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BAD THEMATIC 2



                  BURMA ACTION DIRECTORY (BAD)
                                                         
                     PART I - THEMATIC LIST
                            SLICE 2        
                                
                      Update October 1996
 
 
10) INDIVIDUAL BURMA WATCHERS, ACADEMICS AND ACTIVISTS
(See also individual email addresses in section 14)
 
 
JOSEF SILVERSTEIN 
93, Overbrook Drive, Princeton New Jersey 08540, USA
Tel (+1-609) 924 7654; Fax (+1-908) 932 7170
(Trusted by most ethnic groups)
 
DAVID STEINBERG, 
KPO Box 738, Seoul 110-607, Republic of Korea. 
Tel c/o Asia Foundation (+82-2) 732 2044/6; Fax 739 6022 
(Economist, former World Bank consultant)
 
JANELLE DILLER (former Legal Director, International Human
Rights Law Group) Tel (+1-301) 593 9698; Fax 681 6745; 
Email diller@xxxxxxxx
 
SUSAN DARLINGTON (Hampshire College, Massachussetts, USA)
Tel (+1-413 549 2891; Fax 582 5620; 
Email sdarlington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Anthropologist. Knows about the ethnic groups, particularly
the Karen of Mergui/Tavoy)
 
CHARLES SCHEINER 
PO Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602, USA.
Tel (+1-914) 428 7299; Email cscheiner@xxxxxxxxxxx
 
TOM LANSNER (University of Columbia, NYC) Tel (+1-212) 787
3756; Fax 787 1803; Email tl69@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 
NINA RESNICK Tel/Fax (+1-212) 473 6279 (Talking to NY City
Council about selective purchasing legisltion)
 
PAM WELLNER, 1009 Dettaro St, San Francisco 94107, USA. 
Tel (+1-415) 695 1946; Email freeburma@xxxxxxx
(Expert on Burmese ecological issues)
 ..............................................................
 
 
          11) STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL 
                  LIST OF EMBASSIES (SLORCLE)
 
 
                               FAX NUMBERS 
 
 
SLORC HQ Rangoon               (+95-1) 2-2950
 
 
 BURMESE EMBASSIES
 
    Bangkok                    (+66-2) 236-6898
    Beijing                    (+86-1) 532-1344    
    Belgrade                   (+38-11) 235-1802
    Bonn                       (+49-228) 219-316
    Cairo                      (+202-43) 16793
    Canberra                   (+61-6) 273-4357
    Colombo                    (+94-1) 580-460
    Dhaka                      (+88-2) 883-740
    Geneva                     (+41-22) 738-4882
    Hanoi                      (+84-2) 52404
    Hong Kong                  (+852) 827-6597
    Islamabad                  (+92-51) 820-123
    Jakarta                    (+62-21) 327-204
    Kathmandu                  (+977-1) 523-402
    Kuala Lumpur               (+60-3) 248-0049
    London                     (+44-171) 629-4169
    Manila                     (+63-2) 817-5895
    Moscow                     (+7-95) 63186
    New Delhi                  (+91-11) 687-7942
    New York-Perman't Mission  (+1-212) 737-2421
    Ottawa                     (+1-613) 232-6435
    Paris                      (+33-1) 4256-4941
    Rome                       (+39-6)8 413 167
    Seoul                      (+82-2) 796-5570
    Singapore                  (+65) 235 5963
    Tel Aviv                   (+972-3) 549-3866
    Tokyo                      (+81-3) 3447-7394
    Washington, D.C.           (+1-202) 332-9046
 
 ..............................................................
 
                        12) UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
 
 
                                UN OFFICERS
 
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, DR BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI,
38th Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA.
 
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS (ASIA-PACIFIC)
Francesc Vendrell, 32nd Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New
York 10017, USA. Fax (+1-212) 963 1395
Burma Desk Officer Tel 963 0162
 
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Gregoire de Brancovan Fax (+1-212) 963 1314 
 
UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP)
Shanti Balloo, East Asia Division, One UN Plaza, NY, NY 10017,
USA. Tel (+1-212) 906 5828; Fax 906 5825
 
 
                        13) UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA
 
 
A) CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
 
 
SPECIAL PROCEDURES SYSTEM
 
Special Rapporteurs on:
 
MYANMAR
Assistant, Mr Karim Ghezraoui, Tel (+41-22) 917 1529
 
The Special Rapporteur on Myanmar is Mr Rajsoomer Lallah
 
 
EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY AND ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
Assistant Ms Irene Knoben, Tel (+41-22) 917 1537
 
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR
PUNISHMENT          
Assistant Mrs Carmen-Rosa Rueda-Castanon, 
Tel (+41-22) 917 3915, Mr Ian Seiderman, Tel 917 1718
 
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Assistant Daniel Helle Tel (+41-22) 917 4301; 
Email dhelle.hchr@xxxxxxx
 
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY
Assistant Mr Alan Parra, Tel (+41-22) 917 2276, 
Ms Mic van Gaalen Tel 917 1650
 
WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
Assistants Mrs Hinkel-Babul, Tel (+41-22) 917 3370
 
WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
Assistant Mr Isaac Bitter, Tel(+41-22) 917 3358, 3356
 
 
                       COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE
           c/o UN Centre for Human Rights, Palais des Nations,
         CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Fax (+41-22) 917 0092 
 
 
 
 
LEGISLATIVE SECTION
 
Special Rapporteurs on:
 
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
Assistant Mr Patrick Gillibert, Tel (+41-22) 917 1315
 
THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Assistant Ms Myriam Tebourbi, Tel (+41-22) 917 4303
 
CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
Assistant Mr Daniel Atchebro, Tel  (+41-22) 917 3410
 
FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION
Assistant Mr Marc Moquette, Tel  (+41-22) 917 1530
 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Assistant Ms Maaret Kohonen, Tel  (+41-22) 917 4326
 
 
                      COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE
           c/o UN Centre for Human Rights, Palais des Nations,
        CH-1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland. Fax (+41-22) 917 0212 
 
 
 
                 N.B. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE'S 24 HOUR 
                        "HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS FAX"
                           (+41-22) 917 0092.
 
 
OTHER RELEVANT PROCEDURES, TREATY BODIES, INDIVIDUALS ETC.
 
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Ms Fiona Blyth-Kubota,  Tel (+41-22) 917 3956
 
UN DECADE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Mr Julian Burger, Tel (+41-22) 917 3413
 
WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
Mr Julian Burger, Tel (+41-22) 917 3413
 
WORKING GROUP ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
c/o Mr Hamid Gaham Tel (+41-22) 917 3362, 4329
 
           c/o UN Centre for Human Rights, Palais des Nations,
        CH-1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland. Fax (+41-22) 917 0212 
 
 
 
B) OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
(UNHCR) 94 Rue de Montbrillant,1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 739 8111; Fax (+41-22)731-9546
 
Dennis McNamara (Division of Protection)
Tel (+41-22) 739 8039; Fax 739 7367
Kirsten Young, (Division of Protection)
Tel 739 8718; Fax 739 8691; Email young@xxxxxxxx
 
Centre for Documentation on Refugees,UNHCR/CDR, Case Postale
2500, CH-1211 Geneve 2 Depot, Switzerland.
Udo Janz, Tel 739 8555; Fax 739 8682; Email janz@xxxxxxxx
 
C) DEPT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (DHA)
Palais des Nations, 1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland.
 
Poul Brandrup Tel (+41-22) 788 1406; Fax 788 6389; email
poul.brandrup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Poul Brandrup chairs the Inter-agency taskforce on internal
displacement, which is watching Burma)
 
D) INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION
4, Routes des Morillons, CH-1211, Geneva 22, Switzerland.
 
Lee Swepston (human rights) Tel 799 7151; Fax 799 6926
Max Kern (forced labour) Tel 799 7106; Fax 798 8685
Carmen Sottas (forced labour) Tel 799 7643
 
 
E) INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Route des Morillons 17, Case Postale, 1211, Geneva 19,
Switzerland. 
 
Andrew Bruce Tel (+41-22) 717 9345; Fax 798 6150
 
 
 
F) WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
20, Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
 
Dr Takako Yasukawa (Medical Officer,Asia and Pacific Unit,
Division of Emergency and Humanitarian Action) Tel (+41-22)
791 2111; Fax 791 2111; email yasukawat@xxxxxx
 
 
 
                        14) UNITED NATIONS, VIENNA
 
 
UN INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAM (UNDCP)
Nobuko Horibe, Burma Desk Officer, UNDCP, PO Box 500, Vienna
International Centre, A-1400, Vienna,
Austria. Tel (+43-1) 21131 4011; Fax (+43-1) 230 7002
 
 ..............................................................
 
 
15) FAX NUMBERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT MISSIONS TO THE UN
 
(Chosen because they are Burma's neighbours, important players
in the world, their blocs or regions, or for other reasons.
Names are given of diplomats working on Burma, where known) 
 
 
                                 NEW YORK
 
(Numbers begin with +1-212 from outside the US. 
 
ALGERIA: 759 9538
 
ARGENTINA: 980 8395
 
AUSTRALIA: Genevieve Hamilton  836 4110, 4104
 
BANGLADESH: 972 4038
 
CANADA: Ms Kerry Buck 596 1640
 
CHILE: 972 9875
 
CHINA: 870 0333
 
COSTA RICA: 986 6842
 
CZECH REPUBLIC: Alexandr Sporys 772 0586
 
FRANCE: Mr Pascal Maubert 421 6889
 
GERMANY: Mr Jan Kleffel, Mr Michael Feiner 856 6280
 
HUNGARY: 755 5395
 
INDIA: 490 9656
 
INDONESIA: 972 8333
 
IRELAND: 752 4726 (Strong on freedom of religion)
 
JAPAN: Mrs Horiuchi 751 1966
 
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: 750 0039
 
MALAYSIA: Ambassador Razali, Ms Nafisah Mohamed 490 8576
 
MYANMAR: Ambassador H.E. Mr Wim Mra 737 2421
 
NEW ZEALAND: 758 0827
 
NORWAY: Mr Terje Nervik 688 0554
 
PAKISTAN: 744 7348
 
PHILIPPINES: 840 8602
 
POLAND: 517 6771
 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 371 8873
 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 628 0252
 
SINGAPORE: Ms Vijayalakshmi Menon 826 2964
 
SOUTH AFRICA: 692 2498
 
SWEDEN: Mr Anders Ronquist 832 0389
(Sweden is the main drafter of the Burma Resolution at the UN
General Assembly which meets in New York from September to
December every year)
 
THAILAND: Dr Charivat Santaputra 754 2535, 688 3029
 
UK: Mr Rob Vaughn Fenn  745 9316
 
USA: Ms Lucy Tamlyn 415 4141
 
ZIMBABWE: 755 4188
 
 
                                  GENEVA
 
(Numbers begin with +41-22 from outside Switzerland)
 
ALGERIA: 774 3049
 
ARGENTINA: 798 5995
 
AUSTRALIA: 733 6586
 
BANGLADESH: 738 4616
 
CANADA: 734 7919
 
CHILE: 734 4194
 
CHINA: 793 7014
 
COSTA RICA: 734 3062
 
CZECH REPUBLIC: 740 3662
 
FRANCE: Fax (+41-22) 758 2449 
(France is the main drafter of the Burma resolution at the
Commission on Human Rights, on behalf of the European Union)
 
GERMANY: 734 3043, 730 1295
 
HUNGARY: 346 5861
 
INDIA: 731 5471, 738 4548
 
INDONESIA: 733 3001, 733 3004
 
IRELAND: (Strong on freedom of religion) 732 8550, 731 4365
 
JAPAN: 788 3811
 
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: 
 
MALAYSIA: Mr Mazlan Muhammad 788 0492, 788 0975
 
MYANMAR:  738 4882
 
NEW ZEALAND: 734 3062
 
NORWAY: 733 9977
 
PAKISTAN: 734 8085
 
PHILIPPINES: 731 6888
 
POLAND: 798 1175
 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 791 0525
 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 734 4044
 
SINGAPORE: 345 7910
 
SOUTH AFRICA: 
 
SWEDEN: 733 1289
 
THAILAND: 733 3678
 
UK: Rob Vaughn Fenn 734 5254 
 
USA: 749 4880
 
ZIMBABWE: 700 5626
 ..............................................................
 
 
                 16) EMAIL ADDRESSES -- VARIOUS CATEGORIES
 
 
If your email address is not here, please tell the Burma Peace
Foundation. Please check that these are full and accurate.
THIS LIST IS HARDLY WORTH KEEPING, AS THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A
LOT OF CHANGE OVER THE PAST YEAR. PERHAPS SOMEONE WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE A NEW LIST AND EMAIL IT TO darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx      
 
 
BURMA, BURMA-RELATED CONFEERENCES, LISTS ETC
 
Burmanet (list). To subscribe, see below, opposite map.
 
reg.burma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
reg.seasia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
soc.culture.burma 
 
soc.culture.thai
 
SEA NEWSGROUP: seasia-l@xxxxxxx  
to subscribe: listserv@xxxxxxx
 
SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES: sealang-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
to subscribe: listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 
HUMAN RIGHTS: soc.rights.human
 
              hrnet.asia-pac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
              hr.asiapacific@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
LABOUR ISSUES (eg forced labour): labr.asia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
                              .............
 
                        BURMESE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
 
 
NCGUB (WASHINGTON DC)   maung@xxxxxxxxxxx
      (Bangkok)         kkaung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      
FTUB
 
ASSOCIATES TO DEVELOP DEMOCRATIC BURMA, "BURMA ALERT"
yawnghwe@xxxxxxxxxx (Harn Yawnghwe)
 
LIAN UK (elected Chin parliamentarian) c/o flehman@xxxxxxxx
 
COMMITTEE FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
burma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr Aung Khin)
 
ALL BURMA STUDENTS DEMOCRATIC FRONT (Dr Naing Aung)
(Thailand)    caroline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Europe) absdf@xxxxxxxxxxx (Aye Chan Naing, Thida)
(USA)  maung@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dr Thaung Htun)
 
ALL BURMA STUDENTS DEMOCRATIC FRONT (Mo Thee Zun) 
(aka ABSDF CENTRAL LEADING COMMITTEE) lurie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA (OSLO) dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Aye Chan
Naing)
 
 
                        BURMA ROUND TABLES/MEETINGS
 
BURMA MEETING, BANGKOK dunfoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jack
Dunford)
 
BURMA BRIEFING, LONDON  emcgovern@xxxxxxxxxx (Ed McGovern)
 
BURMA ROUND TABLE SAN FRANCISCO jjerome@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jane
Jerome)
 
SEATTLE CAMPAIGN FOR A FREE BURMA dohrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Larry Dohrs)
 
BURMA ROUND TABLE, CHICAGO synapses@xxxxxxxxxxx (Don Erikson)
 
BURMA ROUND TABLE NEW YORK hrwatchnyc@xxxxxxx (Janine Guthrie)
 
BURMA ROUND TABLE, WASHINGTON DC burmad@xxxxxxxxx (Mary Pack)
 
BURMA ROUND TABLE, MASSACHUSSETTS
simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Simon Billeness)
 
 
                           BURMA SUPPORT GROUPS
 
BUDDHIST RELIEF MISSION/BURMESE RELIEF CENTER (JAPAN):
brelief@xxxxxxx (Ken & Visaka Kawasaki)
 
BURMA ACTION GROUP UK: bagp@xxxxxxxxxx (Sara Sutcliffe, Niels)
 
INFO BIRMANIE (FRANCE): agirici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brian
McGee)
 
BURMA SUPPORT GROUP-NORWAY: tormodl@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tanja)
 
NORWEGIAN BURMA COUNCIL, (OSLO) hkk@xxxxxxxxxxx  (H.K. Kuloy)
 
BURMA CENTRUM NEDERLAND (BCN): bcn@xxxxxxxxx (Gijs)
 
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF BURMA cfob@xxxxxxxxxxx (Penny Sanger)
 
BURMA PEACE FOUNDATION/
FREE SUU KYI, FREE BURMA: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx  (David Arnott)
 
COALITION FOR CORPORATE WITHDRAWAL FROM BURMA 
simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Simon Billenness)
 
BOYCOTT PEPSI   brschmidt@xxxxxxx  (Brian Schmidt)
    
OPIRG: wcsbeau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Boycott Pepsi
Campaign, Canada)
 
FREE BURMA COALITION:  peck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
(John Peck, University of Wisconsin)
 
FREE BURMA:   freeburma@xxxxxxx 
 
BURMA ACTION GROUP, UNIV. OF WASHINGTON  tlandon@xxxxxxx
 
 
 
                NGOS AND PUBLICATIONS WITH BURMA INTERESTS
 
BURMA BORDER CONSORTIUM (THAILAND) 
dunfoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Jack Dunford)
 
TROCAIRE (Ireland) trocaire.ie
 
DIAKONISCHES WERK DER EKD    GEOD:DW-MR  (Werner Lottje)
 
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE(USA) heidi@xxxxxxx (Heidi
Wagner) 
(Thailand ircbkk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jennie McCann)
 
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL burmad@xxxxxxxxx (Mary Pack, Zaw Zaw) 
 
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL amnestyis@xxxxxxxxxx  (Donna Guest)
 
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA 
(New York: hrwatchnyc@xxxxxxx (Sidney Jones, Janine Guthrie)
(Washington DC): hrwdc@xxxxxxx (Mike Jendrzejczyk)
(Los Angeles): hrwatchla@xxxxxxxxxxx
(London): hrwatchuk@xxxxxxxxxx (Zunetta Liddell)
(Brussels): hrwatcheu@xxxxxxxxxx (Lotte Leicht)
(Hong Kong): rmunro@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robin Munro) 
 
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: lchr@xxxxxxxxxxx   
 
ARTICLE 19  article19@xxxxxxxxxx (Martin Smith, Frances
d'Souza)
 
SWEDISH NGO FUND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS  mrkarltun@xxxxxxxxxx 
(Stina Karltun) 
 
"BURMA DEBATE": burmad@xxxxxxxxx (Mary Pack ed.)
 
BURMA PROJECT, OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE burma@xxxxxxxxxxx
 
INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU  ipb@xxxxxxxxxx (Colin Archer)
 
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION ifor@xxxxxxxxxx
(Shelley Anderson)
 
OLOF PALME INTERNATIONAL CENTER opckansli@xxxxxxxxxx (Jan
Hodann)
 
TAPANI OJASTI PEACE EDUCATION INST (Finland - European contact
for the Mon) Taojasti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  ojasti@xxxxxxxxxxx
 
BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxx  (Alan Senauke)
 
INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY  76513.1112 @compuserve.com 
(Michele Bohana)
 
DHARMANET: dharma@xxxxxxxxxx (network for radical Buddhist
monks (THIS MAY NOT BE CURRENT)
 
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION  aiirc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Basil
Fernando)
 
ASIA-PACIFIC STUDENTS ASSOCIATION asa@xxxxxxxxxxx 
 
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK (Los Angeles) ranla@xxxxxxxxxxx
 
TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY AND REGIONAL ALLIANCES (TERRA)   
PER@xxxxxxx 
 
INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS
ICFTU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (George Martens)
 
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS FEDERATION GEO2:ITF  
(David Cockroft)
 
PUBLIC SERVICES INTERNATIONAL GEO2:PSI (Hans Engelberts)
 
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS Email ifj@xxxxxxxxxx 
(Aidan White)
 
AGIR ICI  agirici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Martial Cozette)
 
ASIAN CENTRE FOR PROGRESS OF PEOPLE(S): acppasia@xxxxxxxxxxxx  
       
BREAKTHROUGH:pfoc@xxxxxxxxxxx (Prairie Fire Organizing
Committee)
 
CHAIN REACTION: chain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Friends of the Earth
magazine)
 
                INDIVIDUAL EXPERTS, STUDENTS AND ACTIVISTS 
 
MAUREEN AUNG THWIN/ maungthwin@xxxxxxxxxxx (Directs the Burma
Project of the Open Society Institute) 
 
JANELLE DILLER diller@xxxxxxxx (legal expert)
 
SUSAN DARLINGTON sdarlington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(anthropologist)
 
MICHAEL BEER: mbeer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (teaches non-violence)       
  
CAMERON: cameronb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Australia)  
 
COBAN TUN: tun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (enfant terrible of cyberspace)
 
FRANK JACKSON: frankj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  (taught computers to
Karens)
 
GIJS HILLENIUS: gijsh@xxxxxxxxx   (works for BCN)
 
JAN-EGIL BERG:  jan-egil.berg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Journalism
teacher, Voss, Norway)
 
KNUT STARING: staring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (language student,
Cornell)
 
CHARLES SCHEINER  cscheiner@xxxxxxxxxxx (works on East Timor)
 
F.K. LEHMAN  flehman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  flehman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Illinois University)
 
PAUL WEBB    P_WEBB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  (Director CSEAS) 
 
TIN M. ZAW tmzaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pittsburgh University)
 
TUN AUNG GYAW:   gyaw@xxxxxxxxxxx (student at Cornell)
 
U NE OO: uneoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Univ. of
Adelaide)
 
TOM LANSNER tl69@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Columbia university, NY)
 
PAM WELLNER pwellner@xxxxxxxxxxx or freeburma@xxxxxxx
 
                             .................
 
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INFORMATION ABOUT BURMA VIA THE WEB AND GOPHER:
Information about Burma is available via the WorldWideWeb at:
 
FreeBurmaWWW http://sunsite.unc.edu/freeburma/freeburma.html
[including back issues of the BurmaNet News as .txt files]
BurmaWeb:  http://www.uio.no/tormodl
 
Burma fonts: 
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~lka/burmese-fonts/moe.html
 
Ethnologue Database(Myanmar):
    
http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Ethnologue/eth.cgi/Myanmar 
 
 
 
TO ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT BURMA VIA GOPHER:
 gopher csf.colorado.edu.
Look under the International Political Economy section, then
select Geographic_Archive, then Asia, then Burma. 
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BURMANET SUBJECT-MATTER RESOURCE LIST
 
BurmaNet regularly receives enquiries on a number of
different topics related to Burma.  The scope of the subjects
involved is simplytoo broad for any one person to cover.
BurmaNet is therefore organizing a number of volunteer
coordinators to field questions on various subjects. If you
have questions on any of the following subjects, please
direct email to the following coordinators, who will either
answer your question or try to put you in contact with
someone who can:
 
Arakan/Rohingya/Burma-      [volunteer needed]
Bangladesh border
Art/archaeology/:           [volunteer needed]
Campus activism:            [on summer vacation]
Boycott campaigns: [Pepsi]  wcsbeau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   
 
Buddhism:                   Buddhist Relief Mission, 
                            c/o NBH03114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Chin history/culture:       plilian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fonts:                      tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
History of Burma:           zni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kachin history/culture:     74750.1267@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Karen history/culture:      102113.2571@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                            Karen Historical Society
Mon history/culture:        [volunteer needed]
Naga history/culture:       Wungram Shishak,  
                            z954001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Burma-India border          [volunteer needed]
Pali literature:            "Palmleaf"
                            c/o burmanet@xxxxxxxxxxx
Shan history/culture:       [volunteer needed]
Shareholder activism:       simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
Tourism campaigns:          bagp@xxxxxxxxxx "Attn. Yvette
Mahon" 
 
World Wide Web:             FreeBurma@xxxxxxxxx
Volunteering:               christin@xxxxxxxxxx  
 
[Feel free to suggest more areas of coverage]
 
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BURMANET APOLOGY: UPDATED BURMA WEB RESOURCES LIST
October 23, 1996
 
(NOTE: This is the updated version of the Burma web resources
list, the previous list was incorrect) 
 
To make it easy, we would like to recommend that readers just
remember one website:
 
http://FreeBurma.org
 
"This single page serves only as an easy to remember URL and
departure point to resources promoting the establishment of
democracy in Burma.
Please write to FreeBurma@xxxxxxxxx to add a site or for
further information." - Glen, system administrator
 
>From this site, you can access all other Burma webpages.  If
your page is not listed here, please contact the above address
to get it listed. 
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OTHER BURMA WEBSITES (most accessible through FreeBurma.org)
 
Open Society Institute's Burma Project website:
http://www.soros.org/burma/html
 
Free Burma Website: general info, boycott info, reports:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/freeburma
 
Free Burma Coalition - current campaigns, how to get involved:
http://danenet.wicip.org/fbc
 
Euro-BurmaNet - news stories on Burma, boycott campaigns:
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/
 
Burma and the US Congress Information Network:
http://www.clark.net/pub/burmaus/ 
 
USIA - US government statements/laws regarding Burma:
http://www.usia.gov/regional/ea/burma/burma.htm
 
Australian gov/politics and intl news on Burma: 
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4474
 
Mon language and Mon people:
 http://www.centralnet.net/honsawatoi/Monland.html
 
Shan resources and information:
http://www.netcom.com/~burma/tai/shan.html.
 
general info on burma/travel to Burma:
http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu:80/~jrchien
 
Ethics of trading with Burma, letters to corporations doing
business in Burma:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3108/
 
Burmese Refugee Project, run by SloMSIC, IFMSA: 
http://www.sou.uni-lj.si/mp/slomsic/burma/burma.html
 
SLORC homepage - tourist info, New Light of Myanmar:
http://www.myanmar.com/
 
artistic and multimedia materials promoting democracy in
Burma: http://users.imagiware.com/wtongue
 
ordering videos about Burma: 
http://sunsite.unc.edu/freeburma/analoginfo.html
 
to post your own info on Burma:         
http://sunsite.unc.edu/burma-bin/WebX
 
BurmaNet News back issues: 
ftp://Sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/political-science/freeburma
 
http://FreeBurma.org is the Burma information starting point.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/freeburma/whatsnew.html  
See what's new http://sunsite.unc.edu/burma-bin/WebX  
-post your own info on the website
 
(Note: There are many other websites which promote travel to
Burma. They are not listed here)
 
 
                17) MEDIA, PUBLICATIONS, WIRE SERVICES ETC 
 
These lists are not complete, and the numbers may not all be
current. Could someone send me more complete lists, eg for
European newspapers, or update those below - David Arnott.
 
 
                              BURMA SPECIFIC
 
Democratic Voice of Burma (Oslo -- daily) 
Tel (+47-22) 200 021; Fax 114 988; Email dvb@oslonett,no
Broadcasts in Burmese into Burma. Democracy-friendly.
 
BBC Burmese Service (London -- daily)
Tel (+44-171) 257 2342/2088; Fax 836 9466
Broadcasts in Burmese into Burma. "Everybody, including SLORC
listens to it" The most highly respected source of news in
Burma.
 
Voice of America Burmese Service (Washington DC -- daily)
Daw Myint Myint Zaw. Tel (+1-202) 619 1416; Fax 619 1840
Broadcasts into Burma in Burmese.
 
"Burma Alert" (ed. Harn Yawnghwe) Monthly 
Tel (+1-819) 647 5405 Fax 647 5403, Email yawnghwe@xxxxxxxxxx
(Concise reports of central events. Publishes documents, eg
lists of prisoners)
 
"Burma Issues" (formerly "B.U.R.M.A.") Monthly 
(+66-2) 234 6674; Fax 631 0133 Email durham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Analytical pieces and human rights documents. High quality 
 
"BURMA DEBATE" P.O. Box 19126, Washington D.C. 20036 
Fax: 301 983-5011; Email: burmad@xxxxxxxxx (6 times a year.
Presents various perspectives on Burma) Back issues of Burma
Debate can be read and downloaded at the Open Society Inst.
home page: http://www.soros.org
 
"CRDB Bulletin USA" (ed Dr Aung Khin) Monthly
Fax (+1-714) 635 7266  
 
"The New Light of Myanmar" (Daily) published in Rangoon (from
Burmese embassies, or by subscription(?)), is an important
source of information, particularly on foreign companies
interested in investing in Burma and on the SLORC self-image.
One way of keeping track of NLM is through the
 
"Burma Press Summary"
published by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 230 International
Studies Building, 910 South Fifth St, Champaign, Illinois
61820, USA. Tel (+1-217) 333 7273; Fax 244 5729 (A monthly
digest, with some complete articles, of the "New Light of
Myanmar". Usually appears a month or so after the month being
covered. US$50 per year (individuals) $60 to libraries.
Airmail extra -- $18 Canada; $37 Europe; $47 Asia).  Checks
(and cheques) payable to "University of Illinois/Burma Press
Summary". $5 extra for those drawn on a foreign bank. 
 
Bernard Genier, 
Tel (+1-41-22) 708 9070; Tel/fax (+33-50) 350 610; 
(+33) 07 26 76 89 (mobile) (knows about the Shan and Wa)
 
The "Daily Reports", published by the US Govt. Foreign
Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) carry good political and
military news on Burma, while the BBC's "Summary of World
Broadcasts" (SWB) is better for economic and investment
material.
                             ................
 
                                    
                      MEDIA FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS
  Most of these are fax numbers. "Tel" indicates a phone no.)
 
WIRE SERVICES
 
Reuters (Bangkok) - Robert Birsel  (+66-2) 253 5523, 254 9336
                                   (Tel 252 9930/3)
AP (Bangkok)- Denis Gray           (+66-2) 237 6283 
                                   (Tel 234 6283)
AFP (Bangkok)- Charles de Nerciat  (+66-2) 2376748
                                   (Tel 233 6846, 237 4945)
Reuters New York - Chris Turque    (+1-212) 698 4520 (Tel)
          
UN-BASED
Kyodo News Service  (Geneva)       (+41-22) 734 9669
Inter Press Service (New York)     (+1-212) 754 2791   
Reuters (New York)                 (+1-212) 355 0143
AP (New York)                      (+1-212) 759 2514
 
 
 
 
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
 
USA
 
    New York Times                 (+1-212)-556-3690
    Los Angeles Times              (+1-213)-237-4712
    Boston Globe                   (+1-617)-929-3192
    Detroit Free Press             (+1-313)-222-6774
    Washington Times               (+1-202) 636 3000 (Tel)
 
 
EUROPE
 
Liberation (Romain Franklin)       (+33-1)-4272-5076
Financial Times (Letters)          (+44-171)-873-5938
 
 
ASIA
 
    Asian Wall St Journal          (+852)-834-5291  
    Int. Herald Tribune            (+65)-274-2334
    Bangkok Post                   (+66-2)-240-3666
    The Nation                     (+66-2)-317-2069
    The Straits Times              (+65)-732-0131
    The Japan Times                (+81-3)-3453-5456
    Mainichi Daily News            (+81-3)-3211-2509
    Mainichi (Bangkok)             (+66-2) 236 6431
                                (Tel +66-2 233 9393, 233 5853)
    Asahi Evening News             (+81-3)-3542-6172
    The Daily Yomiuri              (+81-3)-3279-6324
    Asahi Shimbun, Geneva          (+41-22)774 3166
    Jeanne Hallacy (TV journalist) Tel/Fax (+66-2) 391 0276
 
PERIODICALS
    Asiaweek                       (+852)-571-5384
    Time                           (+1-212)-522-0601
    Newsweek                       (+1-212)-350-4120
    New Yorker                     (+1-212)-302 9627   
    Far Eastern Econ. Review       (+852)-503-1530
    (Bertil Lintner (Bkk)          (+66-2)-271-3599
    Burma Debate                   (+1-202)-828-0819
    Burma Alert                    (+1-819)-647-5403
    CRDB Bulletin USA              (+1-714)-635-7266
    Le Mekong                      (+33-1) 4050 1565
    Der Speigel (BK)               (+66-2) 259 5980 
                                   (Tel 258 8410)
 
RADIO
    BBC (London)                        (+44-171) 379 0975
    BBC Burmese Service, London         (+44-171) 836 9466
    BBC South Asia Report, London       (+44-171)  836 9466
    BBC UN Geneva (Owen Bennett-Jones)  (+41-22)  733 7988
    BBC UN New York (Rob Watson)        (+1-212)  421 4841 
    Democratic Voice of Burma (Oslo)    (+47-22)  362 525; 
    VOA UN-Geneva (Douglas Roberts)     (+41-22)  740 0360 
    VOA UN-New York                     (+1-212)  826 4540
    
 
TELEVISION (Thailand)
 
Jeanne Hallacy (TV journalist) Tel/Fax (+66-2) 391 0276
 
 
TELEVISION (USA)
 
CNN                                (+1-404) 827 3134
CNN Environmental                  (+1-404) 827 4292
Dateline NBC - Neil Shapiro        (+1-212)664 3888 (Tel)
Prime Time Live - Philis McGrady   (+1-212) 456 1000 (Tel)
WGBH Boston - David Fanning        (+1-617) 492 2777 (Tel)
                                            783 3500 (Tel)
Public Television Fred Noriega, 
John Santos   (Channel 13)         (+1-212) 560 2000 (Tel)
CNN - Pam Hill                     (+1-212)714 7840 (Tel)
"60 Minutes" - Phil Scheffer       (+1-212) 975 2831 (Tel)
CBS - David Hawkins                (+1-212) 975 1998 (Tel)
 
 ..............................................................
 
                            MEDIA EMAIL NUMBERS
 
WIRE SERVICES
 
Agence France Presse    afp.com
Associated Press        apnews.com
 
 
DAILY NEWSPAPERS
 
USA
 
Los Angeles Times                       latimes.com 
Christian Science Monitor (Op-ed)       oped@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Houston Chronicle                   chron.com
Newsday                                 newsday.com
Boston Globe                                           
  Story Ideas                           news@xxxxxxxxx
  Letters to the Editor                 letter@xxxxxxxxx
  Religion Editor                       religion@xxxxxxxxx
Boston Herald
  Political comments                    heraldpol@xxxxxxxxxx
  Other op-ed comments                  heraldedit@xxxxxxxxxx
Chicago Tribune                         tribletter@xxxxxxx
San Francisco Examiner                  sfexaminer@xxxxxxx
Seattle Times (Op-Ed)                   opinion@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
McClatchy Newspapers                    mcclatchy.com
Rocky Mountain News                     rmn.com 
Detroit Free Press                      det-freepress.com
 
 
EUROPE
 
International Herald-Tribune            iht@xxxxxxxxxx
The Daily Telegraph, London             editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Guardian, U.K. (letters)            letters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Die Tageszeitung, Berlin                briefe@xxxxxx 
 
ASIA
 
THE NATION (Bangkok): - Yindee Lertcharoenchoek                
yindee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
BANGKOK POST: - Ralph Bachoe rbachoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 
PERIODICALS
 
ASIAWEEK:                          Asiaweek@xxxxxxxx
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW :      lintner@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
(Bertil Lintner)
Foreign Policy Magazine            3123728@xxxxxxxxxxx    
                                   3133729@xxxxxxxxxxx 
The New Republic, Inc.             tnr.com 
                                   editors@xxxxxxx
Newsweek (Letters to the editor)   letters@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Political Science Quarterly, NY    psq123@xxxxxxx
Private Eye, UK                    Strobes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Rolling Stone, New York            rollingstone@xxxxxxxxxxx
Der Spiegel, Germany               100064.3164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Stern, Hamburg, Germany            100125.1305@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Time                               timeletter@xxxxxxx
U.S. News and World Report         71154.1006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
New York Press                     381-5247@xxxxxxxxxxx 
"Burma Alert"                      yawnghwe@xxxxxxxxxx
"CRDB Bulletin"                    burma@    
 
 
RADIO 
 
National Public Radio              atc@xxxxxxx, 
                                   wsat@xxxxxxx,               
                                   wesun@xxxxxxx,              
                                   morning@xxxxxxx,            
                                   watc@xxxxxxx)
          
Woman's Hour (BBC radio)           womanshour@xxxxxxxxx
BBC World Service                  iac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Democratic Voice of Burma (Oslo)   dvb@oslonett,no
 
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