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IDE-JETRO Policy Review on Myanmar Economy No. 6
Date of publication:
2012-09-00
Description:
"The government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has announced a series of political and economic reforms since Mr. Thein Sein became the first president in March 2011. More than a few companies which had hesitated to invest in Myanmar from the EU, the United States, Japan and ASEAN have now started to seek a way to invest in the country effectively with minimal risk. Many other companies, however, have not changed their ?wait and see? attitude without making a decision to invest in Myanmar. Nevertheless, for the Myanmar government, it is necessary to make adequate preparations for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) irrespective of the realization of an investment boom in the country. Here, in order to give input to the government and business community of Myanmar, we would like to consider the positive and negative effects of FDI in accordance with the experiences of other East Asian countries..." ...The Burmese version was publised in the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commers & Industry, Vol.16 No.11, November 2012.
Masami Ishida
Date of entry/update:
2012-12-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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pdf
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EU Energy Initiative - Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF)
Date of publication:
2012-05-00
Description:
Table of Contents:-
Part I: SCOPING MISSION REPORT:
1 Background of the Scoping ...
2 Country Overview ...
3 Energy Access Policy & Institutional Framework …
3.1 Overview & Observations ....
3.2 Conclusions & Recommendations on Energy Access Policy ...
4 Electricity:
4.1 Electricity Sector Overview ;
4.2 Rural Electricity Access ;
4.2.1 Electricity Situation in the Field ;
4.2.2 Rural Electricity Access Options;
4.2.3 Conclusions & Recommendations on Rural Electricity Access;
4.3 Notes on Urban, Commercial & Industrial Electricity Supply ....
5 Biomass Energy:
5.1 Biomass Energy Governance;
5.2 Wood Fuel Situation;
5.3 Improved Cook Stoves (ICS);
5.4 Other Forms of Biomass Energy ;
5.5 Conclusions & Recommendations on Biomass Energy ...
6 Scoping Mission Schedule & Contact Details.....
Part II: OPTION PAPERS:
Option Paper: Technical & Policy Advisory of Rural Energy Development Committee ?
Option Paper: Support in Rural Energy Planning & Coordination;
Option Paper: Piloting Village Mini-Grid Approaches for Systematic Learning;
Option Paper: Sustainable Market Development for Household-level PV Systems ;
Option Paper: Preparatory Assessment of Woodfuel Demand & Supply Side;
Option Paper: Biomass Cooking Energy Programme for Rural Areas
Mirka Bodenbender, Dr. Christoph Messinger, Roman Ritter
Date of entry/update:
2012-12-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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FRONTIER AREAS COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY, 1947
Date of publication:
1947-04-24
Description:
"A Committee of Enquiry shall be set up forthwith as to the best method of associating the Frontier peoples with the working out of the new constitution for Burma. Such Committee will consist of equal numbers of persons from the Frontier Areas, nominated by the Governor after consultation with the leaders of those areas, with a neutral Chairman from outside Burma selected by agreement. Such Committee shall be asked to report to the Government of Burma and His Majesty?s Government before the summoning of the Constituent Assembly."
CHAPTER I. The Problem;
CHAPTER II. The Work of the Committee;
CHAPTER III. Recommendations and Observations:
Part I- General;
Part II- The Constituent Assembly;
Part III- Observations.
APPENDICES:
App. I. Verbatim Record of Evidence heard by the Committee.
App. II. Resolutions and Memorials communicated to the Committee.
App. III. Notes by the Frontier Areas Administration, Government of Burma, on Economic Situation, Education, Health and Communications and Mineral Resources in the Frontier Areas Administration.
App. IV. Administrative and Racial Maps of Burma... (Administrative map missing)
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Pre-Independence documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf pdf
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Source/publisher:
Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Date of publication:
2012-10-00
Description:
Newsletter and Activity 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:
2012-11-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Karen, Burmese, Thai
Format :
pdf
Size:
735.52 KB
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Source/publisher:
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
Date of publication:
2012-11-29
Description:
This report covers several countries in Asia and Africa....."Myanmar contains some of the most significant
natural forests left in the Asia Pacific region,
host to an array of biodiversity and vital to the
livelihoods of local communities. Forests are
estimated to cover 48 per cent of the country?s
land. Yet other recent estimates put forest
cover at just 24 per cent.
These vital forests are disappearing rapidly. Myanmar has one
of the worst rates of deforestation on the planet, with 18 per
cent of its forests lost between 1990 and 2005. Myanmar?s
forest sector is rife with corruption and illegality, leading to
over-harvesting and smuggling. Natural teak from Myanmar is
especially sought after on the international market for its
unique characteristics and availability.
Since the late 1990s, neighbouring China has imported large
volumes of timber from Myanmar, the bulk of which have been
logged and traded illegally. In 1997, China imported 300,000
cubic metres of timber from Myanmar; by 2005 this had risen
to 1.6 million cubic metres....In April 2012, EIA investigators travelled to the southern
Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Yunnan to examine current
dynamics of the illicit cross-border trade in logs from Myanmar,
especially Kachin State. The investigation involved monitoring
crossing points on the Yunnan-Kachin border, surveying
wholesale timber markets to assess the origin of wood supplies,
and undercover meetings with Chinese firms trading and
processing timber from Myanmar.
The investigation revealed continuing transport of logs across
the border, despite the 2006 agreements between the two
countries to halt such trade. Chinese traders confirmed that as
long as taxes are paid at the point of import, logs are allowed in
despite a commitment from the Yunnan provincial government
to allow in only timber accompanied by documents from the
Myanmar authorities attesting to its legal origin. As the
authorities dictate that all wood exports must be handled
by the Myanmar Timber Enterprise and shipped via Rangoon,
logs moving across the land border to Yunnan cannot possibly
be legal.
Field visits uncovered movement of temperate hardwood timber
species from the mountains of Kachin State into central Yunnan via several crossing points, with trade in teak and rosewood
centred around the border town of Ruili further south. The
contrast in the condition of the forests along the border was
striking; while forests in the mountainous region on the
Chinese side of the border are relatively intact, with large areas
protected in the Gaoligong Nature Reserve, across the border in
Kachin the devastation wreaked by logging is clearly visible.
Chinese wood traders confirmed that supplies were coming
from further inside Kachin, as timber within a hundred kilometres
of the border has been logged out, and told how deals are done
with insurgent groups to buy up entire mountains for logging.
One local community elder in Kachin interviewed by EIA
summed up the situation: ?Myanmar is China?s supermarket
and Kachin State is their 7-11.”..."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-29
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Timber trade, Deforestation, China-Burma relations
Language:
English; (Burmese press release)
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date of publication:
2012-04-02
Description:
To increase ADB?s transparency and accountability, the Board has approved the revised Public Communications Policy, which will take effect on 2 April 2012. As a result of extensive stakeholder consultations, the PCP?s key changes put ADB at the forefront of best practices on transparency.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Description:
"Transparency and accountability are essential to achieve ADB?s vision of an Asia and the Pacific region free of poverty. They are the cornerstones of development effectiveness.
ADB?s new Public Communications Policy (PCP) 2011 strengthens the previous policy by expanding the scope and type of information ADB makes publicly available. It also allows for earlier disclosure of most Board documents, and offers a more effective framework for proactively disclosing information and responding to information requests on a timely basis.
The revised policy is specially designed to keep developing member countries, development partners, civil society, people affected by ADB projects, academics, media, the private sector, and other key stakeholders increasingly abreast of ADB activities and to provide added platforms for seeking their views. This will create the kind of two-way information exchange crucial to building mutual understanding and trust that forms the foundation of solid partnerships and development effectiveness..." See video
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2012-11-15
Description:
Decision on the seventh item on the agenda: Complaint concerning non-observance by Myanmar of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), made by delegates to the 99th Session (2010) of the International Labour Conference under article 26 of the ILO Constitution
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2012-11-02
Description:
The Governing Body is invited to endorse the proposed interim programme framework for technical cooperation activities in Myanmar; request the Office to report on progress in its implementation at the 319th Session (November 2013); and call upon member States to provide voluntary contributions to the ILO programme in Myanmar.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Partnerships and Development Cooperation
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2012-11-14
Description:
This brochure outlines the ILO framework for its technical cooperation programme in Myanmar over the next few years. An annex details the projects involved.In November 2012 the ILO Governing Body endorsed the programme framework for ILO technical cooperation activities in Myanmar. The programme was supported by tripartite consultation and recognizes the depth and scope of the reform agenda in Myanmar.
While significant progress has been made, particularly in the elimination of forced labour and the promotion of freedom of association, much remains to be done to support the ongoing transition of the country - work that will support the strengthening of democratic institutions; assist the development and application of the legislative framework and the rule of law; ensure the full elimination of all forms of forced labour and the full implementation of freedom of association; and develop an efficient labour market based on fundamental principles and rights at work, supporting inclusive economic and social growth.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Partnerships and Development Cooperation
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2012-11-00
Description:
Summary:
"Building on the engagement with Government of the Union of Myanmar over the past decade and taking
into account recent developments and decisions by the International Labour Conference, the ILO will
develop its programme in Myanmar for the period November 2012 to April 2014 – a timeframe that
reflects the need for immediate action on priority areas for the ILO as well as the preparatory work for a
possible future Decent Work Country Programme.
The immediate focus of the ILO programme in Myanmar remains on Fundamental Principles and Rights at
Work, notably through i) the continued implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding with the
Government on Forced Labour and ii) a scaled-up Freedom of Association programme. In these two areas
the ILO will implement a comprehensive programme of work, while undertaking activities during 2013 in
other key areas identified by the Government with inputs from the social partners.
The overall programme consists of ten interlinked components, managed by the ILO Representative in
Yangon with support from across the ILO."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Partnerships and Development Cooperation
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Description:
"The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to a participatory and transparent consultation process for the review of its accountability mechanism (AM) policy. ADB carried out intensive and extensive consultations from mid-2010 to late 2011.The consultation process involved a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, nongovernment organizations, project-affected people, project beneficiaries, the private sector, development partners,and the public at large.
The goal of the consultations was to give all interested stakeholders the opportunity to help improve the effectiveness of the AM and thereby improve ADB?s development outcomes..."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-28
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Internqtional Alert, Saferworld, International Development Research Centre
Date of publication:
2001-10-25
Description:
Abstract:
"This report, originally commissioned as a background paper by IDRC for a consultative meeting
addressing conflict prevention and development practice, aims to provide a critical overview of the
approaches to development being defined by donors, academic institutions, as well as NGOs and
agencies charged with the delivery of effective aid and development programmes in conflict-prone and
conflict-affected areas. Governmental and non-governmental actors alike increasingly recognise the
need for conflict-sensitive approaches to development and humanitarian assistance and are
consequently attempting to develop the theoretical underpinnings as well as the structural
prerequisites for integrating conflict-sensitive perspectives into development assistance. The paper
seeks to highlight the range of different approaches and to identify both their strengths and limitations.
It concludes by proposing some of the important policy issues which need to be addressed if conflictsensitive
development approaches are to have broader relevance and impact."
Cynthia Gaigals, Manuela Leonhardt
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Description:
Summary and links..."ADB helps developing member countries (DMCs) strengthen their safeguard systems and develop their capacity to address environmental and social issues in development projects.
Country safeguard systems refer to the laws, regulations, rules, and procedures on the policy areas of environment, involuntary resettlement, and indigenous peoples safeguards, and their implementing institutions.
Since the approval of the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) in 2009, ADB has been providing technical assistance to help strengthen the legal and institutional framework for effectively implementing safeguards..."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date of publication:
2009-06-00
Description:
"The Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) builds upon the three previous safeguard policies on the environment, involuntary resettlement and indigenous peoples, and brings them into one single policy that enhances consistency and coherence, and more comprehensively addresses environmental and social impacts and risks. The SPS aims to promote sustainability of project outcomes by protecting the environment and people from projects? potential adverse impacts by avoiding adverse impacts of projects on the environment and affected people, where possible; minimizing, mitigating, and/or compensating for adverse project impacts on the environment and affected people when avoidance is not possible; and helping borrowers/clients to strengthen their safeguard systems and develop the capacity to manage environmental and social risks"
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English (available also in 10 other lnguages - not Burmese)
Format :
pdf
Size:
319.42 KB
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Source/publisher:
Oxfam Australia
Date of publication:
2010-00-00
Description:
What protections does the Bank?s new Safeguard Policy provide for communities and the environment?...Policy navigation tool...
Executive summary...
1. Introduction...
2. Overview of the new Policy:
2.1 General Policy requirements; 2.2 Environment safeguard requirements; 2.3 Involuntary resettlement safeguard requirements; 2.4 Indigenous Peoples safeguard requirements; 2.5 Special requirements for different finance modalities; 2.6 Country safeguard systems; 2.7 Prohibited investments; 2.8 Operations Manual...
3. Summary assessment of the new Policy: 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Environment; 3.3 Involuntary resettlement; 3.4 Indigenous Peoples; 3.5 Financing modalities; 3.6 Operations Manual...
4. Implications for civil society organisations: 4.1 Resistance to arbitrary interpretation; 4.2 Particular attention to different types of investment/financing modality; 4.3 Particular attention to application of country safeguard systems; 4.4 Monitoring of safeguards implementation in the ADB?s response to the financial crisis; 4.5 Documenting poor policy implementation; 4.6 Utilisation of Accountability Mechanism...
5. Conclusion...
Endnotes...
Appendix 1: Overview of policy review process
Jessica Rosien
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date of publication:
2012-10-00
Description:
Description:
In order to have a better understanding of Myanmar?s energy sector, an ADB mission visited Myanmar from 20 through 30 September 2011. The information and findings gathered during the mission served in drafting an initial assessment of the sector. Subsequently, the assessment has been updated to reflect the findings of follow-up ADB missions and consultations with the government...
The Report:
Clearly, strengthening Myanmar?s energy sector is critical to reducing poverty and enhancing the medium and long-term development prospects of the country. Electrification is an urgent requirement, without which whole areas of the country will be severely hampered in their efforts to advance economically. Social progress also depends on electrification, without which health, education, and other essential services inevitably suffer. There are many dimensions to the sector and they must be addressed comprehensively and systematically so as to ensure efficient and effective use of resources. While electrification, especially of rural areas, is of primary concern, issues of sustainability and protection of the environment must be considered simultaneously...
Conclusions:
Drawing from this initial assessment of the energy sector, but with the caveat that a comprehensive assessment is needed, Myanmar?s development partners—in consultation with the government—could begin considering support for the sector by focusing on several apparent priorities including:
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
General articles and reports, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its watchers (Burma/Myanmar)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
World Bank
Date of publication:
2012-11-00
Description:
A Report for the World Bank
by the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research and
Climate Analytics....."This report spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what
scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
The 4°C scenarios are devastating: the inundation of coastal cities; increasing risks for food production
potentially leading to higher malnutrition rates; many dry regions becoming dryer, wet regions wetter;
unprecedented heat waves in many regions, especially in the tropics; substantially exacerbated water
scarcity in many regions; increased frequency of high-intensity tropical cyclones; and irreversible loss of
biodiversity, including coral reef systems.
And most importantly, a 4°C world is so different from the current one that it comes with high uncertainty
and new risks that threaten our ability to anticipate and plan for future adaptation needs.
The lack of action on climate change not only risks putting prosperity out of reach of millions of people
in the developing world, it threatens to roll back decades of sustainable development..."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
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Title: Supplement to ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA/MYANMAR (Fourth Edition) Articles for October 2012
Source/publisher:
Courier Research Associates
Date of publication:
2012-11-27
Description:
"This is the sixth in a series of supplements to the fourth edition of The Electrical Industry of Burma/Myanmar which was published in April 2012. Approximately 350 cross-linked articles in the original cover many aspects of the
industry including the development of the hydro and thermal power resources of the country, the increasing intervention of foreign and national companies in this economic sector, the production of electrical and electronic goods, government plans and regulation of the industry, the development of the national power grid and alternative and sources of electricity, among others. This supplement covers articles published in October, 2012.
The fourth edition of the compendium can be accessed using the following URL:
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs2/ELEC-Burma-4th-edition.pdf.
Previous supplements for April-May 2012, June 2012, July 2012, August 2012 and September 2012 are available at http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Elec-Sup-April-May2012.pdf,
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Elec-Sup-June2012.pdf,
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Electricity-Sup-3July2012.pdf,
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs14/Elec-Sup4-August-2012.pdf, and
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs14/Elec-Sup5-Sept-2012-red.pdf.
Note that the titles of some of the articles included in the supplements have been altered to indicate with more precision the contents of the item or article. Summaries of some of the articles are included."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
General articles and reports
Language:
English
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pdf
Size:
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Source/publisher:
Nations Unies, Assembl?e g?n?rale (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013....Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Fran?ais, French
Format :
pdf
Size:
46.41 KB
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Source/publisher:
Naciones Unidas. Asamblea General (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Resoluciones aprobada por la AG sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Myanmar (Español)
Language:
Espa?ol, Spanish
Format :
pdf
Size:
127.7 KB
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Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Russian
Format :
pdf
Size:
185.95 KB
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Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th session, UN General Assembly.....The language in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Chinese
Format :
pdf
Size:
166.33 KB
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Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/67/L.49-Rev.1)
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Description:
Adopted by consensus (without a vote), 26 November 2012. Third Committee, 43rd meeting - 67th General Assembly.....The paragraph in the first draft deciding "to continue the consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth
session, on the basis of the reports of the Secretary-General and the Special
Rapporteur" was removed following negotiations among member States....There were statements by more than 20 governments (see Webcast). Several governments condemned the attacks against the Rohingya and their deprivation of citizenship....Several criticised the use of country-specific resolutions and welcomed the removal of the paragraph calling for a Myanmar resolution in 2013......Liechtenstein should be added to the list of co-sponsors.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Arabic
Format :
pdf
Size:
142.18 KB
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Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Description:
Project records contain Project Data Sheets (summary information on projects or programs), project and evaluation documents, business opportunities and other information. See the Project FAQs.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-26
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Myanmar Touriam Federation, Hanns Seidel Foundation (Germany)
Date of publication:
2012-09-27
Description:
Contents:
Minister?s Introduction...
Background...
Responsible Tourism...
Statement of Commitment...
Our Vision...
Our Aims...
Action Points...
Map of Myanmar...
Stakeholder Involvement...
Monitoring, Reporting and Revision
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
Format :
pdf pdf
Size:
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Source/publisher:
"Democracy Now"
Date of publication:
2012-11-19
Description:
"President Obama made history today by becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit Burma. During his six-hour visit, Obama met with President Thein Sein and visited the home of the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, where she was confined under house arrest for most of two decades before her release two years ago. Obama?s new openness toward Burma has drawn concern from human rights activists who say such overtures of friendship are "premature" due to continuing political violence plaguing large swathes of the country. We?re joined by Jennifer Quigley of the U.S. Campaign for Burma and journalist Peter Popham, author of "The Lady and The Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
USA-Burma relations
Language:
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Source/publisher:
"Democracy Now"
Description:
232 results for Burma, from May 1996. Nothing for 2014
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-25
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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International Crisis Group (ICG)
Date of publication:
2012-11-17
Description:
"... The violence in Rakhine State represents a major test for the government as it seeks to maintain law and order without rekindling memories of the recent authoritarian past. It also represents a challenge for Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy to demonstrate a greater commitment, publicly and privately, to the fundamental rights of all those who live in Myanmar.
Above all, both government and opposition need to show moral leadership to calm the tensions and work for durable solutions to a problem that could threaten Myanmar?s reform process and the stability of the country."
Louise Arbour
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Dialogue/reform/transition in Burma/Myanmar - analyses and statements, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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English
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Myanmar Literature Project (Working Paper No. 10:11.1)
Date of publication:
2012-10-00
Description:
Foreword (Hans-Bernd Z?llner):
"It?s a special pleasure for me to write the foreword for this working paper which is a rather
special issue in more than one way. The translator, Stephen Campbell, sent the text to me and
asked if it could be included in the Myanmar Literature Project?s series of Working Papers.
After having a look at the work I realised first that Thakin Po Hla Gyi was no Nagani author
but as a Thakin must have shared the political creed of the Nagani founders. Second and more
important, his work complements a series of books and pamphlets published by Nagani,
notably the two booklets by Ba Hein and Thein Pe on the students? revolution and the
involvement in the strike of the oilfield workers in 1938 and the Indo-Burmese riots of the
same year respectively (Working Papers 11 an 12 of this series). Therefore, it is very much
suited to be included in ths series.
Thakin Po Hla Gyi?s book very much contributes to understand the revolutionary spirit among
the students, workers and nationalists in the year 1938 – 1300 according to the Burmese era. It
would be worthwhile to further investigate the events of that year and compare it to the
upheavals in Burma?s post-war history.
Finally, I would like to thank Stephen Campbell very much for his contribution to the
Myanmar Lierature Project. The publication of the text coincides with the 75th anniversary of
the Nagani Bok Club which will be celebrated in Yangon on November 4th, 2012. Hopefully,
this celebration and the changes happening in Myanmar these days will help to broaden the
interest in the foundations of Burma?s independence in the late colonial period, its impact on
later events and its significance for understanding Burmese perceptions of society and
politics."
Thakin Po Hla Gyi (trans. Stephen Campbell)
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-21
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Myanmar Literature Project
Language:
English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) with humanitarian partners
Date of publication:
2012-11-21
Description:
"The inter-community conflict in Rakhine State, which started in early June 2012 and resurged in October 2012, has resulted in displacement and loss of lives and livelihoods. As of early November, the number of people displaced in Rakhine State has surpassed 115,000, of whom about 75,000 individuals have remained displaced since June and over 36,000 people were displaced following a resurgence of violence in late October 2012. Others continue living in tents close to their places of origin while their houses are being rebuilt, or with host families. Life-saving assistance for this caseload is urgently needed.Notwithstanding these 115,000 people, there are also many others who out of fear are unable to move and have had restricted access to livelihood, food, and medical services, which has in the past attracted them to the IDPs camps with potential for further displacement. Government sources indicate that 167 people were killed (78 in June and 89 in October); 223 injured (87 in June and 136 in October); and 10,100 private, public and religious buildings were burned or destroyed (4,800 in June and 5,300 in October).Curfews have been imposed since June in seven locations and in two additional ones in October. Additional military personnel have been dispatched to the area to control the situation..."
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-21
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Individual Documents
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English
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United Nations
Date of publication:
2010-00-00
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"The Millennium Declaration in 2000 was a milestone in international cooperation, inspiring development efforts that have improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Ten years later, world leaders will gather again at the United Nations in New York to review progress, assess obstacles and gaps, and agree on concrete strategies and actions to meet the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The Goals represent human needs and basic rights that every individual around the world should be able to enjoy—freedom from extreme poverty and hunger; quality education, productive and decent employment, good health and shelter; the right of women to give birth without risking their lives; and a world where environmental sustainability is a priority, and women and men live in equality. Leaders also pledged to forge a wide-ranging global partnership for development to achieve these universal objectives.
This report shows how much progress has been made. Perhaps most important, it shows that the Goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies, policies and programmes are supported by international development partners. At the same time, it is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won gains are being eroded by the climate, food and economic crises.
The world possesses the resources and knowledge to ensure that even the poorest countries, and others held back by disease, geographic isolation or civil strife, can be empowered to achieve the MDGs.
Meeting the goals is everyone?s business. Falling short would multiply the dangers of our world – from instability to epidemic diseases to environmental degradation. But achieving the goals will put us on a fast track to a world that is more stable, more just, and more secure.
Billions of people are looking to the international community to realize the great vision embodied in the Millennium Declaration. Let us keep that promise. --
Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary-General, United Nations
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-21
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Individual Documents
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English
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6.68 MB
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United Nations
Date of publication:
2012-11-20
Description:
GENEVA (20 November 2012) – "The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation
in Myanmar, Tom?s Ojea Quintana, welcomed today the latest commitments from the Government of
Myanmar on human rights as significant steps forward in the ongoing reform process, and encouraged
the authorities to focus now on their prompt implementation.
These pledges announced by the Government on 18 November include the resumption of prison visits
for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the setting up of a mechanism to review
prisoner lists, addressing the situation in Rakhine State, and an invitation to the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a country office..."
Tomás Ojea Quintana
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-20
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Individual Documents
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English
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All Burma Students? Democratic Front (ABSDF)
Date of publication:
1989-02-00
Description:
WE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY
...The Path We Take is Hard, but We Take it With Faith and
Commitment...AN APPEAL FROM THE ABSDF...Porters...POEM: "TO MOTHER"...Steel (landmine victim)...ONE OF THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE TO. SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES TO CHANGE THEIR MOTHERLAND...A CHALLENGE TO ALL BURMESE
From ABSDF, Thay Bow Boe Camp January, 1989...BOYCOTT--BOYCOTT--BOYCOTTT...NEWS FROM INSIDE BURMA...FROM THE NEWSPAPERS: SAW MAUNG SELLS BURMA TO SURVIVE; EC PROTESTS AGAINST ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA; OUT OF SCHOOL AND OFF THE STREETS, BURMESE STUDENTS FIGHT ON...CRITICAL CONFRONTATION by Bertil Lintner...SAW MAUNG: ELECTIONS IN BURMA THIS YEAR...
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-20
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Dawn" News Bulletin
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
All Burma Students? Democratic Front (ABSDF)
Date of publication:
1989-02-00
Description:
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE ABSDF...WHAT STUDENTS SAY: BORDER
SITUATION, January 26, 1989...REPATRIATION...DEATH OF A STUDENT FRIEND...ARSDF RESPONSE...DETAINEES [list]...INSIDE BURMA...APPEAL...WHAT NEWSPAPERS SAY: 3 BURMESE STUDENTS TORTURED TO DEATH; RANGOON WARNS AGAINST RAPPING SCHOOL CLOSURE; SOLDIERS HARASS AUNG SAN SUU KYI DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN TRAIL;
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-20
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Dawn" News Bulletin
Language:
English
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pdf
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All Burma Students? Democratic Front (ABSDF)
Date of publication:
1989-01-00
Description:
Editorial by Htun Aung Gyaw...News Events (chronology mid-1987-end 1988)...Students? demands..WHAT STUDENTS SAY:...BURMESE PORTER RELATES HIS HARROWING
EXPERIENCE...ABSDF press release regarding Gen Chavalit?s visit to Burma...THE NEWSPQPERS SAY: Chavalit back vith pledge of safe deal for StudentS...Thai firm to redevelop the Rangoon Strand...Govt to continue advising Burmese students to return home...Chavalit defends policy to send back Burmese...Chatichai rejects Amnesty charge [of forcible repatriation of students]...Amnesty attacks repatriation of fugitive Burmese...Burmese 3tudent ?killed after returning home"..."NEWS BREAK" (on Thailand?s forcible repatriation to Burma of 22 Shan students)
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-20
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Dawn" News Bulletin
Language:
English
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pdf
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663.65 KB
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Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2012-11-00
Description:
The life of a young trafficked woman...Industrial Mahachai concludes second
child labor conference...Trafficking Brief...Trafficking, migration, and the need for cooperation...Voices from the field: Practitioners describe labor trafficking along the border...Migrant voices: Illegal abortion among women working in Thailand...Yangon hosts first Women?s Forum...Workshop promotes growing women?s leadership roles...Trafficking or Smuggling?.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Voice Up"
Language:
English
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pdf
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1.21 MB
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VoiceUp2.pdf
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Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) via Youtube
Date of publication:
2012-11-19
Description:
President Obama gave a speech to a crowded Convocation Hall at Rangoon University. He lauded the country?s ongoing reform process, addressed the recent unrest in Arakan state and ceasefires with ethnic groups.
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
USA-Burma relations
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English
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Source/publisher:
OpenNet Initiative
Date of publication:
2012-10-23
Description:
Posted in Arrests and legal action, Asia, Burma, Internet tools filtering, Political filtering...
"After years spent as one of the world?s most strictly controlled information environments, the government of Burma (Myanmar) has recently begun to open up access to previously censored online content. Independent and foreign news sites, oppositional political content, and sites with content relating to human rights and political reform -- all previously blocked -- have recently become accessible. These developments have occurred as part of a broader process of political and economic liberalization currently underway in this historically strict authoritarian state.
This brief outlines the changes in information controls that have occurred during the past year and reports the results of recent OpenNet Initiative tests for Internet filtering in the country. While significant censorship of a number of types of online content persists in the country, the past year has seen a notable decrease in both the breadth and depth of filtered content..."
Irene Poetranto
Date of entry/update:
2012-11-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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