal Online) The KIO proposal for constitutional provisions and clauses (Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)) "Key Indicators 2007: Inequality in Asia (Asian Development Bank (ADB)) We Built This City: Workers from Burma at Risk in Malaysia (Project Maje) Proceedings of the National Convention, 18 July 2007 ("The New Light of Myanmar") Proceedings of the National Convention, 20 July 2007 ("The New Light of Myanmar") U Razak of Burma: A Teacher, a Leader, a Martyr (Private publisher) Having Their Say: Refugee camp residents and inclusive education - ZOA's commitment to educational inclusion (ZOA Refugee Care, Thailand) Collected reports to the UN General Assembly by the Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations) The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma (Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.) 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"Kyemon", "Myanmar Alin" etc. (Foreverspace.com.mm) Burma Economic Review 2005-2006 (Burma Fund (NCGUB)) Burma/Myanmar’s Ailments: Searching for the Right Remedy (Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program - Johns Hopkins University-SAIS & Uppsala University) Forced migration/internal displacement in Burma - with an emphasis on government-controlled areas (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)) Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG 2007-01)) International Organizations: Assistance Programs Constrained in Burma (United States Government Accountability Office (GAO-07-457)) DhammaWeb (DhammaWeb) MYANMAR WEB SITES (Myanmarplus.com) The Mekong Challence - Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand (International Labour Organisation) GB March 2007 (298th session): Myanmar -- Addendum: The functioning of the complaint mechanism established under the "Supplementary Understanding" (International Labour Office (GB.298/5/1(Add.2))) "IMNA News" in English (Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)) Office of the ILO Liaison Officer - Yangon (International Labour Office) Collected reports to the UN Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations) Human Rights Council - 4th Session: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations (A/HRC/4/14 -- Advanced edited version)) GB March 2007 (298th session): Myanmar: Preparations for the Governing Body to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (International Labour Office (GB.298/5/2)) US State Dept. - Burma: Country Report on Human Rights Practices - 2006 (US State Dept, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) Opportunities and Pitfalls: Preparing for Burma's Economic Transition (Open Society Institute (OSI)) Myanmar’s Economic Relations with China: Can China Support the Myanmar Economy? (IDE DISCUSSION PAPER No. 66) State of Terror (The Karen Women's Organisation (KWO)) The situation of prisons in Burma as of 2006 (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners,(Burma)) MAP 10 Year Book '1996 - 2006' (MAP Foundation) Shoot on Sight - The ongoing SPDC offensive against villagers in northern Karen State (Burma Issues) Valley of Darkness - gold mining and militarization in Burma's Hugawng valley (Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG)) HUMAN SETTLEMENTS SECTOR REVIEW, UNION OF MYANMAR (The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)) Burma - Topographic Maps - Series U542, 1:250,000, U.S. Army Map Service (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)) Chinese Whispers: The Great Coco Island Mystery ("The Irrawaddy" Vol. 15, No. 1) Burma Economic Watch, 2006, Issue 1 (Burma Economic Watch) Landmine Monitor Report 2006: Burma (Myanmar) (International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)) Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2005 (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) GB November 2006 (297th session): Conclusions on item GB.297/8: Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (International Labour Office) GB November 2006 (297th session): Myanmar - Legal aspects arising out of the 95th Session of the International Labour Conference (International Labour Office (GB.297/8/2)) GB November 2006 (297th session): Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (International Labour Office (GB.297/8/1)) Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma, 2006 Survey (Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC)) GA 2006: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (English) (United Nations (A/61/369)) Despite Promises: Child Soldiers in Burma’s SPDC Armed Forces (Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)) La dimension des droits de l’homme dans les relations internationales : le cas de la Birmanie (Myanmar) (Université libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et économiques -- Section de science politique) Warning Signs - An update on plans to dam the Salween in Burmas Shan State (Shan Sapawa Environmental organisation (Sapawa)) Chronic Emergency - Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma (Back Pack Health Worker Team) Myanmar Investment Opportunities in Biodiversity Conservation (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund; Bird Life International in Indochina; UNDP) Drum Publications (Drum Publication Group) The Karens and their Struggle for Freedom (Karen History and Culture Preservation Society (KHCPS)) ZOA Education Survey 2005 (ZOA Refugee Care, Thailand) Ethnic Nationalities Council (Union of Burma) website (Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC)) THREAT TO THE PEACE - Support the Call for UN Security Council Action on Burma! (ALTSEAN-Burma) ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC)) Hand in Glove - The Burma Army and the drug trade in Shan State (Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)) Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement - Position Paper on Humanitarian Aid to Burma (The Burma Campaign UK) Thailand Burma Border Consortium (Thailand Burma Border Consortium) AN ACCOUNT OF AN EMBASSY TO THE KINGDOM OF AVA, SENT BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, IN THE YEAR 1795 (SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Volume 4, Issue No. 1, Spring 2006) Undercurrents -- Monitoring development on Burma's Mekong - issue 2 (Lahu National Development Organization (LNDO)) ILC 2006 (95th session): Second Report of the Selection Committee (ILO action on Myanmar) (International Labour Office (PR3-2 & corr)) CIT 2006 (95ème session): Deuxième rapport de la Commission de proposition (action du BIT sur le Myanmar) (Bureau International du Travail (PR3-2 & corr)) CIT 2006, 95.a reunion: Segundo informe de la Comisión de Proposiciones (accion del OIT sobre el Myanmar) (Oficina Internacional des Trabajo (PR3-2 & corr)) Poisoned Flowers: The Impacts of Spiraling Drug Addiction on Palaung Women in Burma, (Palaung Women's Organization) “The White Shirts” - The USDA Set to Become the New Face of Burma's Dictatorship (Network for Democracy and Development) USDA website (Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA)) Covering up Genocide: Gambari’s betrayal (KHRG Commentary) (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2006-C2)) ILC 2006 (95th session): Additional agenda item Review of possible further action by the ILO [on Myanmar] in accordance with its Constitution (International Labour Office) ILC 2006 (95th session): Additional item on the agenda - DG's letter re Review of possible further action by the ILO on Myanmar in accordance with its Constitution (International Labour Office) CIT 2006 (95e session) Inscription d’une question supplémentaire à l’ordre du jour (Myanmar) -- Lettre du Directeur général (Bureau International du Travail) Eight Seconds of Silence (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)) Karen Heritage Website (KHCPS) Burma’s Economic Prospects (Burma Economic Watch) TBBC Programme Report, July to December 2005 (Thailand Burma Border Consortium) GB March 2006 (295th Session) : Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (International Labour Office (GB.295/7)) The Penal Code (Government of Burma via Burma Lawyers' Council) Dammed by Burma's Generals -- The Karenni Experience with Hydropower Development, from Lawpita to the Salween (Karenni Development Research Group) The impact of armed conflict on the children of Burma (National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma) CHR 2006: Report of the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations (E/CN.4/2006/34)) Pa’an District: Land confiscation, forced labour and extortion undermining villagers’ livelihoods (Karen Human Rights Group) Burmese Human Rights Defender Ma Su Su Nwe (Asian Human Rights Commission) Committee on the Rights of the Child, Thailand 2006 -- Concluding Observations (United Nations) SURVIVING IN SHADOW: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District (Karen Human Rights Group) Deserted Fields: The destruction of agriculture in Mong Nai Township, Shan State (Shan Relief and Development Committee (SRDC)) Cycle of Suffering (Human Rights Documentation Unit (HRDU), Burmese Women's Union (BWU)) Speaking Truth to Power: The Methods of Nonviolent Struggle in Burma (Nonviolence International SE Asia) Khonumthung.com (Khonumthung News Group) The National Convention page of the Myanmar Mission, Geneva (Myanmar Mission Geneva) Working Our Way Back Home - Fertility and pregancy loss on the Thai-Burmese border (Mao Tao Clinic) Borders of fertility: Unwanted pregnancy and fertility management by Burmese women in Thailand () Questions and Answers on HIV and AIDS (UNICEF) Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Thailand (2005) (United Nations (CCPR/CO/84/THA)) Myanmar: Travesties of Justice – Continued Misuse of the legal system (Amnesty International (ASA 16/029/2005)) Nyaunglebin district: SPDC operations along the Shwegyin River, and the villagers' response (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2005-F8)) Landmine Monitor Report 2005: Burma (Myanmar) (International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)) Language use and policy in a linguistically fragmented refugee community (Macquire University (dissertation)) GA 2005 (60th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations (A/C.3/60/L.53)) The Darkness We See: Torture in Burma's Interrogation Centers and Prisons (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)) The Origins of Bagan: The archaeological landscape of Upper Burma to AD 1300. (University of Sydney) Migrant Domestic Workers: From Burma to Thailand (full version) (Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand) "The Voice "(weekly) 2005 (Myanmar Partners Think Tank Group) Ethnic Groups in Burma: Development, Democracy and Human Rights (Anti-Slavery International) GB November 2005 (294th Session) Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (Additional Information) (International Labour Office (GB.294/6/2(Add.))) GB November 2005 (294th Session): Conclusions concerning Myanmar (International Labour Office) GB November 2005 (294th Session): Further action taken pursuant to the resolution adopted in 2000 by the International Labour Conference (Addendum) (International Labour Office (GB.294/6/1(Add.))) GB November 2005 (294th Session): Further action taken pursuant to the resolution adopted in 2000 by the International Labour Conference (International Labour Office (GB.294/6/1)) Internal Displacement and Protection in Eastern Burma (Thailand Burma Border Consortium) Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 21 (Burma Lawyers' Council) Journal of Constitutional Affairs No. 20 (Burma Lawyers' Council) Myanmar Opium Survey 2005 (UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)) Friends of the Karen People (Friends of the Karen People) Myanmar Opium Survey 2004 (UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)) Downward Spiral: Banning Opium in Afghanistan and Burma (Transnational Institute (TNI)) GB November 2005 (294th Session) Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (International Labour Office) GA 2005: Oral statement by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations) "Living Colour" September 2005 ("Living Colour") GA 2005: Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar (United Nations (A/60/422)) New Mon State Party website (New Mon State Party) A Choice for China: Ending the destruction of Burma's frontier forests (Global Witness) Nowhere to Go: Chin Refugees in Malaysia (Chin Human Rights Organization) Burma Underground (Burma Underground) Internet Filtering in Burma in 2005: A Country Study (OpenNet Initiative) Preliminary Survey Results about Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand: State/division of origin, year of entry, minimum wages and work permits ("Burma Economic Watch" 1/2005 pp 3-25) A Survey of Microfinance Institutions in Burma ("Burma Economic Watch" 1/2005 pp 26-50) Burma/Myanmar: The Role of The Military in the Economy ("Burma Economic Watch" 1/2005 pp 51-78) "Burma Economic Watch" 1/2005 ("Burma Economic Watch" 1/2005) EXPLOITATION IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS IN MAE SOT, THAILAND (Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 35 No. 3, 2005, pp. 319-340.) The Situation of Burmese Migrant Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand (The Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC) of the City University of Hong) Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2004 (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma (DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP) GA 2005: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (English) (United Nations (A/60/221)) AG 2005: Informe del Relator Especial sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Myanmar (Espanol) (Naciones Unidas (A/60/221)) AG 2005: Situation des droits de l'homme au Myanmar- Rapport intérimaire établi par le Rapporteur spécial (Francais (Nations Unies (A/60/221)) GA 2005: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (Chinese) (United Nations (A/60/221)) International Migration in Thailand (International Organization for Migration (IOM)) The Mineral Industry of Burma (Myanmar) 1992 (US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Mineral Yearbook, Mineral Industries of Asia and the Pacific, V III (1992)) The Mineral Industry of Burma (Myanmar) 1993 (US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Mineral Yearbook, Mineral Industries of Asia and the Pacific, VIII (1993)) The Mineral Industry of Burma (Myanmar) 1995 (US Geological Survey (USGS)) The Mineral Industry of Burma (Myanmar) 1996 (US Geological Survey (USGS)) The Mineral Industry of Burma (Myanmar) 1994 (US Geological Survey) RUNNING THE GAUNTLET: THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SOUTHERN SHAN STATE (Humanitarian Affairs Research Project, Asian Research Center for Migration, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University) WHO Research tools (World Health Organization (WHO)) Bulletin of the World Health Organization (BLT) - The International Journal of Public Health (World Health Organisation (WHO)) myanmar-xbands.com (myanmar-xbands.com) Toungoo district: Civilians displaced by dams, roads, and military control (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2005-F7)) THE KAYIN STATE IN THE UNION OF MYANMAR (formerly the Karen State in the Union of Burma): ALLEGATIONS OF ILL-TREATMENT AND UNLAWFUL KILLINGS OF SUSPECTED POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND PORTERS SEIZED SINCE 18 SEPTEMBER 1988 (Amnesty International (ASA 16/16/89) MYANMAR (BURMA): PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE - A CHRONICLE OF DEVELOPMENTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1988 (Amnesty International) BURMA THE 18 SEPTEMBER 1988 MILITARY TAKEOVER AND ITS AFTERMATH (Amnesty International (ASA 16/15/88)) BURMA: EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION AND TORTURE OF MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES (Amnesty International (ASA 16-05-88)) GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, LOCAL CONCEPTIONS: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE POLITICS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG THE BURMESE OPPOSITION-IN-EXILE (Lisa B. Brooten (Ohio University thesis)) Burma Guide to Rights and Democracy (Open Society Institute, BIT (Delhi), Human Rights Education Institute of Burma) In Quest of Democracy ("Freedom From Fear") CATWALK TO THE BARRACKS: Conscription of women for sexual slavery and other practices of sexual violence by troops of the Burmese military regime in Mon areas (Woman and Child Rights Project (Southern Burma), Human Rights Foundation of Monland (Burma)) From Prison to Frontline: Portering for SPDC Troops during the Offensive in Eastern Karen State, Burma, September-October 2003. (Burma Issues) PROFILE OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT : MYANMAR (BURMA) -- Updated periodically (Global IDP Project) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Table of Contents (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Chapters I-XV (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Chapters XV1-XXX (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Chapters XXXI-LVI (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Schedule II (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Schedule III (Burma Lawyers' Council) The Code of Criminal Procedure: Schedule IV (Burma Lawyers' Council) Sovereignty, Survival and Resistance: Contending Perspectives on Karen Internal Displacement in Burma (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG Working Paper #2005-W1)) Landmines in Burma/Myanmar: Cause of displacement. Obstacle to return. (Nonviolence International SE-Asia) Myanmar: Myanmar’s Political Prisoners: A Growing Legacy of Injustice (Amnesty International (ASA 16/019/2005)) ILC 2005 (93rd session): Committee on the Application of Standards: Convention 87 - Myanmar (Provisional Record) (International Labour Office) State of Fear: Censorship in Burma (Myanmar) (Article 19) Burma Beyond the Law (Article 19) Seeing Through the Smoke of Ceasefires - KHRG Commentary (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2005-C1)) "They Came and Destroyed Our Village Again"-- The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Karen State (Human Rights Watch) Thailand: The Plight of Burmese Migrant Workers (Amnesty International (ASA 39/001/2005)) ILC 2005 (93rd session): Special sitting on forced labour in Myanmar (Provisional Record) (International Labour Office (C.App./PV.2)) ILC 2005 (93rd session): Forced Labour in Myanmar: Special sitting of the Committee on the Application of Standards - Conclusions (International Labour Office) CIT 2005 - 93e session: Séance spéciale sur le travail forcé au Myanmar de la Commission de l'Application des Normes - Conclusions provisoires (OBL) ILC 2005 (93rd Session): Statement by H.E. U Nyunt Maung Shein, Permanent Representative of the Union of Myanmar at the Committee on the Application of Standards of the 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference Geneva, 4 June 2005 (Myanmar Mission, Geneva) Paragraphs on the National Convention from the reports of the Special Rapporteurs on Myanmar to the UN General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights (United Nations) Violations of human rights in Burma: Report of a fact-finding mission, November 1997 (Physicians for Human Rights/Denmark and Danchurchaid) Continued Militarisation, Killings and Fear in Dooplaya District (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2005-F6)) ILC 2005 (93rd session): Committee on the Application of Standards: Special Sitting on Myanmar (International Labour Office (C. App./D.6_) The UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and Migrant Workers: a Samizdat (International Catholic MIgration Commission, December 18) Petit repertoire des etudes birmanes en France (L'Association francaise pour la recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est (AFRASE) - Dossier (lettre no. 53, mars 2001)) "MIGRATING WITH HOPE": Burmese Women Working in Thailand and The Sex Industry (Images Asia) Driven Away: Trafficking of Kachin women on the China-Burma border (Kachin Women's Association, Thailand (KWAT)) Iron, Steel and Base Metal Production In Myanmar (Courier Information Services) The Human Rights Sub-Committee on Ethnic Minority, Migrant Workers, Stateless and Displaced Persons (Law Society of Thailand) Suggested reading on statelessness - UNHCR and other UN and international documents (UNHCR) Articles on Migrants in Thailand, 2003-2005 (Various sources via Thai Law Society) Shattered Dream - articles on Burmese migrants in Thailand, July-August 2003 ("Bangkok Post " via Thai Law Soceity) Digital South Asia Library (DSAL, (University of Chicago)) Flooding the Future: Hydropower and Cultural Survival in the Salween River Basin (EarthRights International) BURMA FREEDOM CLIMB 2005 -- Online donation (The Burma Campaign UK) MACROECONOMIC POLICY DIALOGUE WITH MYANMAR: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES (Bradley O. Babson) INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN MYANMAR: 1995 – 2005 (Courier Information Services) Economic Development of Burma: A Vision and a Strategy - a study by Burmese economists (The Olof Palme International Center) THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BURMA (MYANMAR) RESEARCH: THE SECONDARY LITERATURE (SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research Bibliographic Supplement (Winter, 2004) ISSN 1479-8484) CHR 2005 (61st session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations (E/CN.4/2005/L.29)) Inter-Parliamentary Union (Manila, April 2005): Myanmar (Inter-Parliamentary Union) CDH 2005: Résolution sur la situation des droits de l'homme au Myanmar (Nations Unies (E/CN.4/2005/L.29)) Regional technical assistance projects that include Burma (approved July 2004 – April 2005) (IFI-Burma) Karen IDPs Report: The Plight of Internally Displaced Karen People in Mu Traw District of Burma (Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People) ROBERT H. 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Gold Mining in Kachin State, Burma (Images Asia Environment Desk, Pan Kachin Development Society) Undercurrents -- Monitoring development on Burma's Mekong (Lahu National Development Organization (LNDO)) The Salween Under Threat: Damming the Longest Free River in Southeast Asia (Salween Watch, Southeast Asia Rivers Network, Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University) A Failing Grade - Burma's drug eradication efforts (Altsean-Burma) Myanmar:- Facing Political Imprisonment: Prisoners of concern to Amnesty International (Amnesty International) Burma Human Rights Yearbook, 2003-2004 (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) Destruction and Degradation of the Burmese Frontier Forests: Listening to the People's Voices (Pan Kachin Development Society, Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, Searchweb) Landmine Monitor Report 2004: Burma (Myanmar) (International campaign to ban landmines) Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers: Global Report 2004 -- Myanmar/Burma (Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers) GB November 2004 (291st session) Myanmar debate - Conclusions (International Labour Office) Enduring Hunger and Repression: : Food Scarcity, Internal Displacement, and the Continued Use of Forced Labour in Toungoo District (Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)) GA 2004 (59th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations ( A/RES/59/263)) BEW update November 2004 (Burma Economic Watch) Key indicators of developing Asian and Pacific countries: Myanmar (Asian Development Bank (ADB)) Internal Displacement and Vulnerability in Eastern Burma (Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC)) RAZOR'S EDGE: Survival Crisis for Refugees from Burma in Delhi, India (Project Maje) Burma: A Land Where Buddhist Monks Are Disrobed and Detained in Dungeons (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) - AAPP) BURMA - UPDATE (Euro-Burma Office) "The beginning of the end or Genuine Reforms?" (Euro-Burma Office) Multilateral Development Bank Investment in Burma (Myanmar) (July – October 2004) -- Burma Country Update #1 (Bank Information Center) DAMMING AT GUNPOINT (Karen Rivers Watch) Karen River Watch Forum (Karen River Watch Forum) The Dirty List (of foreign companies doing business in Burma) (The Burma Campaign UK) GB November 2004 (291st Session): Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Report of the Liaison Officer a.i. (International Labour Office) GB November 2004 (291st Session): Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Report of the Director-General (International Labour Office) Overcoming Shadows (Women as Peacebuilders Team, Women's League of Burma) Burma Economic Watch, 2004 No. 2 (Burma Economic Watch) Burma Economic Watch home page (Burma Economic Watch) GA 2004: Oral statement by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations) Inter-Parliamentary Union (Geneva, September-October 2004): Myanmar (Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)) A Prosperous Burma Would Benefit China ("The Irrawaddy" Vol. 12, No. 7) Women Political Prisoners in Burma (Burmese Women's Union (BWU), Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) - AAPP) Partial List of Political Prisoner's health in Burmese Prisons (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners ( Burma) - AAPP) POSITION PAPER ON THE INCLUSION OF BURMA IN ADB’S GMS PROJECTS (National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)) Myanmar/Burma Update Conference 18-19 November 2004 (The Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies) AG 2004: Rapport du Secrétaire général sur la situation des droits de l'homme au Myanmar (Francais) (Nations Unies (A/59/269)) GA 2004: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (English) (United Nations (A/59/311)) AG 2004: Informe del Relator Especial sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Myanmar (Espanol) (Naciones Unidas (A/59/311)) GA 2004: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (Chinese) (United Nations (A/59/311)) GA 2004: Report by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (Russian) (United Nations (A/59/311)) AG 2004: Situation des droits de l'homme au Myanmar- Rapport intérimaire établi par le Rapporteur spécial (Francais) (Nations Unies (A/59/311)) A STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION IN BURMA: Ethnic Nationalities Perspective (Speech delivered at “Conference on Indo-Burma Relation”, India International Centre on September 16-17, 2004) Burma Solid Wood Products Annual 2001 (US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN)) GA 2004: Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar (United Nations (A/59/269)) Burma "Sea Gypsies" Compendium (Project Maje) Current Economic Conditions in Myanmar and Options for Sustainable Growth (Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University) Navigating the Border: An Analysis of the China-Myanmar Timber Trade (Forest Trends, World Agroforestry Centre) MYANMAR: AID TO THE BORDER AREAS (International Crisis Group) The Rajadhammasangaha (Online Burma/Myanmar Library) SYSTEM OF IMPUNITY: Nationwide Patterns of Sexual Violence by the Military Regime’s Army and Authorities in Burma (Women's League of Burma (WLB)) Another Yadana: The Shwe Natural Gas Pipeline Project (Burma-Bangladesh-India) (EarthRights International) In Our Court: ATCA, Sosa, and the Triumph of Human Rights (EarthRights International) UN Secretary-General calls for immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi - ENGAGEMENT IN 'SUBSTANTIVE DIALOGUE' WITH NLD. OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES (United Nations) The Danish Burma Teak Report (Danish Burma Support Group , Danish Burma Committee.) IMNA News in Mon (Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)) Independent Mon News Agency Archive (OBL-IMNA) Asia-Pacific in Figures (UNESCAP) UNESCAP Statistics Division (UNESCAP) THE NEW WORLD ORDER IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND BURMA (The BurmaNet News) Critique of the ICG report. () Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 17 (Burma Lawyers' Council) AN EVENING WITH DR. CHAO TZANG YAWNGHWE (Kao Wao News Group) Photo of Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe in Gothenberg, September 2002 (1) (www.arnott-photo.org) Photo of Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe in Gothenberg, September 2002 (2) (www.arnott-photo.org) Burma and National Reconciliation: Ethnic Conflict and State-Society Dysfunction ("Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 10 (Burma Lawyers' Council)) Federalism: Putting Burma Back Together Again ("Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 11 (Burma Lawyers' Council)) The Pyidaungzu, Federalism and Burman Elites: A Brief Analysis (Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 3 (Burma Lawyers' Council)) The Politics of Authoritarianism: The State and Political Soldiers in Burma, Indonesia and Thailand (University of British Columbia (PhD Thesis)) SHAN STATE POLITICS: THE OPIUM-HEROIN FACTOR (Burma Centrum Nederland, Transnational Institute) CHANGING REGIME: RANGOON, AFTER BAGHDAD? () Union Day, Equality and Secession (reg.burma) 'SELF-DEFENCE' ONLY ALTERNATIVE FOR VICTIMS OF STATE TERROR (Burma Courrier) BURMA: 'CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT' (Thai-Yunnan Newsletter, Issue 21 June 1993) Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1995 (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) An examination of the usage of systematic sexual violence as a weapon of warfare and tool of repression in non-international armed conflicts (University of Nottingham School of Law (Dissertation)) NO STATUS: MIGRATION, TRAFFICKING & EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN THAILAND (Physicians for Human Rights) Gateway to Land and Water Information: Myanmar national report (FAO) Search results for "Myanmar" in the FAO Land and Water Development Division Website (Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)) BRIEFING NOTE: IT IS TIME TO ACT ON BURMA, (ALTSEAN-Burma) Documents available in ILOLEX for Myanmar (English) (International Labour Office) ILC 2004 (92nd session): Special sitting on forced labour in Myanmar (Provisional Record) (International Labour Office) Documents disponibles dans ILOLEX pour Myanmar (Francais) (Bureau International du Travail) Documentos disponibles en ILOLEX por Myanmar (Espanol) (Oficina Internacilonal del Trabajo) GMS Regional Economic Cooperation Strategy and Program (RCSP) 2004-2008. The GMS - beyond borders (Asian Development Bank (ADB)) DECLARATION OF THE REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON BURMA (Regional Strategy Meeting on Burma) ILC 2004 (92nd session) : Judgement of Myanmar Supreme Court (summary) (International Labour Office (C. App./D.5(Add.))) CRC 2004: The Committee on the Rights of the Child's Concluding Observations - Myanmar (United Nations) ILC 2004 (92nd Session): Special Sitting on Myanmar - Letter from the Myanmar Ambassador regarding the High Treason case (International Labour Office (C. App./D.5(Add.2))) Burma Economic Watch: 2004 No. 1 (Burma Economic Watch) ILC 2004 (92nd session): Report to the Special Sitting on Myanmar (Committee on the Application of Standards) (International Labour Office (C. App./D.5)) CRC 2004: Committee on the Rights of the Child Considers Second Periodic Report of Myanmar (United Nations (Press Office, Geneva)) Burma's Dirty War - The humanitarian crisis in eastern Burma (Christian Aid) Proceedings of the National Convention 22 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 23 May 2004) Proceedings of the National Convention 21 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 22 May 2004) Proceedings of the National Convention 20 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 21 May 2004) Religious Persecution: Ethnocide Against Chin Christians in Burma (Chin Human Rights Organization) Proceedings of the National Convention, 19 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 20 May 2004) Myanmar - The Rohingya Minority: Fundamental Rights Denied (Amnesty International (ASA 16/005/2004)) Proceedings of the National Convention, 18 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 19 May 2004) Proceedings of the National Convention, 17 May 2004 ("The New Light of Myanmar" 18 May 2004) Regulations of the National Convention (updates) ("The New Light of Myanmar") National Convention will be successfully reconvened with the current delegates attending ("The New Light of Myanmar") NLD Statement on its decision not to attend the National Convention (National League for Democracy) The standpoint of the Cease-fire Groups in relation to the National Convention (KIO, NMSP, SSNA, SSA,, PSLO, KNLP) Burma’s National Convention: The Detailed Basic Principles () CHR 2004 (60th Session): Extracts on Myanmar from the Summary Record of the 57th Meeting (United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/SR.57)) Inter-Parliamentary Union (Mexico City, April 2004): Myanmar (Inter-Parliamentary Union) The Electronic Transactions Law (SPDC Law No. 5/2004) (SPDC) Myanmar: sanctions, engagement or another way forward? 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(Universite Libre de Bruxelles) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Matthew P. Daley (US Dept. of State via Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Lorne W. Craner (US Dept. of State via Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Tom Malinowski (Human Rights Watch via Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Veronika Martin (US Committee for Refugees via Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Daw San San (Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by David I. Steinberg (Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Testimony by Morten B. Pedersen (International Crisis Group via Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Statement by Chairman Elton Gallegly (Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives) Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, Hearings on Burma, 25 March 2004: Statement by Representative James A. 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MITHUNS SACRIFICED TO GREED - The Forest Ox of Burma's Chins (Project Maje) Myanmar: The Administration of Justice - Grave and Abiding Concerns (Amnesty International (ASA 16/001/2004)) SHATTERING SILENCES: Karen Women speak out about the Burmese Military Regime’s use of Rape as a Strategy of War in Karen State (The Karen Women's Organization (KWO)) Announcement on the reconvening of the National Convention (Announcement No. 1/2004) (SPDC via "The New Light of Myanmar" 31 Marxch 2004) Hydropower Projects in Burma (Map) (Burma Information Network -Japan) CHR 2004 (60th Session): UNHCR: Protector turns predator for Burmese refugees in New Delhi (Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN)) via United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/NGO/137)) CHR 2004 (60th Session): Food scarcity in Myanmar (Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) via United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/NGO/29)) CHR 2004 (60th Session): Briefing Paper on the Human Rights Situation in Burma, Year 2003-2004 (Burma UN Service Office of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)) CHR 2004 (60th Session): Myanmar: Massacre at Depayin (Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) via United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/NGO/38)) The European Union and Burma: The Case for Targeted Sanctions (Burma Campaign UK) CHR 2004: Oral statement by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations) CHR 2004: Statement on the oral presentation of the Special Rapporteur by H.E. the Ambassador of Myanmar (Myanmar Mission) GB March 2004 (289th session) Myanmar debate - Conclusions (International Labour Office) CFA 2004: Case(s) No(s). 2268, Report No. 333 (Myanmar): Complaint against the Government of Myanmar presented by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) (International Labour Office (Committee on Freedom of Association)) The 1990 Elections in Myanmar (Burma): Broken Promises or a Failure of Communications? 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Burma/Myanmar Studies at Cornell (Cornell University) Rehmonnya.org (human rights and media website) (Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)) The Kachin Post (Shi Laika) (The Kachin Post) GB March 2004 (289th session): Myanmar: Evaluation visit to Yangon under the November 2003 understanding reached by the Governing Body (International Labour Office (GB.289/8/1)) CEACR 2003: Observations Concerning ILO Convention No. 29, Forced Labour (1930) - Myanmar (English) (International Labour Office) The Depayin Massacre, Burma (Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre (Burma) via Asian Legal Resource Centre) Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Burma (Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.) Burma: Entrenchment or Reform? Human Rights Developments and the Need for Continued Pressure (Human Rights Watch) BIT Conseil d’administration mars 2004, 289e session: Faits nouveaux concernant la question de l’exécution par le gouvernement du Myanmar de la convention (nº 29) sur le travail forcé, 1930 (Bureau International du Travail (GB289/8)) CHR 2004: Report of the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/33)) CDH 2004: Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur la situation des droits de l'homme au Myanmar (Francais) (Nations Unies (E/CN.4/2004/33)) GB March 2004 (289th session): Myanmar - Discussions on the steps needed to give effect to the conclusions of the November 2003 session of the Governing Body. (International Labour Office (GB.289/8)) Reconciling Burma/Myanmar: Essays on U.S. Relations with Burma ("NBR Analysis" Vol.15, No. 1, March 2004 (The National Bureau of Asia Research)) US State Dept. - Burma: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 (US Dept. of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) BUDDHISM AND DEEP ECOLOGY FOR PROTECTION OF WILD ASIAN ELEPHANTS IN MYANMAR: A RESOURCE GUIDE (Daniel H. Henning) Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Thai Policy toward Burmese Refugees and Migrants (Human Rights Watch) Chronology of statements by Burmese military spokesmen on multi-party elections, constitution-drafting, the National Convention, transfer of power etc. (BSPP, SLORC via OBL) STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY U OHN GYAW, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR, IN THE GENERAL DEBATE AT THE FORTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (SLORC) Detailed Basic Principles of the formation of the Executive (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar") Detailed Basic Principles of the formation of the Judiciary (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar") Detailed Basic Principles of the formation of the Legislature (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar") THE DETAILED BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR PRESCRIBING SELF-ADMINISTERED AREAS (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar") Detailed Basic Principles of the chapters 'The State', 'The State Structure' and 'The Head of State' (original version) (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar" and an SPDC-circulated pamphlet) Seminar on Understanding Myanmar (SPDC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)) GA 2003 (58th Session) : Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (Burmese) (United Nations via AAPPB) GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: AN ANALYSIS OF MALARIA AND PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN BURMA (Indiana University School of Law Graduate Legal Studies Department) The Principles laid down to serve as bases in prescribing State Fundamental Principles ("the 104 principles") (SLORC (National Convention) via "The New Light of Myanmar") Myanmar Road to Democracy: The Way Forward (Myanmar Institute for Stategic and International Affairs Seminar on Understanding Myanmar) Birmanie>Net Hebdo n° 51 - 26 janvier 2004 (Global Witness via Info Birmanie) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2297/2003 (European Commission) COUNCIL DECISION 2003/907/CFSP of 22 December 2003 (European Council) Slogans and exhortations carried by "The New Light of Myanmar" (SPDC (News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar)) Myanmar: Country Profile and Strategic Programme Framework for 2002 (Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)) The situation of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh (Forum Asia) SHOW BUSINESS: (2nd edition) (The Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)) GA 2003: Statement on the Draft Resolution entitled "Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar" delivered by His Excellency U Kyaw Tint Swe to the Third Committee (United Nations) DRUGS AND CONFLICT IN BURMA (MYANMAR): Dilemmas for Policy Responses (Transnational Institute) Junta’s Ethnic Overtures Sideline Opposition ("The Irrawaddy") GA 2003 (58th session): Resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (United Nations (A.RES/58/247, A/C.3/58/L.68/Rev.1)) ALTSEAN-Burma website (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)) Ready, Aim, Sanction! (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)) FMO Research Guide: Burma (Forced Migration Online (FMO)) GA 2003: Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar: Addendum (United Nations (A/58/325/Add.1)) GB November 2003 (288th Session): Developments concerning the question of the observance bythe Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Further Developments (International Labour Office (GB288 /5/1)) OIT Consejo de Administración, 288.a reunión: Acontecimientos relacionados con la cuestión de la observancia por el Gobierno de Myanmar del Convenio obre el trabajo forzoso, 1930 (núm. 29 - Nuevos acontecimientos (Oficina Internacional del Trabajo) SPDC & DKBA ORDERS TO VILLAGES: SET 2003-A (Karen Human Rights Group( KHRG #2003-01)) GA 2003: Oral statement by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar and the debate in the 3rd Committee (United Nations) Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2002-03 (Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB) Capitalizing on Conflict: How Logging and Mining Contribute to Environmental Destruction in Burma. 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