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Title: Myanmar ratifies the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Source/publisher: International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Date of publication: 2013-12-19
Description: "On 18 December 2013, the Government of the Republic of Myanmar deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). Myanmar is the 178th ILO member State to ratify this instrument, which calls for the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including slavery, trafficking, the use of children in armed conflict, the use of a child for prostitution, pornography and illicit activities (such as drug trafficking) as well as hazardous work..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-07-01
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council, 28th meeting, 17 March 2014 (video)
Source/publisher: United Nations Human Rights Council (25th Session)
Date of publication: 2014-03-17
Description: SPEAKERS: Mr. Thom?s Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of HR in Myanmar (Introduction)... Myanmar, Mr. Maung Wai (Concerned Country)... European Union, Ms. Mariangela Zappia... Philippines (on behalf of ASEAN), Ms. Cecilia B. Rebong... New Zealand, Ms. Amanda Ellis... Czech Republic, Ms. Katerina Sequensova... Thailand, Mr. Thani Thongphakdi... Argentina, Ms. Victoria Gobbi... Norway, Ms. Monika P. Thowsen... India, Mr. Nagabushana Reddy... Italy, Mr. Marco Lapadura... Japan, Ms. Takeshi Okada... United States of America, Ms. Paula G. Schriefe... Canada, Ms. Alison Leclaire Christie... Turkey, Mr. Sait Uyanik... Republic of Korea, Ms. Oh Hyunjoo... France, Mr. Pierre Le Goff... Ireland, Mr. James C. O?Shea... China, Mr. Gu Zihua... Democratic People?s Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Yong Ho... Mexico, Mr. Jorge Lom?naco... Sri Lanka, Ms. Manisha Gunasekera... Cuba, Mr. Abelardo Moreno Fern?ndez... Denmark, Ms. Marie-Louise Koch Wegter... Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. F?lix Pe?a Ramos... Belgium, Mr. Charlotte Vangrunderbeek... United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. James McLaughlin... Switzerland, Mr. Alexandre Fasel... Australia, Mr. Peter Woolcott... Poland, Mr. Jedrzej Uszynski... Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh... Lao People?s Democratic Republic, Mr. Thongphane Savanphet... International Commission of Jurists, Mr. Daniel Aguirre... Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Mr. Joses Kuan... Human Rights Now, Ms. Yuriko Moto... Human Rights Watch, Mr. Philippe Dam... Lawyers for Lawyers; Lawyers? Rights Watch Canada, Ms. Vanitha Selvarajah... Jubilee Campaign, Mr. Matthew Jones... International Educational Development, Inc., Ms. Karen Parker... Mr. Thom?s Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of HR in Myanmar (Final Remarks)
Date of entry/update: 2014-07-01
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Human Rights Council - 25th Session: The situation of human rights in Myanmar - Resolution
Source/publisher: United Nations Human Rights Council (A /HRC/RES/25/26)
Date of publication: 2014-03-28
Description: Resolution on Myanmar adopted without a vote (by consensus)
Date of entry/update: 2014-07-01
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Arabic, Chinese, Espa?ol, Fran?ais, Русский
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Title: Border Prosthetics - Helping amputees with specially made prosthetics on the Myanmar-Thailand border (video)
Source/publisher: Al Jazeera (The Cure)
Date of publication: 2014-06-24
Description: "Decades of ethnic conflict have left south eastern Myanmar one of the most landmine-ridden regions in the world. Few landmine victims get the treatment they need inside the country, formerly known as Burma, and so spend days travelling to neighbouring Thailand for medical support. The Mae Tao Clinic provides healthcare to more than 150,000 displaced people every year, from vaccinations, to eye surgery and emergency operations on gunshot wounds. In the clinic?s prosthetics department, where many of the staff are themselves former landmine victims, more than 250 prosthetic limbs are fitted each year. Nidhi Dutt travels to the border town of Mae Sot to meet the people making tailored prosthetics from the simplest of tools for whoever needs them, no matter which side of Myanmar?s civil conflict they are on..."
Creator/author: Nidhi Dutt
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-28
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Law Amending the Law on the Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 26/2014 - စုဝေးခွင့်နှင့် စီတန်းလှည့်လည်ခွင့်ပြင်ဆင်ဥပဒေ
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication: 2014-06-24
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-26
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: U.S. Relations With Burma Fact Sheet August 13, 2013
Source/publisher: US Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Date of publication: 2013-08-13
Description: U.S. Relations With Burma: The United States supports a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma that respects the human rights of all its peoples. Elections in November 2010 led to a peaceful transition from sixty years of military rule to a quasi-civilian government headed by President Thein Sein. Under President Thein Sein, the Government of Burma has initiated a series of political and economic reforms which have resulted in a substantial opening of the long-isolated country. These reforms include the release of many political prisoners, ceasefire agreements with 12 of 13 major non-state armed groups, greater freedom of the press, and parliamentary by-elections in 2012 in which pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her opposition party won 43 of the 44 seats they contested (out of 45) gaining approximately 11% representation in parliament. The Obama Administration has employed a calibrated engagement strategy to recognize the positive steps undertaken to date and to incentivize further reform. The guiding principles of this approach have been to support Burma?s political and economic reforms; promote national reconciliation; build government transparency, and accountability and institutions; empower local communities and civil society; and promote responsible international engagement and human rights. As part of our calibrated approach to support further reform, the United States has restored full diplomatic relations, re-established a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in country, supported assessment missions and technical assistance by international financial institutions, and eased financial and investment sanctions against Burma. President Obama?s trip to Burma in November 2012, the first visit of a sitting U.S. President, demonstrated the United States? continuing support to Burma in its political and economic reform efforts...More information about Burma is available from the Department of State and other sources, some of which are listed here: Department of State Burma Country Page Doing Business in Burma page Department of State Key Officers List CIA World Factbook Burma Page USAID Burma Page Human Rights Reports International Religious Freedom Reports Trafficking in Persons Reports Narcotics Control Reports Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Page"
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-16
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Myanmar?s Integration with Global Economy: Outlook and Opportunities
Source/publisher: IDE-JETRO
Date of publication: 2014-03-05
Description: Abstract: "The first phase of BRC Research Report was published in 2013 entitled ?Economic Reforms in Myanmar: Pathways and Pro spects?. The book was very well received and widely circulated throughout the region. This is the second phase of BRC Report entitled ?Myanmar?s Integration with Global Economy: Outlook and Op portunities? To report and analyse further Myanmar?s integration with global economy, BRC commissioned eight chapters written by well - known regional scholars who are very familiar with updated development in Myanmar, to assess the outlook and opportunities facing Myanmar of the second phase of its strategy. What is the prospect for Myanmar in developing export - driven growth strategy after the lifting of sanctions by major Western countries? Would foreign direct investment (FDI) come to Myanmar following the introduction of new Foreign Investment Law to generate a much needed capital and technology to stimulate economic growth and employment? Equally important are the analyses of high - valued food production and supply chains and the role of Myanmar business c onglomerates in the context of economic, trade, and investment liberalization. Would FDI and competition from multilateral companies in Myanmar domestic economy create the necessary economic benefits to generate economic competition and efficiency necessar y to accelerate the rate of economic development and employment? Chapters are intended to provide clear explanation s and analyse s of various interrelated changes that may have perceptible implications to the second phase of Myanmar economic reform. A chapt er on transition from informal to formal foreign exchange transactions was analy s ed based on evidence from export firm survey data. It is a bold attempt to provide clear implications to Myanmar?s fragile financial and banking sector as a result of liberali zation and deregulation of foreign trade and stabilization and the measured de - regulation of foreign exchange market. Two chapters were written on Myanmar?s changing external political and economic relations with China and India which would have important implications to the process of Myanmar?s economic reforms and development."
Creator/author: HANK LIM, Yasuhiro Yamada
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-16
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Religious Conversion Bill - ကိုးကွယ်ရာဘာသာကူးပြောင်းခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေ (မူကြမ်း)
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Alin," 27 May, 2014
Date of publication: 2014-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-13
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Title: Religious Conversion Bill (English)
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar via CHRO
Date of publication: 2014-00-00
Description: Unofficial translation by the Chin Human Rights Organization(CHRO)
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-13
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Title: Myanmar?s Initial National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
Date of publication: 2012-00-00
Description: CHAPTER HEADINGS: National Circumstances...National Development... National Greenhouse Gas Inventory...Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment...Mitigation Options Assessment and Strategies...Development and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies...Research and Systematic Observation...Education, Training and Public Awareness on Climate...Integration of Climate Change Concerns into Development Plans and Programmes...Information and Networking...Capacity Building...Other Information Considered Relevant to the Achievement of the Objective...Constraints and Gaps, and Related Financial, Technical and Capacity Needs...Conclusions and Recommendation.....ANNEXES:- AnnexI: Abatement Project Profiles on GHG Mitigation and Adaptation in Myanmar... AnnexII: Report on Research on ENSO Impact on Climate Fluctuation and Frequency of Extreme Climate Anomalies in the Region and in Myanmar... Annex III: Estimation of CH4 Emission fromRice Cultivation in Myanmar - Field Survey Research Paper... Annex IV: Draft National Climate Change Policy, Strategies and Actions... Annex V: EST Database on Emission Reduction Projects..... FROM THE CONCLUSIONS: "...To reduce the vulnerability to the possible climate change impacts, policies, legislations and other supporting tools are to be developed collectively. It will help identify andimplement adaptation strategies, ensuring the continued progress of Myanmar towards a peacefulmodern developed country. In this context, institutional strengthening,technology innovation and transfer, provision of advanced tools and equipment, enabling condition with adequate funds and collaboration with relevant institutions and agencies at the national, regional and international levels are indispensable.".....TABLES.....FIGURES...
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-12
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 12 MB
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Title: THE NSCN-K AND THE PEACE PROCESS
Source/publisher: Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (BCES) Briefing Paper No., 21
Date of publication: 2014-04-00
Description: "April 2014 saw the coming together of twenty-one armed ethnic groups that have been in conflict with the Burmese Government. The aim of the talks was to discuss a nationwide ceasefire agreement between armed ethnic groups and the Government?s negotiating team which also included members of the armed forces. One of these groups, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ? Khaplang (NSCN-K), appeared at the meeting in somewhat complex circumstances. It remains unclear as to what exactly the goal of the NSCN-K is in relation to the peace process in Burma. Although based in Burma, its primary motivation is conflict with the Indian Government in its attempts to create a united Nagaland which is to also include parts of Manipur, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh , consequently they have primarily fought the Assam Rifles (AR) and other Naga factions and not the Burma Army. That said however, it also claims parts of Sagaing Division, where the group is based, as being part of a united Nagaland, and it seeks total independence for Nagaland consisting of parts of India and Burma joined together. .."
Creator/author: Paul Keenan
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-12
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: ?I Thought They Would Kill Me? - Ending Wartime Torture in Northern Myanmar
Source/publisher: Fortify Rights
Date of publication: 2014-06-09
Description: "...For the past three years, Myanmar authorities have systematically tortured Kachin civilians perceived to be aligned with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Fortify Rights said in a new report released today. Fortify Rights believes these abuses constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The government of Myanmar should intervene immediately to end the use of torture in the conduct of the ongoing war in Kachin State and northern Shan State, and it should credibly investigate and prosecute members of the Myanmar Army, Myanmar Police Force, and Military Intelligence who are responsible for the serious crimes described in this report. The 71-page report, ?I Thought They Would Kill Me?: Ending Wartime Torture in Northern Myanmar, describes the systematic use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment (?ill treatment?) of more than 60 civilians by Myanmar authorities from June 2011 to April 2014. Members of the Myanmar Army, Myanmar Police Force, and Military Intelligence deliberately caused severe and lasting mental and physical pain to civilians in combat zones, villages, and places of detention in Kachin State. While some impacts of these crimes are irreparable, none of the survivors interviewed by Fortify Rights have received adequate medical care..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-09
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Title: The Lady Rallies the Masses Once Again - Aung San Suu Kyi wants to change the Burmese constitution. But will the military really go along?
Source/publisher: "Foreign Policy"
Date of publication: 2014-06-05
Description: "During the third week of May, Aung San Suu Kyi?s supporters gathered for two mass rallies in Rangoon and Mandalay, Burma?s two biggest cities. (The demonstration in Mandalay, the most important commercial city in upper Burma, drew an estimated 25,000 supporters.) Both rallies called for amending Article 436 of the 2008 constitution, which essentially gives the military a veto over any amendments. The article stipulates that any amendments require the support of more than 75 percent of members of the parliament, where unelected military representatives control a quarter of the seats. Aung San Suu Kyi?s camp have to get rid of this provision before they can amend the article that prevents her from holding the presidency. There?s no doubt that Burma?s constitution is deeply flawed. The excessive power that it grants the military and the obstacles it places in the way of amendment are only two of the most obvious problems. Ideally, of course, these provisions can be changed or abolished. In reality, matters are a bit more complicated..."
Creator/author: Min Zin
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-06
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Myanmar?s Military: Back to the Barracks? မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော် စစ်တန်းလျားသို့ ပြန်ပြီလား (Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Source/publisher: International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing 143)
Date of publication: 2014-04-22
Description: I ခြုံငုံသုံးသပ်ချက် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ စစ်တပ် သို့မဟုတ် တပ်မတော်သည် လွတ်လပ်ရေးအလွန် သမိုင်း တစ်လျှောက်လုံးတွင် တိုင်းပြည်၌ သြဇာလွှမ်းသော အင်စတီကျူးရှင်းတစ်ခု ဖြစ်ခဲ့သည်။ ဆယ်စု နှစ်များချီသော စစ်အုပ်ချုပ်ရေး အပြီးတွင်မူ အရပ်သားတစ်ပိုင်းအစိုးရအဖြစ်သို့ ကူးပြောင်းမှုကို စတင်ခဲ့သည်။ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့နှင့် စစ်တပ်မှ မျိုးဆက်သစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်များသည် အသွင်ကူးပြောင်း မှုကို လူတကာ မျှော်လင့်ထားသည်ထက် များစွာ ပိုမို မြန်ဆန်စွာဖြင့် ဝေးဝေးတွန်းခဲ့ကြသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် နိုင်ငံရေးနှင့် စီးပွားရေးတွင် ဆက်လက်ပတ်သက်နေမှုနှင့် မည်သည့်အချိန်ကာလ ရောက်မှ အရပ်ဖက်အစိုးရ၏ ထိန်းချုပ်မှုအောက်သို့ဝင်ရန် လက်ခံမလဲ စသော တပ်မတော်၏ ရည်ရွယ်ချက်များနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ သံသယဖြစ်ဖွယ် အဓိကမေးခွန်းများ ကျန်ရှိနေသည်။ အရာရာ သြဇာအာဏာကြီးသော စစ်တပ်အဖြစ်မှ ယင်း၏အာဏာအပေါ် ဒီမိုကရေစီနည်းကျကန့်သတ်မှုကို လက်ခံသော စစ်တပ်အဖြစ်သို့ အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းမှုသည် ကြီးမားသော စိန်ခေါ်မှု တစ်ခုဖြစ်လိမ့် မည်။
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-06
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Title: Myanmar?s Military: Back to the Barracks? (English)
Source/publisher: International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing 143)
Date of publication: 2014-04-22
Description: "Myanmar?s military, the Tatmadaw, has been the dominant institution in the country for most of its post-independence history. After decades of military rule, it began the shift to a semi-civilian government. A new ge neration of leaders in the military and in government pushed the transition far further and much faster than anyone could have imagined. Major questions remain, however, about the Tatmadaw?s intentions, its ongoing involvement in politics and the economy, and whether and within what timeframe it will accept to be brought unde r civilian control. Transforming from an all-powerful military to one that accepts democratic constraints on its power will be an enormous challenge..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-06
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Analyses of laws relating to doing business in Burma/Myanmar
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" and other sources via Polastri Wint & Partners
Description: Substantial collection of analyses of laws relating to dong business in Myanmar, including presentations made at seminars in 2013-2014
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-06
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: LAND CONFISCATION IN BURMA: A THREAT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES & RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2014-05-05
Description: "Land confiscation is one of the leading causes of protest and unrest in Burma, having led to the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in recent years. It also undermines Burma?s fragile peace processes... •The 2008 constitution and subsequent laws are used to legitimize arbitrary land confiscation, deny access to justice, and perpetuate an environment of impunity... • Land confiscation for profitable large-scale development and commercial projects enrich the military, state- owned enterprises, and regime cronies, but result in the loss of livelihood and human rights abuses for local communities... • Land confiscation often involves violence, resulting in grievous injury, to force people off their land, or to suppress resistance to land confiscation... • Benefiting from land grabs, linked in some cases to ethnic cleansing or war atrocities, poses a risk to foreign investors and increases their exposure to judicial claims... • Prevailing censorship and other institutional obstr uctions hinder access to accurate information required for due diligence processes. • It is in the interests of the international corpora te community to ensure that legislative and institution reforms include equitable and transpare nt land acquisition procedures and measures to protect communities from impunity... Since President Thein Sein took office in 2011, the regime has allowed unbridled land confiscation for infrastructure, commercial and military development projects... The 2008 constitution identifies the state as being the ultimate owner of all land in Burma. Antiquated laws such as the 1894 Lan d Acquisition Act give the regime the right to take o ver any land, making local people extremely vulnerable to forced displacement without any recourse to remedy. Given that an estimated 70% of the population depend on small- and medium-scale agriculture for their livelihoods, land confiscation has had a devastating impact."
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-04
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed and/or adopted in 2014
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-03
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ , English
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Title: Bouncing Back - Relapse in the Golden Triangle
Source/publisher: Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication: 2014-06-01
Description: "TNI?s in depth examination of the illegal drug market in the Golden Triangle, which has a witnessed a doubling of opium production, growing prison populations and repression of small-scale farmers. This report details the failure of ASEAN?s ?drug free? strategy and the need for a new approach..."The illicit drug market in the Golden Triangle – Burma, Thailand and Laos – and in neighbouring India and China has undergone profound changes. This report documents those changes in great detail, based on information gathered on the ground in difficult circumstances by a group of dedicated local researchers. After a decade of decline, opium cultivation has doubled again and there has also been a rise in the production and consumption of ATS – especially methamphetamines. Drug control agencies are under constant pressure to apply policies based on the unachievable goal to make the region drug free by 2015. This report argues for drug policy changes towards a focus on health, development, peace building and human rights. Reforms to decriminalise the most vulnerable people involved could make the region?s drug policies far more sustainable and cost-effective. Such measures should include abandoning disproportionate criminal sanctions, rescheduling mild substances, prioritising access to essential medicines, shifting resources from law enforcement to social services, alternative development and harm reduction, and providing evidence-based voluntary treatment services for those who need them. The aspiration of a drug free ASEAN in 2015 is not realistic and the policy goals and resources should be redirected towards a harm reduction strategy for managing – instead of eliminating – the illicit drug market in the least harmful way. In view of all the evidence this report presents about the bouncing back of the opium economy and the expanding ATS market, plus all the negative consequences of the repressive drug control approaches applied so far, making any other choice would be irresponsible."
Creator/author: Ernestien Jensema, Martin Jelsma, Tom Blickman, Tom Kramer
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-03
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 3.56 MB
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Title: Home page of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Source/publisher: Secretariat of the Convention on Biologicql Diversity
Description: Well-designed and extensive site. Links to the texts of the Convention and Protocols, 36 useful fact sheets, national reports, Programmes and much more.
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-01
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English (also Espa?ol, Fran?ais, Русский and a little Burmese )
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Title: Myanmar: Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Source/publisher: Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2014-03-00
Description: "...This report is composed of three main parts, providing the latest information on the country?s implementation on biodiversity conservation since the Fourth National Report in 2009. Part I provides the latest information on the Status, Trends and Threats to the different types of Biodiversity in Myanmar. Part II presents the current degreeof implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), and the achievements of mainstreaming biodiversity into relevant sectoral and cross-sectoral strategies, plans and programmes. Finally, Part III examines the linkages and contribution of Myanmar?s NBSAP implementation towards the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the 2015 Targets of the Millennium Development Goals..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-01
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 2.71 MB
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Title: National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan - Myanmar (Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ )
Source/publisher: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Date of publication: 2011-00-00
Description: "Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to Myanmar, as well as objectives and methodology of the NBSAP. In Chapter 2, a detailed description about the diversity in ecosystems, habitats and species in Myanmar is presented, including the indication on species? status as being endemic, threatened or invasive. Chapter 3 discusses the background of national policies, institutions and legal frameworks applicable to biodiversity conservation in Myanmar. Chapter 4 analyses and highlights conservation priorities, major threats to the conservation of biodiversity as well as the important matter of sustainable and equitable use of biological resources in Myanmar. Chapter 5 presents the comprehensive national strategy and action plans for implementing biodiversity conservation in Myanmar within a 5-year framework that includes strengthening and expanding on priority sites for conservation, mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation in other sectors and policies, implementing of priority species conservation, supporting for more active participation of NGOs and other institutions in society towards biodiversity conservation, implementing actions towards biosafety and invasive species issues, strengthening legislative process for environmental conservation and enhancing awareness on biodiversity conservation. In this chapter, sustainable management of natural resources and development of ecotourism are also mentioned. Chapter 6 presents the required institutional mechanism for improving biodiversity conservation, the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation, as well as sustainability, of the NBSAP. It is trusted that the NBSAP provides a comprehensive framework for planning biodiversity conservation, management and utilization in a sustainable manner, as well as to ensure the long term survival of Myanmar?s rich biodiversity..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-06-01
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
Format : pdf
Size: 3.07 MB
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Title: Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014 (၂၀၁၄ ခ စ ၊ မန မအထစပရဇန ဥပဒ - ၂၀၁၄ ခ စ ၊ ပည ထင စလ!တ တ ဥပဒအမ တ ၁ ။)
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication: 2014-01-23
Description: Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law, The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014, 8th Waning of Pyatho, 1375 M.E, 23rd January 2014
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
Format : pdf
Size: 173.54 KB
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Title: Myanmar Special Economic Zones Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014 (English)
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication: 2014-01-23
Description: The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 1/2014, 8th Waning of Pyatho, 1375 M.E 23 rd January 2014
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-29
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
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Title: Fortify Rights
Source/publisher: Fortify ights.org/
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
Source/publisher: Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business
Description: "The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business is a new initiative to encourage responsible business activities throughout Myanmar. The Centre is a joint initiative of the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). Based in Yangon, it aims to provide a trusted, impartial forum for dialogue, seminars, and briefings to relevant parties as well as access to international expertise and tools. Vicky Bowman is the first Director of the Centre. She draws on seven years of living in Yangon, is fluent in the Myanmar language and has many years? experience of working on responsible business issues, within the private sector and government. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were unanimously endorsed in June 2011 by the UN Human Rights Council, are key to the Centre?s mission and activities..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-24
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese
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Title: Counting the Costs: Myanmar?s Problematic Census
Source/publisher: International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing 144)
Date of publication: 2014-05-15
Description: Overview: "Myanmar?s first census in over 30 years, an ambitious project conducted in April 2014 with technical advice from the UN and significant funding from bilateral donors, has proved to be highly controversial and deeply divisive. A process that was largely blind to the political and conflict risks has inflamed ethnic and religious tensions in this diverse country. The release of the inevitably controversial results in the coming months will have to be handled with great sensitivity if further dangers are to be minimised. The census will provide information vital for Myanmar?s government, development partners and investors in planning their activities. But it has also created political tensions and sparked conflict at a crucial moment in the country?s transition and peace process. Some controversies are inevitable in any census. However, the way that the process has been designed and prepared, insufficiently sensitive to the country?s evolving realities and the major risks that they present, has greatly exacerbated its negative impact. Such problems were not inevitable, nor were they unforeseen. They largely stem from the way data on ethnicity, religion and citizenship status are being collected and classified, and the lack of consultation with key constituencies in the design of the process. The serious risks involved were anticipated and clearly laid out in the political risk assessment that the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) ? the lead technical agency involved ? commissioned at the beginning of the process, and they were subsequently repeated and amplified by many other stakeholders and observers, including Crisis Group. However, UNFPA rejected such concerns, consistently presented a panglossian perspective on the census and failed to acknowledge specific political or conflict risks. Key census donors failed to recommend fundamental revisions to the process, even when a census pilot had to be cancelled in Rakhine State due to fears of violence and when key ethnic armed groups called for the enumeration to be postponed. Only at the last minute, when a Rakhine census boycott morphed into violent attacks on international aid agencies that sparked a humanitarian crisis, did most push for such changes. The impact of these problems has been far-reaching, exacerbating inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions. The census has been interrupted in parts of Rakhine State, following a last-minute government decision to prevent the Rohingya population from self-identifying its ethnicity ? a move intended to placate Rakhine radicals, who were committed to a boycott and could have unleashed deadly violence. Amid a massive and intimidatory security operation in Rohingya communities, those households who insisted on identifying as such ? the great majority in many areas ? were left out of the census entirely. In Kachin State, no census has been allowed to take place in areas controlled by the Kachin Independence Organisation armed group, due in part to concerns about how ethnicity data are being collected. The Myanmar military has been used to secure contested areas in Kachin and northern Shan States in order to allow access to census enumerators. In the process, serious clashes have broken out between the two sides, and hundreds of civilians have had to flee. This has put further strain on the peace process at a critical time. Without doubt, the government has been found wanting in its approach to addressing the communal tensions that have proved so threatening to Myanmar?s Muslim community and particularly its Rohingya population. These problems pre-date talk of a census. The authorities, through their public statements, the behaviour of law enforcement personnel and in the laws enacted have to do a lot more to demonstrate that the state?s concern is for the welfare of all. Equally, a census that was more sensitive to political realities, or one conducted at a less volatile time, could have limited or avoided some of the problems now being stoked. Further risks exist in the timing and manner in which census data are released. These will not be easy to mitigate at this point, and UNFPA and the donors will have much less influence now that the most technically demanding and costly aspects of the process have been completed. Rather than accept their share of responsibility for designing and pushing ahead with a flawed process in the face of clear warnings from multiple quarters, UNFPA and key census donors have sought to shift the blame wholly onto the government. They have criticised its last-minute decision to deny Rohingya the right to selfidentify, while failing to acknowledge that by pushing it not to amend or postpone the process earlier on, they left the government in a difficult position with few good options to avoid violence. The narrative that is thereby being presented ? that the process was going well until the government?s last-minute volte-face ? is inaccurate and in the circumstances unhelpful."
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-23
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Public opinion research report for Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipelines
Source/publisher: BadeiDha Moe Civil Society Organization
Date of publication: 2014-03-25
Description: (Survey in NgaPhe` Township, MinBu District, Magway Division and Thipaw Township, Kyauk Mae District, Northern Shan State) By BadeiDha Moe Civil Society Organization..... Summary: "During the political reform period in Myanmar, most of the critical issues that have arisen around land issues have concerned foreign investment projects. The civilian government, Houses of Parliament, Members of Parliament, political parties, civil society and farmers are all directly involved and troubled by the land grabbing that is taking place in the establishment of foreign investment projects. Among these projects, the Myanmar– China pipelines project is having the most effects on the largest number of local people in Myanmar simply because of its size: it crosses the entire length of the country from Rakhine State to Yunnan Province through heavily populated and fertile agricultural areas. Because of its length, it affects all types of Myanmar environmental resources such as cultivated land, virgin land, river, stream, forest and mountains, which are all vital to Myanmar?s rich biodiversity. This one project has the potential to impact negatively on the environment, livelihoods, culture and social life of a large part of the country. Local ethnic nationality groups have been concerned about unfair compensation without the proper regard given to the environment and social impact. State development should start with the involvement of people in each region. It is especially difficult for a government to start development projects when there is political instability, and the impact of this project is an impediment to the on-going peace process. Our team surveyed "public opinion?? on foreign investments, so-called development projects. Local people voluntarily participated in the research in NgaPhe` Township, Upper Myanmar and Thipaw (Hsipaw) Township, Northern Shan State. The survey used participatory action research methods, in which local people could learn how to define their issues, cooperate with each other and with civil society organisations, collect data on their situation and understand their rights with respect to government and private company projects. In summary, our report intends to expose the cases of injustice uncovered through our research to the public, members of parliaments, and civil society"
Date of entry/update: 2014-05-22
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Open Democracy - The Myanmar context
Source/publisher: "Open Democracy"
Date of publication: 2014-03-28
Description: "For the first time since independence, government forces and most Ethnic Armed Groups have stopped fighting. This is an historic achievement in peace-making. However, the ceasefire process has yet to be transformed into a substantial and sustainable phase of peace-building..."
Creator/author: Ashley South
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-28
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: EIA ALERT on EUTR NON-COMPLIANT MYANMAR TIMBER SHIPMENTS
Source/publisher: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Date of publication: 2013-12-00
Description: [EUTR - European Union Timber Regulation]...."Corruption, bribery, and illegality underpin chaotic Myanmar timber production and trade, in both state and non-state controlled areas An EU Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) report by an EUTR Monitoring Organization concludes that current controls do not allow for EUTR compliant trade in Myanmar timber However, since the EUTR came into force in March 2013 more than 8 million dollars of Myanmar timber have been imported into the EU. All of these shipments are likely in breach of the EUTR due diligence obligations, if not also the prohibition EUTR Competent Authorities must monitor compliance of all operators importing from Myanmar, in relation to all individual shipments Despite the lifting of sanctions, EU Operators should desist from placing Myanmar timber on the EU market until it can comply with the EUTR. This will require substantive reforms..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Individual Documents
Category: Timber trade
Language: English
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Title: Data Corruption - Exposing the true scale of logging in Burma (Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Source/publisher: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Date of publication: 2014-03-25
Description: သုံးသပ်ချက်အကျဉ်းချုပ် - မြန်မာအစိုးရ၏ လတ်တလော ပုံနှိပ်ထုတ်ပြန်လိုက်သော လွန်ခဲ့သော ၁၅နှစ်အတွင်း သစ်လုံးထုတ်လုပ်မှုနှင့် သစ်တင်ပို့မှု စာရင်းဇယားများ၏ ဖော်ပြချက်မှာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသစ်လုံးထုတ်လုပ်မှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားသော ကမ္ဘာ့ကုန်သွယ်မှုများထက် သိသိသာသာပင် လျော့နည်းနေကြောင်း၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်း ထိုသစ်လုံးထုတ်လုပ်မှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ ဥပဒေချိုးဖောက်မှုနှင့် ခြစားမှုများလွှမ်းမိုးနေကြောင်းကို သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ (EIA) ၏ သုသေသနပြုချက်က ထုတ်ဖော်လိုက်သည်။ - ၂၀၀၁-၁၃ခုနှစ်အတွင်း သစ်လုံးတင်ပို့မှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်သော တရားဝင်ထုတ်ပြန်သည့် ပမာဏသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသစ်လုံးထုတ်လုပ်မှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားသော နိုင်ငံတကာကုန်သွယ်မှုများအားလုံး၏ ၂၈ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းသာလျှင်ရှိပြီး ၇၂ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းသော သစ်တင်ပို့မှုများမှာ တရားမဝင်ဖြစ်ကြောင်းကို ဖော်ပြနေသည်။ - ၂၀၀၁-၁၃ခုနှစ်အတွင်း အစိုးရခွင့်ပြုသော တရားဝင်သစ်ထုတ်လုပ်မှု ပမာဏသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံထံမှ သစ်လုံးတင်သွင်းမှုနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားသော ပမာဏ၏ ၅၃ရာခိုင်နှုန်းသာရှိပြီး နိုင်ငံအတွင်းတွင် သစ်လုံးတင်ပို့ရေးဦးတည်ပြုလုပ်သော တရားမဝင်သစ်ထုတ်လုပ်မှုသည် ၄၇ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းရှိကြောင်းဖော်ပြနေသည်။ - ၂၀၀၁-၁၃ခုနှစ်အတွင်း တရားဝင်ခွင့်ပြုမထားသော၊ မှတ်တမ်းတင်မထားသော သစ်လုံးတင်ပို့မှုပမာဏသည် ၁၆.၅သန်း ကုဗမီတာရှိကာ အမေရိကန်ဒေါ်လာ ၅.၇ ဘီလီယံတန်ဖိုးရှိ၏။ - သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ (EIA) ၏ တွေ့ရှိချက်များသည် မြန်မာအစိုးရ၏ သစ်ထုတ်လုပ်မှုဆိုင်ရာ အခန်းကဏ္ဍတွင် စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုများ နက်နက်ရှိုင်းရှိုင်း ပျက်ကွက်နေသည်ကို ဖော်ပြနေ၏။ သစ်တောအရင်းအမြစ်များကို ထိန်းသိမ်းရန်နှင့် ဥရောပသမဂ္ဂ၊ အမေရိကန်၊ သြစတြေးလျားနှင့် အခြားသော နိုင်ငံများပါဝင်သော ဥပဒေရေးရာများနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ အထိအခိုက်မခံသည့် ပွားများလာသော တန်ဖိုးမြင့်ပေးမည့်ဈေးကွက်များတွင် မြန်မာသစ်လုံးတင်ပို့မှုများ ရောက်ရှိရေးအတွက် ကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့်ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမှုများ လိုအပ်နေ၏။
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Individual Documents
Category: Timber trade
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Title: Data Corruption - Exposing the true scale of logging in Burma (English)
Source/publisher: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Date of publication: 2014-03-25
Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "• Research by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that recently published Government of Myanmar data on log harvests and timber exports during the past 15 years reveals significantly lower than reported global trade in Myanmar logs, suggesting rampant criminality and corruption in the sector. • Official export volumes from 2000-13 constitute merely 28 per cent of all recorded international trade in Myanmar logs – suggesting 72 per cent of log shipments were illicit. • Official Government-authorised harvest volumes from 2001-13 comprised only 53 per cent of recorded global imports of Myanmar logs, revealing an export-driven illegal logging rate of 47 per cent across the country. • Unauthorised and unrecorded timber exports of 16.5 million cubic metres (m3) of logs from 2000-13 were worth US$5.7 billion. • EIA?s findings demonstrate fundamental governance failures in Myanmar?s timber sector. Wide-ranging reform is required to sustain forest resources and enable access to the increasing number of high-value markets sensitive to legality issues, including the EU, US, Australia and others."
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Individual Documents
Category: Timber trade
Language: English
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Title: Preventing Indiscriminate Attacks and Wilful Killings of Civilians by the Myanmar Military
Source/publisher: The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School
Date of publication: 2014-03-24
Description: "...This memorandum draws from the findings of our ongoing investigation and addresses the specific military policies and practices that have le d to indiscriminate attacks and wilful ki l lings of civilians in Myanmar. It appears that t hese policies and practices continue to be implemented today. Much of the analysis and many of the recommendations provided in the pages that follow likely apply to contexts not discussed in this memorandum. First, although this document focuses only on indiscriminate attacks and wilful killings of civilians, there are other forms of abuse — such as torture, forced labor, and sexual violence — that deserve similar attention. Second, this memorand um is limited by the scope of our i nvestigation and therefore focuses only on the policies and practices of the Myanmar military. However, non - state armed group s must also take steps to prevent civilian harm , and their actions should be scrutinized as well . Finally, while this memorandum addresses the situation in conflict zones, much of the analysis could apply to the official use of force in other settings and to security sector reform more generally . We encourage further thought and dialogue on these issues, all of which deserve specific consideration in their ow n right . In this spirit, we remain committed to engaging with all those who seek to achieve the share d goal of protecting and promoting human rights during this critical period of Myanmar?s history..."
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Title: Constitutional Review
Source/publisher: Network Myanmar
Description: A useful collection of articles, documents, analyses etc.
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: On the Road to Democracy? Political Liberalization in Myanmar
Source/publisher: Bertelsmann Stiftung (Asia Policy Brief 2014 | 01)
Date of publication: 2014-01-00
Description: "Myanmar?s liberalizing reforms initiated by President Thein Sein after taking office in March 2011 are raising high hopes of peace and democracy in the country. Progress, after nearly three years, has however been uneven: there have been positive developments in the area of press freedom, with regard to political prisoners and in dealing with the political opposition. At the same time the dialogue with ethnic groups has stagnated and ethnic and religious violence has escalated. This Asia Policy Brief critically assesses the reform policy and weighs up the chances of democratization of the long-time military regime..."
Creator/author: Marco Bünte
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 1.65 MB
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Title: Publications on "Vocational Training"
Source/publisher: Misereor
Description: Article "Difficulties and prospects of vocational training in Africa" (pdf, 167 KB) MISEROR?s experiences This article is also available in French (pdf, 180 KB)... Conference report "Training for (Self) Employment" (pdf, 239 KB) From an offer to a demand orientated vocational training... Guideline "Boarding Schools" (pdf, 18 KB) Essential considerations and suggestions regarding funding requests This guideline is also available in French (pdf, 14 KB)... Form ?Follow-Up Statistics on Ex-Trainees? (pdf, 15 KB) This form can be printed out and used to fill in the actual data This form is also available in French (pdf, 22 KB)... Checklist "Elements to be included in an annual report" (pdf, 11 KB) Guideline for professional training projects This checklist is also available in French (pdf, 12 KB).
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English
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Title: Publications on "Food security and agriculture"
Source/publisher: Misereor
Description: Who feeds the world?...Rural development...Sustainable agriculture...Patents on life...Water...Biodiversity...Right to food...Access to markets...Ecofair trade
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
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Title: Publications on "Climate change"
Source/publisher: Misereor
Description: Climate change and justice...Climate change and agriculture...Climate change and forests...Bioenergy.
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
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Title: Publications on "Shaping economic processes"
Source/publisher: Misereor
Description: Publications on "Shaping economic processes" Business and Human rights Position Paper on Business and Human Rights (2013) (pdf, 830 KB)... - Expectations of a German Action Plan This publication is also available in German (pdf, 850 KB)... Economic growth and development Economic growth and development (pdf, 150 KB) Changing course to ensure a better life for all Memo drafted by the MISEREOR focus group ?Economic growth and development? This publication is also available in Spanish (pdf, 140 KB)... Financial transactions Position paper "International taxes on financial transactions" (pdf, 144 KB) responding to global challenges - towards a fairer sharing of costs
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-25
Type: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, German, Spanish
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Title: Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Report, January 2014 (English, Karen, Burmese, Thai)
Source/publisher: Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Date of publication: 2014-01-00
Description: Map of Karen Refugee Camps...Newsletter and Activities report...Monthly Activities Report ...NGO Supporters...Camp Population Report: Registered people in the 7 camps (Mae La; Umphiem; Nu Po; Mae La Oon; Mae Ra Moe; Htam Hin; Don Yang); Unregistered people in the 7 camps; New Arrivals in the 7 camps; Pre-Screening People in the 7 camps; Number of PAB People in the 7 camps; Boarding House Students in the 7 camps; Feeding Figures in the 7 camps; General Population in the 7 camps...Report in English, Karen, Burmese and Thai
Date of entry/update: 2014-03-21
Type: Individual Documents
Language: English, Karen, Burmese, Thai
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