Canada-Burma relations
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About 233,000 results (August 2017)
Source/publisher:
Various sources via Youtube
Date of entry/update:
2017-08-22
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description:
"Canadian Friends of Burma is a national non-governmental organization founded in 1991 as an
outcome of a Canadian NGO seminar about Burma.
In partnership with solidarity organizations at home and abroad, CFOB works for the cause of
peace, human rights and democracy in Burma. Its primary objectives are to raise awareness about
the political, human rights and socio-economic conditions in Burma and to encourage more
Canadians to take action in this regard.
CFOB supports Canadian groups engaged in Burma educational activities, produces educational
materials about Burma, and monitors the involvement of Canadian businesses. Accordingly, CFOB
has become an important national locus of NGO and grassroots activity and government relations..."
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Burma Action Groups, Expatriate Groups, Round Tables etc., Burma democracy movement's international supporters, Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Description:
Search for Burma
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-01
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Canada-Burma relations
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English
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Individual Documents
Sub-title:
The causes and solutions to the crisis lie in Myanmar, Benoit Préfontaine said
Description:
"Canada has said they are using all tools at their disposal, including sanctions, against Myanmar leaders and companies as well as diplomatic efforts to help find a solution to Rohingya crisis.
"We fully agree that the causes and solutions to the crisis lie in Myanmar, and this is why we are using all tools at our disposal to help," Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine.
The High Commissioner was addressing a symposium titled “Bangladesh-Canada Relations: Prognosis for Partnership” at a Dhaka hotel organized by Cosmos Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cosmos Group, as part of its Ambassador’s Lecture Series on Saturday.
Highlighting Canada’s supports over Rohingya issue, Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Md Shahidul Haque, who spoke at the event as the chief guest, termed Bangladesh-Canada relation a trouble-free one which is growing on all fronts, reports UNB.
Chairman of the Cosmos Foundation Enayetullah Khan delivered the welcome speech at the symposium chaired by Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, the Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and former foreign affairs Adviser to Bangladesh’s previous caretaker government..."
Source/publisher:
"Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication:
2019-12-07
Date of entry/update:
2019-12-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Canada-Burma relations
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The case targets systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country
Description:
"Canada is supporting a genocide prosecution of the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country.
Gambia filed the genocide case Monday with the International Criminal Court in The Hague on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Co-operation, a group of 57 Muslim countries.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement the move will advance accountability for the crime of genocide, which includes mass murder, systemic discrimination, hate speech and sexual and gender-based violence.
The Canadian government will look for ways to support Gambia’s legal efforts, she added. To that end, she said the government will enlist the help of former Liberal interim leader and longtime politician Bob Rae, who also served as Canada’s special envoy to Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
"Penticton Western News"
Date of publication:
2019-11-11
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"Myanmar’s Government signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s) and an agreement letter with China at Beijing’s Belt and Road Forum on Thursday, detailing strengthened cooperation between the countries on the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), trade and technology.
According to the Ministry of Information, Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang were present to witness the signing of the documents.
The ministry’s statement said that a China-Myanmar Economic Corridor cooperation (2019-2030) MOU was signed by Myanmar’s Ministry of Planning and Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planning agency.
In September, a 15-point MOU for the CMEC was signed. The economic corridor is set to be part of Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which aims to construct basic infrastructure connecting key economic centres in Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
"Belt & Road News"
Date of publication:
2019-04-27
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-05
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
“One Belt, One Road” initiative, Burma's economic relations with China, Other Special Economic Zones, Canada-Burma relations
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Chinese investment and tourism are rising fast in the country at a time the US and EU pull back in revulsion at new rights abuses
Description:
"Myanmar’s ethnic turmoil and political uncertainties are keeping Western investors and tourists away, as the Rohingya refugee crisis has once again made the country a pariah byword for grave human rights abuses.
At the same time, China has emerged as the largest investor in Myanmar’s commercial center Yangon, accounting for 65 of 113 approved foreign invested projects in fiscal 2018-19.
Chinese tourist arrivals, guided in part by Beijing’s control of tour groups and Myanmar’s new relaxed visa rules for Chinese visitors, have also skyrocketed, making them far and away the largest national group to visit the country in 2018.
According to a July 26 report in The Irrawaddy, the surge in new Chinese investment has been concentrated in Yangon but is also growing fast in other parts of the country. The report said: ”China is planning to implement multi-billion dollar projects, including a deep seaport, new cities, industrial parks, border economic cooperation zones and high-speed railroad lines under its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.”
In November, Myanmar signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China which officially established the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), a transport artery that will connect China’s southwestern Yunnan province with the Bay of Bengal, thus giving China an alternative trade route to the congested Malacca Strait..."
Source/publisher:
Asia Times
Date of publication:
2019-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
“One Belt, One Road” initiative, Burma's economic relations with China, Canada-Burma relations, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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INTERPRETATION [1.]
-LIST [2.]
2.Designated person
-PROHIBITIONS [3. - 13.]
3.Export
4.Import
5.Assets Freeze
6.Technical data
7.(1)Investment — property in Burma held by or on behalf of Burma or national of Burma not ordinarily resident in Canada
7.(2)Investment — property held by or on behalf of a person in Burma
7.(3)Property
8.Financial services
9.Docking — ship registered in Burma
10.Docking — ship registered under an Act of Parliament
11.Landing in Canada
12.Landing in Burma
13.Prohibition
-DUTY TO DETERMINE [14.]
14.Determination
-DISCLOSURE [15.]
15.(1)Report
15.(2)Immunity
-APPLICATION TO NO LONGER BE A DESIGNATED PERSON [16.]
16.(1)Petition
16.(2)Decision
16.(3)Presumption
16.(4)Notice
16.(5)New application
-APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE [17.]
17.(1)Mistaken identity
17.(2)Certificate — time frame
-EXCLUSIONS [18. - 19.]
18.Import and export
19.Financial services
-APPLICATION PRIOR TO PUBLICATION [20.]
20.Application
-COMING INTO FORCE [21.]
21.Registration
SCHEDULE
Source/publisher:
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Date of publication:
2007-12-13
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-13
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English, Francais/ Français
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Description:
Canada?s policy on Burma is a direct reflection of the severe problems that the military government has created for its people, and the security concerns that the policies of its leadership and the actions of its armed forces pose for the international community. Foremost among the concerns is the appalling mistreatment of the people of Burma, who are deprived of fundamental human rights and denied a voice in the way they are governed.
Source/publisher:
Government of Canada
Date of publication:
2008-10-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English
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PROVIDED BY CANADIAN FRIENDS OF BURMA (CFOB) BASED ON FIRST AND SECOND BURMA FORUM REPORTS
Included the OVERVIEW ON CANADA-BURMA RELATIONS.
Source/publisher:
Canadian Friends of Burma
Date of entry/update:
2010-10-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Description:
A useful and balanced overview.
FACTS ABOUT BURMA...
BURMA: A CHRONOLOGY...
CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND TO 1988:
Rise of Nationalism;
Ne Win and Isolationism;
Growth of Heroin Industry...
CHAPTER 2: THE MEN BEHIND THE MASSACRES:
The Ordeal of Aung San Suu Kyi...
CHAPTER 3: THE HUMAN COSTS OF MILITARY RULE:
Refugees;
Political Prisoners;
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Forced Relocation;
Forced Labour;
Students and Education;
Political Prisoners;
Freedom of the Press;
The Militarization of Society;
Women Living under a Military Dictatorship;
Political Prisoners...
CHAPTER 4: THE CRIMINAL ECOMONY:
Sectors Complicit with Forced Labour;
Opium, Heroin and a Drug Economy...
CHAPTER 5: FORCED LABOUR AND THE ILO:
ILO Commission of Inquiry, 1998 Report;
Follow-up to the 1998 Report;
CHAPTER 6: GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES:
Neighbouring Countries;
Malaysia,Singapore and ASEA;
Canada and Other International Influences;
The United Nations;
Other National Governments;
How Does Canada Measure Up?;
Civil Society...
CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS:
Canada?s Role;
Development Assistance;
Trade and Investment...
FURTHER READING...
WEB CONNECTIONS.
Clyde Sanger
Source/publisher:
Canadian Friends of Burma
Date of publication:
2002-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-07-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Political analysis of Burma and the region, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Description:
With growing numbers of Canadians falling victim to the burgeoning trade in Burmese heroin ... the country?s lawmakers have started to target Burma?s military junta for its role in undermining security at home and abroad.
Neil Lawrence
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 6
Date of publication:
1999-07-00
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Canada-Burma relations
Language:
English
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