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Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Description:
Videos (undated) in these categories:
* Burma Election 2010 (19)
* Culture and Society (19)
* Dateline Irrawaddy (22)
* Editorial Analysis (23)
* English Subtitles (3)
* Feature Documentaries (17)
* News and Events (43)
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-21
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Collections, search results and other sources of videos and films on Burma, Videos and multimedia on Burma in Burmese, Karen and other languages of Burma, most with English subtitles.
Language:
Burmese (some English subtitles)
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Source/publisher:
MAP Foundation via Youtube
Date of publication:
2011-03-08
Description:
"On the 8th March 2011, International Women?s Day, Daw Aung Sang Suu Kyi delivered a message of support and solidarity to migrant and refugee women from Burma."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-21
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Videos featuring Aung San Suu Kyi
Language:
Burmese (English subtitles)
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Source/publisher:
Union Govt. of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2011-03-03
Description:
Conclusion:
"330. The relevant ministries have been implementing measures relating to child rights,
such as protection, survival, development and participation of children in accordance with
the Child Law.
331. In line with the Myanmar National Plan of Action for Children (2006–2015),
concerted efforts for survival, development, protection and participation of children are
being made by relevant ministries, non-governmental organizations and regional
organizations.
332. The implementation of the National Plan of Action for Children will contribute to
the achievement of the objectives of A World Fit for Children and the Millennium
Development Goals, as well as to the implementation of the provisions of the UNCRC, the
Child Law of Myanmar and the Rules and Regulations related to the Child Law."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English (French and Spanish versions will be available in due course)
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2011-02-28
Description:
Contents:
News:
(1) Authorities in Ye Township
seize land ostensibly for
community development;
development remains
absent...
Commentary:
Minority Rights in Ethnic
States of Burma...
Report:
?Sitting on the fire?:
forced labor demands
during Kanbauk to
Myaing Kalay Pipelien
expansion:- Introduction; History of forced labor; Ongoing forced labor on the pipeline; Economic impacts; Conclusion ["Since 2000 the use of forced labor
in the construction of the Kanbauk
to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline has
been a key catalyst in the
commission of crimes against
humanity by Burmese soldiers along
the pipeline. Now, as construction
has begun again in January 2011, residents around the pipeline, already battered by years of abuse and
economic hardship, face continued forced labor demands by Burmese soldiers.
Working without compensation or support, villagers must not only cover the cost of food, construction
materials and tools, but also spend the day working in grueling labor conditions, along a notoriously dangerous
pipeline, or in guarding pipes or pipeline that, if attacked or damaged, can lead to the torture, imprisonment
or execution of the laborer by the supervising battalion. Denied the preferred opportunity to avoid labor
demands by paying a fee, communities? attempts to negotiate their own economic instability are slashed.
Such changes in informal policy represent a step back for communities who build their local financial stability
around improvised methods to best improve their financial stability.
The use of forced labor in both southern and northern areas of the Kanbuak to Myaing Kalay pipeline reveals
a continued ignorance or intentional disregard for the conventions of the ILO working to ban the use of
forced labor by Burmese military forces. Though reporting on abuses like those documented here remains
dangerous for residents and victims of labor ordered by military forces, the recent renewal of the ILO
convention for the 2011 to 2012 year promises an opportunity in which the ILO may be able to assist
communities in addressing these abuses. HURFOM hopes that communities and Burmese government
forces are able to work effectively with the ILO this year to curtail the potential use of forced labor in projects
in resource extraction, industrial development, and construction already in their nascent stages in southern
Burma"]
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"The Mon Forum" (English)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2011-03-00
Description:
"...The Committee therefore once again most deeply deplores the serious allegations of murder, arrest,
detention, torture and sentencing to many years of imprisonment of trade unionists for the exercise of
ordinary trade union activities. The Committee once again strongly urges the Government to provide
information on the measures adopted and instructions issued so as to ensure respect for the
fundamental civil liberties of trade union members and officers and to take all necessary measures
to secure the immediate release of Thurein Aung, Wai Lin, Nyi Nyi Zaw, Kyaw Kyaw, Kyaw Win,
Myo Min, and all those who have been imprisoned for the exercise of trade union activities and to
ensure that no worker is sanctioned for the exercise of such activities, in particular for having
contacts with workers? organizations of his/her own choosing.
Furthermore, recalling that the right of workers and employers to freely establish and join
organizations of their own choosing cannot exist unless such freedom is established and recognized
both in law and in practice, the Committee once again urges the Government to indicate all
measures taken, including instructions issued, to ensure the free operation of any form of
organization of collective representation of workers, freely chosen by them to defend and promote
their economic and social interests, including organizations which operate in exile..."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office
Date of publication:
2011-03-00
Description:
Concluding remarks:
"The Committee fully endorses the conclusions concerning Myanmar made by the Conference
Committee and the Governing Body, as well as the general evaluation of the forced labour situation by
the ILO Liaison Officer. The Committee observes that, in spite of the efforts made, particularly in the
field of awareness raising, cooperation in the functioning of the SU complaints mechanism and in the
release of under-age recruits from the military, the Government has not yet implemented the
recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry: it has failed to amend or repeal the Towns Act and the
Village Act; it has failed to ensure that, in actual practice, forced labour is no longer imposed by the
authorities, in particular by the military; and it has failed to ensure that penalties for the exaction of
forced labour under the Penal Code have been strictly enforced against civil and military authorities.
The Committee continues to believe that the only way that genuine and lasting progress in the
elimination of forced labour can be made is for the Myanmar authorities to demonstrate unambiguously
their commitment to achieving that goal. The Committee urges the Government once again to
demonstrate its commitment to rectify the violations of the Convention identified by the Commission
of Inquiry, by implementing the concrete practical requests addressed by the Committee to the
Government, and that all the long-overdue steps will be taken to achieve compliance with the
Convention, both in law and in practice, so that the most serious and long-standing problem of
forced labour will be finally resolved."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
CEACR: Observations Concerning ILO Convention No. 29, Forced Labour (1930) - Myanmar (English
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Oficina Internacional del Trabajo (GB.310/6)
Date of publication:
2011-03-00
Description:
Cuestiones abordadas:
En el presente documento se rese?a la respuesta del Gobierno a la queja presentada en virtud del art?culo 26 de la Constituci?n y se da seguimiento a la solicitud formulada por el Consejo de Administraci?n en noviembre de 2010 de someter esta cuesti?n nuevamente a su consideraci?n en su reuni?n de marzo de 2011...
Repercusiones en materia de pol?ticas:
Seg?n la decisi?n que se adopte...
Repercusiones financieras:
Seg?n la decisi?n que se adopte. El costo de una comisi?n de encuesta deber?a ser aprobado por la Comisi?n PFA...
Decisi?n requerida:
P?rrafo 7. ["El Consejo de Administraci?n tal vez estime oportuno considerar si, habida cuenta de la informaci?n de que dispone, desea iniciar el procedimiento previsto en el p?rrafo 4 del art?culo 26 de la Constituci?n y, en consecuencia, proceder a constituir una comisi?n de encuesta encargada de examinar los alegatos a que se hace referencia en el p?rrafo 1 supra."]...
Referencias a otros documentos del Consejo de Administraci?n y a instrumentos de la OIT:
Los miembros del Consejo de Administraci?n tal vez consideren ?tiles para el examen del presente informe las referencias al documento GB.310/8, p?rrafos 106 a 112.
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Espa?ol, Spanish
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Source/publisher:
Bureau International du Travail (BIT) (GB.310/6)
Date of publication:
2011-03-00
Description:
Question trait?e:
Ce document pr?sente la r?ponse du gouvernement ? la plainte d?pos?e en vertu de l?article 26 de la Constitution et donne suite ? la demande du Conseil d?administration formul?e ? sa session de novembre 2010 de le saisir de nouveau de cette question ? sa session de mars 2011...
Incidences sur le plan des politiques:
Elles d?pendent de la d?cision prise...
Incidences financi?res:
Elles d?pendent de la d?cision prise. Le co?t d?une commission d?enqu?te devra ?tre approuv? par la Commission PFA...
D?cision demand?e:
Paragraphe 7. ["Le Conseil d?administration voudra sans doute ?tudier si, ? la lumi?re des informations disponibles, il souhaite engager la proc?dure pr?vue ? l?article 26, paragraphe 4, de la Constitution et, par cons?quent, proc?der ? la nomination d?une commission d?enqu?te charg?e d?examiner les all?gations mentionn?es au paragraphe 1 ci-dessus."]...
Documents du Conseil d?administration ou instruments de l?OIT cit?s en r?f?rence:
Les membres du Conseil d?administration trouveront peut-?tre utile de se reporter aux paragraphes 106 ? 112 du document GB.310/8 lors de l?examen du pr?sent document.
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Francais, French
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Source/publisher:
International Labour Office (GB.310/6)
Date of publication:
2011-03-00
Description:
Complaint concerning the 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 (June 2010) of the International Labour Conference under article 26 of the Constitution of the ILO.....Issue covered:
This document sets out the Government?s reply to the article 26 complaint and follows up on the request from the Governing Body in November 2010 to put this matter again before it at its March 2011 session...
Policy implications:
Depending on the decision taken...
Financial implications:
Depending on the decision taken. The cost of a Commission of Inquiry would need to be approved by the PFAC...
Decision required:
Paragraph 7 [para 7: "The Governing Body may wish to consider whether, in the light of the information available, it wishes to institute the procedure provided for in article 26, paragraph 4, of the Constitution and consequently to proceed to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to consider the allegations referred to in paragraph 1 above.]...
References to other Governing Body documents:
Governing Body members may find reference to document GB.310/8, paragraphs 106–112, useful in their consideration of this paper.
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-17
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Council (A/HRC/16/59)
Date of publication:
2011-03-07
Description:
Summary: "Myanmar undertook national elections for the first time in over two decades on 7
November 2010. One week later, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released unconditionally
upon the end of her house arrest term. The new national parliament began meeting on 31
January 2011. Amidst much uncertainty, there appears to be some cautious optimism that
positive change may be possible. Among those changes that the people of Myanmar dare to
hope for is the realization of their economic, social and cultural rights. For this reason, the
Special Rapporteur begins to address in the present report the subject of economic, social
and cultural rights, starting with the right to education."
Tomás Ojea Quintana
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Burma News International
Date of publication:
2011-03-08
Description:
Executive Summary:
The SPDC presented its ?Seven-Step Roadmap to Democracy” (the ?Roadmap
Process?) in 2003. The first four steps related to the development of a new constitution,
which was drafted with virtually no public participation, then adopted and approved
in a referendum orchestrated by the regime. The Burmese government announced
that public support for the new constitution was 92.48 percent. The 2010 elections
are an integral part of the final steps of the Roadmap Process, and are viewed as
important initiatives towards lifting Burma out of its desperate economic and social
circumstances.
The regime declared its election laws on March 8, 2010. The electoral
administration was appointed unilaterally by the regime on March 11, 2010, and soon
showed itself to heavily favor the regime and its allies. The Union Election Commission
(UEC) lacked independence; the SPDC directly appointed its members with no public
input. Political parties had to register with the Union Election Commission and request
permission to run. The election laws were developed by the military government
and effectively prohibited longstanding opponents of the regime from contesting the
elections. One of the laws, on political party registration, resulted in the silencing
of many of the most prominent opposition voices. It required all political parties to
register or reregister in order to remain in existence and compete in the elections. But
parties could do so only if none of their members were currently imprisoned based
on a court conviction. This requirement presented parties with a choice of either
expelling prominent imprisoned members, or declining to reregister. Many countries
demanded the release of Burma?s democratic icon, and Nobel Laureate, Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, and her full participation in the election. However, the National League
for Democracy soon announced it would boycott the election rather than banish its
leader. The UEC failed to step in to ensure a level political playing field, and the use
of government resources for political purposes was common.
Eventually, 47 political parties attempted to register. The UEC initially
approved 42 to contest the elections. However, the commission then dissolved
five of the parties, leaving 37 approved parties and over 80 individual candidates.
Nationwide, there were over 35,000 polling stations.
The largest party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), grew
out of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), a regime-created
and -run organization that has received substantial government support since 1993.
The USDP registration application listed 27 ex-military officers among its members,
along with the sitting prime minister and other government ministers. The election
laws prohibited civil servants from being members of political parties, but the election
administrators declared that ministers were not civil servants, a decision that was
clearly meant to favor the USDP.
Many political parties met the requirement to submit party membership lists
and name their candidates before the deadlines. However, other parties said they
were struggling to raise funds and meet the necessary requirements in the short time
remaining before the election. By election day, 23 parties remained to participate in
the elections.
Many ethnic politicians saw this election as a rare opportunity to campaign
for ethnic rights and democracy. Therefore, they formed new parties to run in the
elections. Some ethnic armed groups agreed to be transformed into members of the
junta-controlled Border Guard Force (BGF).
The Censorship Board (The Press Scrutiny and Registration Board, or PSRB)
issued a directive prohibiting all weekly publications in the country from publishing
any commentary or analysis on the electoral laws. Also, the approved political parties
needed to apply for permission from the PSRB within 90 days after registering with
the UEC for permission to print their own campaign materials. Each party had also to
deposit 500,000 Kyats (USD 500) with the PSRB.
The UEC announced nine restrictions for campaign speeches, while also
limiting each party to 15 minutes of media airtime each. Media organizations and
political parties faced numerous obstacles, such as only having 15 minutes of airtime
for the entire campaign, restrictions, communications and internet slowdowns,
threats of punishment, and cyber-attacks.
U Thein Soe, the commission chairman, declared, ?The country does not
need any foreign journalists or observers.” Only 25 journalists working for the
foreign media, along with two Chinese correspondents, were allowed to cover the
polls.
While these elections clearly fell short of international standards, they
marked an important step forward towards a more democratic state. Political parties,
candidates, and voters were well aware that the playing field for these elections were
not level, but many decided to take advantage of the small window of political space
that was opened.
It is important to acknowledge that while the campaign environment was
highly constrained and many irregularities were observed on election day ? and
advance voting was especially open to abuse ? this does not necessarily fatally
undermine all of the results of this election. The Union Solidarity and Development
Party (USDP) enjoyed access to state resources and attempted to coerce voters into
supporting the party. This had an effect on some voters, particularly those in more
rural areas and some state employees who did not feel that they could exercise their
vote freely. But the majority of the Burmese people resisted such pressure and voted
for the party of their choice. Unilaterally dismissing the results of these elections
underestimates the potential that the elections hold.
Twenty-three out of 37 approved parties successfully contested the elections.
The USDP won 129 out of 168 seats in the National Parliament, 259 out of 325
seats in the People?s Parliament, and 494 out of 661 seats in Regional and State
Parliaments. For the final results of Burma?s 2010 elections, the regime-backed
Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) won approximately 76.48 percent of
the seats in the National Parliament (Amyotha Hluttaw) and the People?s Parliament
(Pyithu Hluttaw).
Following the regime?s Seven-Step Roadmap and the SPDC-written
constitution, the new parliaments were convened on January 31, 2011. The USDP
took all important positions, including president, vice president, all parliament
speakers. All of the earning and spending cabinets are held by former members of
the USDP and the military.
The Union Parliament (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) consists of 659 representatives.
The number of USDP representatives in the Union Parliament totals 388,
with an additional 166 military appointees. Non-USDP parties contribute 105
representatives.
There are 435 representatives in the People?s Parliament (Pyithu Hluttaw).
The USDP contributes 259 representatives. There are 110 military appointees and 66
representatives from other parties.
The National Parliament (Amyotha Hluttaw) has 224 representatives, with
129 belonging to the USDP, and 56 of them military appointees. Opposition parties
provide 39 representatives.
There are 883 representatives in regional and state parliaments. USDP has
494 representatives, while military appointees total 222. All other parties contribute
167 representatives to these parliaments.
During the election period, it became increasingly clear that the use of
advance votes obtained through coerced voting or outright fraud was a major problem.
These advance votes were often taken before the official advance voting period of
November 5?6. This advance voting seems to be part of a systematic operation
to give the USDP an insurmountable lead before Election Day. These ballots were
generally
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-08
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Source/publisher:
International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N? 118)
Date of publication:
2011-03-07
Description:
I. OVERVIEW:
"The November 2010 elections in Myanmar were not free
and fair and the country has not escaped authoritarian rule.
Predictably, in such a tightly controlled poll, the regime?s
own Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)
won a landslide victory leaving the military elite still in
control. Together with the quarter of legislative seats reserved
for soldiers, this means there will be little political
space for opposition members in parliament. The new
government that has been formed, and which will assume
power in the coming weeks, also reflects the continued
dominance of the old order with the president and one of
the two vice presidents drawn from its ranks and a number
of cabinet ministers recycled.
Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to conclude that nothing
has changed. The top two leaders of the former military
regime have stepped aside, and a new generation has
taken over. A new constitution has come into force, which
fundamentally reshapes the political landscape, albeit in a
way that ensures the continued influence of the military.
A number of technocrats have been brought into the cabinet,
and at the local level ethnic groups now have at least
some say in the governance of their affairs.
These changes are unlikely to translate into dramatic reforms
in the short term, but they provide a new governance
context, improving the prospects for incremental reform.
This moment of relative change in a situation that
has been deadlocked for twenty years provides a chance
for the international community to encourage the government
to move in the direction of greater openness and reform.
But this opportunity can only be seized if the West
changes its failed policies of sanctions and isolation. These
policies are counterproductive: they have a negative impact
on the population and on the prospects for dialogue
and reconciliation – and by reinforcing the siege mentality
of Myanmar?s leadership, they undermine the chances that
the new generation of leaders will break with the isolationist
and authoritarian direction of the previous regime.
Improved policies must start with the recognition that
sanctions have had counterproductive effects and caused
ordinary people to suffer, and have impeded the country?s
development. To redress this, restrictions on development
assistance should be immediately lifted and levels of aid
increased. Restrictions on technical assistance from international
financial institutions should also be removed. These
bodies should be encouraged to work on pressing concerns
such as poverty alleviation, social and economic policy
reform, education, and capacity building. Restrictions that
hold back the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and other UN agencies should be lifted. Broadbased
economic sanctions such as those imposed by the
U.S. on imports and the EU?s denial of trade privileges
should also go.
A new approach urgently needs to be adopted, one that
provides much greater support for Myanmar?s people and
for the socio-economic reforms that are essential for improving
their lives, while convincing the leadership that a
renormalisation of relations with the West is possible if
they embark on a process of significant political reform.
In its reporting over recent years, Crisis Group has set out
some of the elements of such an approach: structured regional
and international engagement; a normalisation of aid
relations; opportunities to promote reform and greater openness
at a key moment of political transition; and giving
greater priority to peaceful resolution of the ethnic issue."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-07
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Language:
English, Burmese
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ZOA Refugee Care Thailand
Date of publication:
2010-05-00
Description:
"The ZOA Education Survey 2010 is the fourth of a series of surveys on the
education in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border. The purpose of
the education survey is to
• document the provision of education in the camps
• provide background information on a sample of residents
• make systematic comparisons across time, and
• generate discussions and recommendations for future education
provision strategies.
The Education Survey in 2009 was conducted using set questionnaires with
3,910 respondents1. This was supplemented by focus group interviews with
particular groups of camp residents. The survey was conducted between June
and November 2009 in seven refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border:
Mae La, Umphiem-Mai, Nu Po, Mae La Oon, Mae Ra Ma Luang, Ban Don
Yang and Tham Hin.
Refugees from Burma in Thailand
The profile of the respondents showed that there have been changes since
2005. With regards to education, the levels of attainment in 2009 are about
the same as the 2005 cohort. However, there is a significant difference in that
the percentage of people with Standard 10 qualifications is much higher than
it was in 2005.
The levels of literacy of the respondents in 2009 were much lower than that of
their counterparts in 2005, but women who used Skaw Karen as the home
language had higher levels of literacy than those in the sample in 2005.
The percentage of respondents in different income categories has become
more spread out than in 2005, meaning that there are many more
respondents earning incomes across the spectrum rather than clustering in
the lower levels..."
Su-Ann Oh With Supee Rattanasamakkee (Say Naw), Phanu Sukhikhachornphrai (Chai), Somchat Ochalumthan, Simon Purnell
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2011-03-04
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ZOA Refugee Care Thailand
Date of publication:
2009-00-00
Description:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"This annual report of ZOA Thailand provides the information related to the overall aspects of the organization and
the implementation of its programme and projects in 2009.
The report starts with the financial overview – sources of income, donor information, funding by sources, funding
per project and expenditures per project. Additionally, the graphs of expenditures per project show the comparative
overview of yearly spending during 3 years: 2007, 2008 and 2009.
In the second chapter information regarding Burmese refugees, migrants in Thailand, internally displaced Burmese
as well as the general information on the refugee camps and populations is provided.
The third chapter describes the project update presenting an outline of the work and the size of the projects as carried
out in each of three area offices and at the country office in Mae Sot. In the country office section, general information
on the work done and work results in 2009 is provided according to the following structure
• the Basic Education Project,
• the Education Materials Development Project,
• the Vocational Training Project,
• the Non-formal Project,
• the Higher Education Project,
• the Competence Development and Capacity Building Project and
• the Livelihoods Project
The strategic planning for ZOA Thailand set in 2009 is shown in chapter four. The main information providing five
core strategies of the organisation as well as the programmatic results, which shows the overview of the strategic
planning per sub-sector is also provided.
The fifth chapter provides the readers with the information on management, human resources and partnering. The
information on staffing, functions of each office, organisational structure and development of human resources policy
and procedures are included to give an overall picture of internal organisation.
The final chapter looks at challenges and sustainability in relation to the ZOA Thailand programme. The main issue
here is the challenge of resettlement and the impact that this has on the programme. The sustainability section
looks at this challenge against various other factors. These are conflict and sustainability, environmental factors
and sustainability, social factors and sustainability, financial and economic factors and sustainability as well as institutional
factors and the topic of sustainability."
Date of entry/update:
2011-03-04
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English
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Council (A/HRC/WG.6/10/L.7)
Date of publication:
2011-02-02
Description:
Background and summary of the Session of 27 January 2011
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-07
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Individual Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
Curriculum Project
Description:
* An Introduction to Teaching Skills...* Two Truths, One Lie...* Activate!
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Curriculum Project
Description:
Irrawaddy magazine has kindly agreed to supply free subscriptions to the magazine to all Post-10 schools. CP has been designing teaching materials to accompany the magazine. These are aimed primarily at intermediate level learners, although some can be used with good pre-intermediate English language and social studies classes.
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Source/publisher:
Curriculum Project
Description:
* Introduction to Social Studies...* South East Asian Studies...* Environment Issues...* History of Burma from a Multi-ethnic Perspective...* Systems of Democracy...* Economics: An Introduction...* Gender...* International Conflict and Crisis (being edited)...* Community Development
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
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Curriculum Project
Description:
* Maths software...* Maths Module 1: Numbers...* Maths Module 2: Algebra...* Maths Module 3: Statistics...* Maths Module 4: Geometry
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Curriculum Project
Description:
* General English Modules 1 – 12 (2009 Edition)...* Reading and Writing Module 1: Journals and Book Reviews...* Reading and Writing Module 2: Describing Pictures and People...* Reading and Writing Module 3: Narrating Past Events...* Persuasion: An Intermediate Level Reading and Writing Module...* Romeo and Juliet: A Play and Film Study Guide...* Movie Modules...* Skyjack!: A Reading and Listening Module...* World of Knowledge
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Pa-Oh Youth Organization (PYO)
Date of publication:
2010-10-00
Description:
Pinpet Mountain under imminent threat
as iron project speeds ahead....
"Excavation of Burma?s second largest iron deposit located
in southern Shan State is imminent as bulldozers begin
preparatory clearing on the iconic Pinpet Mountain, home
to 7,000 people. The 300 residents in Pang Ngo village are
in immediate danger from falling rocks and landslides as
machines uproot trees, clear brush and remove top soil on
the west side of the mountain. Farm fi elds at the foot of the
mountain may be covered with toxic waste soils once the
excavation starts as ore samples at the site have tested
high for arsenic content.
Construction activities at the secretive iron factory
compound are also racing ahead. Underground bunkers
are now complete and a massive new crushing facility (see inside) now
towers above the compound walls. Surveys for uranium conducted on the
mountain in the past continue to fuel persistent concerns that this project is
linked to Burma?s nuclear plans.
Meanwhile according to authorities the forced relocation of nearby villages
will begin after the military regime?s sham elections, beginning with the
extraction of a community graveyard in December. Land confi scation
continues unabated. Local villagers are calling to stop the project, protect
the mountain and save the main waterway for the entire Hopone valley from
toxic pollution before it?s too late..."
This briefing is an update of PYO?s report, "Robbing the Future published in June 2009".
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Mining of iron and other metals
Language:
English, Burmese
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pdf pdf
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2.21 MB 2.24 MB
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Source/publisher:
Pa-Oh Youth Organization (PYO), The Kyoju Action Network (KAN)
Date of publication:
2011-01-00
Description:
Summary:
"• Although Burma is rich in energy resources, the ruling military regime exports those
resources, leaving people with chronic energy shortages. The exploitation of natural
resources, including through mining, has caused severe environmental and social
impacts on local communities as companies that invest in these projects have no
accountability to affected communities.
• There are over 16 large-scale coal deposits in Burma, with total coal resources of over
270 Million tons (Mt). Tigyit is Burma?s biggest open pit coal mine, producing nearly
2,000 tons of coal every day.
• The Tigyit coal mine and coal-fi red power plant are located just 13 miles from Burma?s
famous Inle Lake, a heritage site of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Water
polluted by the mine and waste from the power plant fl ow into the Lake via the Balu
Creek but no study of the impact of the project on the Lake has been made public.
• Coal from the mine is transported to Burma?s only operating coal-fi red power plant in
Tigyit. The plant uses 640,000 tons of coal per year to produce 600 Gigawatts of power
with a capacity of 120 Megawatts. 100-150 tons of toxic fl y ash waste is generated per
day. The majority of power from the plant is slated for use at an iron mining factory that
will be operated by Russian and Italian companies.
• Implementation of the mine and power plant began in 2002 by the China National
Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) and the Burmese companies Eden Group and
Shan Yoma Nagar.
• Two nearby villages of Lai Khar and Taung Pola were forced to relocate for the project
and over 500 acres of farmlands have been confi scated. Farming families facing eviction
and loss of lands are going hungry and have turned to cutting down trees to sell for
fi rewood or migrated in order to survive. Explosions from the mine have destroyed
local pagodas.
• Air and water pollution is threatening the agriculture and health of nearly 12,000 people
that live within a fi ve mile radius of the project who may eventually have to move out.
Currently 50% of the local population is suffering from skin rashes.
• The Pa-Oh Youth Organization and Kyoju Action Network have been monitoring
the project since February 2010 and urges the companies and government to suspend
operations pending full environment, social and health impact assessments. The
organization also urges local communities not to sign documents without understanding
them and to oppose corruption and exploitation which harms the communities?
livelihoods and natural resources."
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Coal mining, Coal
Language:
English
Format :
pdf pdf pdf
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2.27 MB 2.21 MB 2.29 MB
Local URL:
PoisonClouds(en).pdf, PoisonClouds(bu).pdf, PoisonClouds(th).pdf
PoisonClouds(en).pdf, PoisonClouds(bu).pdf, PoisonClouds(th).pdf more
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma (BURMA ISSUES & CONCERNS VOL. 6)
Date of publication:
2011-01-00
Description:
CONTENTS:
BURMA?S ELECTIONS: MORE THREATS, MORE REPRESSION, LESS DEMOCRACY...
ELECTION TIMELINE...
ELECTION IN NUMBERS...
THE PARLIAMENT: MORE RESTRICTIONS USHER IN NEW REGIME:
USDP elects Burma?s President;
Impeachment impossible;
Constitutional amendments monopolized;
Parliamentary procedures controlled;
Parliamentarians gagged;
Public barred from Parliament...
LAWMAKERS? WHO?S WHO: SOLDIERS, DRUG LORDS, AND CRONIES:
The generals? new clothes;
Drug lords and regime cronies elected to office...
INSTABILITY INCREASES AFTER POLLS...
LEGAL FRAMEWORK: UNFAIR ELECTION LAWS AGAINST INT?L STANDARDS...
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION: PARTIES EXCLUDED, VOTERS DISENFRANCHISED:
Election Commission ensures SPDC control over elections;
Ethnic parties excluded, candidates rejected;
Party and candidate registration hindered;
Ethnic voters disenfranchised...
ELECTION CAMPAIGN: RESTRICTIONS, THREATS, AND INTIMIDATION:
Freedom of expression, assembly, and movement heavily restricted;
Harassment, coercion, and vote buying;
Unfair allocation of state resources...
MEDIA: CENSORSHIP, HARASSMENT, AND PROPAGANDA:
Private media silenced;
Foreign journalists barred, domestic reporters harassed;
State-run media: Censorship, threats, and 15 minutes of fame;
Propaganda and threats ?yes?; information ?no?...
VOTING AND POST ELECTION: FRAUD, IRREGULARITIES, AND RETALIATION:
Fraud, irregularities, threats, and harassment;
Political parties slam polls;
Post-election retaliation...
ELECTION COMPLAINTS: NO REDRESS FOR ELECTION VIOLATIONS...
ELECTION RESULTS: A VICTORY FORETOLD FOR THE USDP...
INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS: POLLS MET BY WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION:
ASEAN welcomes the election; Manila and Jakarta note concerns;
UN: Election not free, fair, or transparent;
US: Election ?unacceptable?;
EU: Election in a ?climate of fear? and results ?a forgone conclusion?;
Japan: SPDC fails to fulfill ?expectations?;
Rest of the ?West? slams the polls;
China: Polls a ?critical step?.
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
ALTSEAN-Burma archive, 7-Step Roadmap (Step 5): Holding of free and fair elections for Pyithu Hluttaws (Legislative bodies) according to the new constitution (news and commentary)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of publication:
2011-01-00
Description:
"The end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 saw a few important developments in the Royal Thai
Government?s continual efforts to regularize and manage migration into Thailand from
Myanmar/Burma, Lao PDR and Cambodia. Following the endorsement of the regulation
stipulating the required contributions of migrant workers to the Alien Repatriation Fund, one
key development was the Cabinet decision to delay implementation of the regulation until
2012. Additionally, the minimum wage was raised across the country, while efforts to ensure
migrant workers can complete Nationality Verification (NV) by February 2012 continued.
This edition of the MIN details the latest developments and regulations affecting migrant
workers in Thailand"
Date of entry/update:
2011-02-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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49.17 KB
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IOM-Migrant_Info_Note_No_9(en).pdf
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Source/publisher:
National League for Democracy (NLD)
Description:
Political Activity;
Social Activity;
Media/Press Release;
Letter;
Local News;
Education;
Health;
International Affairs;
Commentary;
Interview...
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-31
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
NLD websites
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Council
Date of publication:
2011-01-27
Description:
09:00 - 12:00 - Opening of the session - 8th Plenary Meeting
-- 3 hours 3 minutes. This link is to the video record of the complete session.... Subsequent links (following the links to the written documents) are to the individual statements by governments beginning with Myanmar.....The discussion includes many references to the 7 November elections.
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-31
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Universal Periodic Review of Myanmar - Session 09:00-12:00, 27 January 2011, Geneva, 7-Step Roadmap (Step 5): Holding of free and fair elections for Pyithu Hluttaws (Legislative bodies) according to the new constitution (news and commentary)
Language:
English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
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Source/publisher:
Burma Fund UN Office
Date of publication:
2011-01-31
Description:
"...A report released by the Burma Fund UN Office for the opening of Burma?s first Parliament,
documents the widespread political repression and human rights abuses marring the electoral
process in the country?s first elections in more than 20 years. It shows that none of the
fundamental requirements for free and fair elections exist in Burma, and instead of heralding in
positive change, the elections brought about a deepening of Burma?s human rights crisis.
Through media reports, interviews and documentation from networks operating clandestinely
inside the country, a comprehensive analysis of the entire election period is provided. The 46page
report details the human rights abuses occurring in the lead up to the elections, on the
election day itself, and in the postelection
period. At every step of the way, standards for free,
fair and credible elections were not met and the predictable result of an overwhelming majority
by the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party was a foregone conclusion...The report documents widespread electoral fraud; interference from the ruling military regime in
the campaign and conduct of the elections; vote buying; forced advanced voting; violence,
intimidation and arrests; and the disenfranchisement of significant ethnic constituencies..."
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-31
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
5.45 MB
Local URL:
BurmaFund-Election_Report-text.pdf
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Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2011-01-29
Description:
Address to the participants in the World Economic Summit, DAvos, 28 January 2011...DAVOS — Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi reached out Friday to the world?s business elite to invest in her isolated, impoverished country — but carefully.
"We yearn to be a part of the global community," the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said in an audio message to the World Economic Forum, where leading world executives and government officials are gathered in this Swiss Alpine resort.
"We have already missed so many opportunities because of political conflicts in our country over the last 50 years," she said.
Defense spending in military-run Burma, one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, overwhelms spending on education and health, to the detriment of its 55 million people, she said
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-29
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
School of Communication Studies Auckland University of Technology
Date of publication:
2009-11-00
Description:
Abstract:
"This study examines ways in which Burmese diasporic identities are formed and maintained, and
the importance of new media in this process. Political oppression in Burma, the experience of
exile and the importance of opposition movements in the borderlands make the Burmese
diaspora a unique and complex group. This study used tapoetethakot, an indigenous Karen
research methodology, to interact with fourteen participants in Auckland, exploring aspects of
new media use and identity maintenance.
Common among all participants was a twin desire to share stories of suffering and to have that
pain recognised. This suffering is an important part of refugee identity and is also linked with
resistance against assimilation in New Zealand. Instead, participants try and maintain their
language and cultural practices, with the intent of returning to a democratic Burma in the future.
New media supports these processes, by providing participants with access to opposition media
reports of human rights abuses and suffering, through making cultural and linguistic artifacts
accessible and through providing an easy means of communication with friends and family in
Burma and the borderlands."
Naw Violet Cho
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Internet activism and resources, Third country resettlement of refugees from Burma, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Burmese refugees in other countries, Anthropological literature on refugees and migrants, Media - use of media by Burmese
Language:
English (main text); Interviews (English, Karen, Burmese)
Format :
pdf
Size:
581.81 KB
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Dissertation-Violet_Cho-red.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Date of publication:
2010-12-31
Description:
News:
(1) Route to TPP closed
sending up commodity
prices...
Commentary:
The Regime and The
Companies in Collaboration
in Land Confiscations...
Report:
?When I became desperate?:
Opinions of residents
during forced land acquisition
in Kyaikmayaw Township: Introduction; October to November; November, Opening Demands; December 3rd to the
6th; December 6th; December 7th; December 8th; December 9th; December 22nd; Opportunity for change; Conclusion
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
456.01 KB
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MF2010-12.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Physicians for Human Rights
Date of publication:
2011-00-00
Description:
"...Our data reveal that Government authorities have perpetrated human rights violations against the
ethnic Chin population in Western Burma. Although other researchers have posited that a prima
facie case exists for crimes against humanity in Burma, the current study provides the first quantitative
data on these alleged crimes. At least eight of the violations that we surveyed fall within
the purview of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and may constitute crimes against humanity.
The ICC has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes of concern to the international community,
including murder, extermination, enslavement, forced displacement, arbitrary detention, torture,
rape, group persecution, enforced disappearance, apartheid, and other inhumane acts.
For acts to be investigated by the ICC as crimes against humanity, three common elements must
be established: (1) Prohibited acts took place after 1 July 2002 when the ICC treaty entered into
force. (2) Such acts were committed by government authorities as part of a widespread or systematic
attack directed against a civilian population. (3) The perpetrator intended or knew that the
conduct was part of the attack.
Our research demonstrates that the human rights violations we surveyed in Chin State meet these
necessary elements. All reported human rights violations in our study occurred during the immediate
12 months before the interview in 2010 and thus fall within the temporal jurisdiction of the
ICC. Additionally, our data show that 1,768 attacks were directed against a relatively large body
of civilian victims. And although there is no threshold definition of what constitutes widespread,
these data provide evidence that these reported abuses occurred on a large scale with numerous
victims. Coupled with qualitative information that our team of investigators gathered, this quantitative
data reveal patterns of abuse that constitute systematic targeting and executing of human
rights violations against an ethnic and religious minority.
While our data imply knowledge that would satisfy the third element of the definition of a crime
against humanity, further evidence is needed to establish individual culpability. This evidence
would likely stem from a U.N. Commission of Inquiry or another thorough investigation..."
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
International Justice and Burma, Discrimination against the Chin (Zo) -- websites and reports
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.52 MB
Local URL:
Burma-full-rpt-Chin-state-red.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC)
Date of publication:
2010-04-00
Description:
CONTENT: Part A: Special Features:
1. Democratic Election Standard;
2. 2010 Election in Burma From the Perspective of Rule of Law;
3. The Economic Development and Rule of Law;
4. Civil Society Formation and Rule of Law;
5. Statement on the Parliamentarian?s Request to the UN Security
Council on the Formation of a Commission of Inquiry...
Part B: Judiciary:
The Role of Judiciary in Burma;
Part C: The Rule of Law;
BLC Statement on the false accusations against the organization;
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.02 MB
Local URL:
LIOB_35.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2010-09-00
Description:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
NCD DEFINITION and RISK FACTORS...
STROKE...
ASTHMA vs. COPD...
DIABETES MELLITUS...
EPIGASTRIC PAIN...
CANCER...
ALCOHOL USE DISORDER
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese, English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.08 MB
Local URL:
HM40-non-communicable_diseases.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC-SPR-002-2010)
Date of publication:
2010-12-09
Description:
BURMA: Government by confusion & the un-rule of law:
"The first elections held in Burma for two decades on 7 November 2010 ended as most people thought they would, with the military party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, taking a vast majority in the national parliament through rigged balloting. Almost a week later, after days of disgruntlement and debate about the outcome of the elections, the military regime released the leader of the National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest.
Although Aung San Suu Kyi?s release was expected, since November 13 was the deadline on the period of imprisonment imposed through a fraudulent criminal case against her in 2009, it perplexed many foreign observers, who asked questions about why the military would acquiesce to her release at a time that it may provoke and create unnecessary problems during the planned transition from full-frontal army dictatorship to authoritarian clique in civilian garb.
What most of these persons have not yet understood about the nature of the state in Burma is that government by confusion is an operating principle. For them, as military strategists and planners who think in terms of threats and enemies, the most effective strategies and plans are those where both outside observers and as many people in the domestic population as possible are left uncertain about what has happened and why, what may or may not happen next, and what it all means.
This principle of government by confusion underpins the un-rule of law in Burma to which the Asian Human Rights Commission has pointed, described and analyzed through careful study of hundreds of cases and attendant information over the last few years. Whereas the rule of law depends upon a minimum degree of certainty by which citizens can organize their lives, the un-rule of law depends upon uncertainty. Whereas rule of law depends upon consistency in how state institutions and their personnel operate, the un-rule of law depends upon arbitrariness. Whereas rule of law is intimately connected to the protection of human rights, the un-rule of law is associated with the denial of rights, and with the absence of norms upon which rights can even by nominally established. In this annual report, the AHRC points more explicitly to the links between this operating principle and the un-rule of law..."
Date of entry/update:
2011-01-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Legal studies and articles, 7-Step Roadmap (Step 5): Holding of free and fair elections for Pyithu Hluttaws (Legislative bodies) according to the new constitution (news and commentary)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
CARAM-Asia (Coordination of Action Research on AIDS & Mobility)
Date of publication:
2010-10-00
Description:
"...It is clear that remittances send to Burma are both intended and utilised for the daily survival of migrant sending
families. Studies of remittance use by families in Burma show that the majority of money received is spent
on daily living expenses, followed by expenditure on housing, education and health.37 This demonstrates the
intensity of poverty within Burma and the dependency on migrant families for remittances to sustain basic survival.
Additionally one study found that a significant proportion of migrant-sending families in Burma (over
a third of those in the study) also used remittance funds for coerced payment to security officers including
military and police, demonstrating the state of insecurity and violation that families in Burma continue to live
with.38 The studies found that the majority of families in Burma were not able to use the remittance money for
income generating activities or investments, either because there was insufficient money left over after spending
on daily needs, or due to the fact that there are limited opportunities for productive investment due to weak
infrastructure and wide-spread poverty within sending communities.39 It appears that despite migration and
remittance sending over a period from three to ten years there has been no significant industry, income generation
or economic improvements within the villages and home communities of Burmese migrants in Thailand.40
These studies suggest that any local or national economic development benefit derived from remittances are
largely absent in the Burma context due to the political economy which undermines these processes..."
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Migrant Worker Remittances to Burma
Language:
English
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pdf pdf
Size:
311.88 KB 7.58 MB
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Source/publisher:
Wikileaks via Google
Date of publication:
2010-12-23
Description:
67 results (23 December 2010); 178, 14 November 2017)
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Wikileaks searches and browses
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Network Myanmar
Date of publication:
2010-12-00
Description:
5 March 2007 - "DAS Eric John discusses Burma with Chinese AFM Ciu Tinakai"
19 October 2007 - Lee Kuan Yew?s views on Myanmar
11 January 2008 - "MFA and scholars describe China?s efforts on Burma"
18 January 2008 - "China losing patience with Burma"
14 July 2008 - "Continuing the pursuit of democracy in Burma"
7 October 2008 - "Request replacement SRSG Gambari for Burma mission"
2 April 2009 - "Burma?s Generals: Starting the Conversation"
17 August 2009 - "Senator Webb?s Meeting with Prime Minister Thein Sein"
18 August 2009 - "Burma: Senior Generals start a conversation"
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Wikileaks searches and browses
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Wikileaks
Date of publication:
2010-12-23
Description:
About 1900 items (6 September 2011) in 38 pages...12 items (23 December 2010)...The URL tends to change, so check the "Browse by origin" for Rangoon if this link goes somewhere else.
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Wikileaks searches and browses
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Google
Date of publication:
2010-12-23
Description:
About 8,840,000 results (23 December 2010); 9,710,000 (5 January 2011); 489,000 (14 November 2017)
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Wikileaks searches and browses
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict:
Date of publication:
2010-07-20
Description:
A. Grave violations against children in armed conflict...B. Dialogue and action plans to halt the recruitment and use of children, as
called for in Security Council resolutions 1539(2004), 1612 (2005) and 1882 (2009)...C. Release of children...D. Addressing impunity for perpetrators through investigations, convictions or
sanctions of those responsible for grave crimes against children...E. Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict...Attachments:
1. Security Council Working Group Conclusions on Children and Armed Conflict in
Myanmar (S/AC.51/2009/4, 28 October 2009);
2. Security Council Working Group Conclusions on Children and Armed Conflict in
Myanmar (S/AC.51/2008/8, 25 July 2008) [SEE ALSO SEPARATE ANNEXES]
Date of entry/update:
2010-12-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burma/Myanmar and the UPR: submissions to the UPR - UN Compilation and supporting documents
Language:
English
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