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Description/subject:
"Civil war has plagued Burma for over 60 years now. At a number of times throughout that period, the ethnic rebel groups fighting for autonomy from the central government attempted to join forces. But their common foe, the Burmese military, consistently refused to have any dealings with alliances that tried to bring together all the restive minorities into a common front. The reason for this was simple: The generals always understood that ethnic rebels tend to be a fractious bunch, and that it?s only too easy to incite defections by playing to a particular group?s sectional interests (whether it be the offer of a favorable deal or the threat of a harsh crackdown). As a result, the Burmese army developed considerable expertise in the subtleties of divide and rule.
On Feb. 20, this well-established scenario finally collapsed. For the first time, the Burmese government?s senior ministers met with the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of 11 ethnic armed groups, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. According to a joint statement released after the meeting, the discussion focused on establishing an agenda for future political dialogue between the government and the ethnic council..."
Min Zin
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2013-03-09
Date of entry/update:
2013-03-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
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English
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"Analysis of KHRG?s field information gathered between January 2011 and November 2012 in seven geographic research areas in eastern Myanmar indicates that natural resource extraction and development projects undertaken or facilitated by civil and military State authorities, armed ethnic groups and private investors resulted in land confiscation and forced displacement, and were implemented without consulting, compensating or notifying project-affected communities. Exclusion from decision-making and displacement and barriers to land access present major obstacles to effective local-level response, while current legislation does not provide easily accessible mechanisms to allow their complaints to be heard. Despite this, villagers employ forms of collective action that provide viable avenues to gain representation, compensation and forestall expropriation. Key findings in this report were drawn based upon analysis of four trends, including: Lack of consultation; Land confiscation; Disputed compensation; and Development-induced displacement and resettlement, as well as four collective action strategies, including: Reporting to authorities; Organizing a committee or protest; Negotiation; and Non-compliance, and six consequences on communities, including: Negative impacts on livelihoods; Environmental impacts; Physical security threats; Forced labour and exploitative demands; Denial of access to humanitarian goods and services; and Migration."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of publication:
2013-03-05
Date of entry/update:
2013-03-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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This is the first draft of the legislation designed to replace the Printers and Publishers Registration Law
of 1962... Does anyone know the date and location of the Burmese text ("Myanmar Alin"? Kyemon"?)
Source/publisher:
Burmese Parliament via Article 19 (Unofficial English translation
Date of publication:
2013-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-03-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (texts), Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2013, Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2013
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"Despite promises of reform, a new press bill to be presented in parliament retains a vagueness that will leave the print media open to abuse from the government and other powerful actors.
"The draft Press Law Bill (2013) says that the media should become ?a fourth pillar” of democracy ?watching and guiding the other three”. The media will not however become a fourth pillar under this draft because it undermines their role and overly restricts their work...The bill has both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side, it repeals draconian laws and replaces them with provisions that proclaim human rights. On the negative side it falls substantially below international freedom of expression standards..."
Source/publisher:
Article 19
Date of publication:
2013-02-27
Date of entry/update:
2013-02-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Executive Summary:
"Myanmar?s peace process in 2013 experienced twists and turns as conflict persists alongside developments in peace talks. The commitment to peace from both sides and willingness to make compromises by softening demands, has ensured negotiations have not only stayed on track but made a major breakthrough with the near completion of a single text nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). After two years of peace talks that began under the newly reformed government, the negotiation strategy of both sides have matured. Instead of making outright demands, the two sides agree to begin talks on common points before moving towards more sensitive issues of political and military affairs.
The historic Laiza conference that brought together all major non-state armed groups (NSAG) to discuss a government draft of a NCA in early November, marked a major turning point in strengthening and streamlining the ethnic armed groups? negotiation position. The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) was created as a negotiation team to handle all negotiations for the NCA with the government team. Instead of the government?s initial plan to negotiate a ceasefire with individual groups, the focus has now turned to signing one "single text" ceasefire among all groups. To resolve resistance on the part of several groups to sign a ceasefire first before completing political talks, the ethnic side has compromised by accepting a government draft that includes the agenda for political talks within the NCA. This helps to guarantee a continuation of negotiations for the much-desired goal of ethnic selfdetermination after signing. The positive response made at the second ethnic conference at Law Khee Lar (20-25 January 2014) , creation of a joint Government-NSAG ceasefire drafting committee and frequent meetings with the government side, signals that the two sides are moving closer to signing a NCA. Nevertheless the need for many more rounds of negotiations has perpetually pushed the government?s proposed signing date back indefinitely.
The terms to reintegrate NSAGs and assist conflict affected communities, signed at the state and union level peace agreement beginning late 2011, have already started making important headway which supports the overall movement for peace e.g. legalisation of NSAGs, trust building, ethnic rights and resettlement. Assistance from the international community has played a crucial supporting role in producing these "peace dividends" but must guard against ignoring the core political issues that continue to drive the conflict. The marked improvement of everyday life for post conflict communities is a clear sign of the progress made in this respect. However without solving political issues of self-determination, many remain sceptical about the government?s sincerity and fear a return to conflict.
Despite the major developments on the peace negotiation front, the persistently high level of conflict in Kachin and Shan states are a cause for worry. NSAG reports that the Myanmar military has not changed its aggressive policies to wipe them out, has only fueled the ethnic side?s distrust of both the government and peace process as a whole. Communal violence that began in the Western state of Rakhine in 2012, spread throughout the country and caused a rapid rise in religious radicalism as demonstrated by the growing popularity of the protective Buddhist 969 movement. The ongoing violence related to ethnic and communal conflict has not only created new IDPs and prevented returns of existing ones, but threatens to slow or even reverse the positive reforms made in the country as a whole. The growing viii | Deciphering Myanmar?s Peace Process
rate of opium production and trade is another contradicting outcome of the peace process that exposes yet to be identified holes in the peace efforts.
Much more still needs to be done to understand and address the root political causes that drive these conflicts. With the increasing integration into the international community and as the ASEAN chair in 2014, Myanmar is more enthusiastic than ever to make up for damage done by decades long conflict to catch up with global standards..."
Source/publisher:
Burma News International
Date of publication:
2014-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-02-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
"Burma has entered a pivotal stage in its political and economic development. The advent of a new quasi-civilian government has raised the prospect of fundamental reforms. This has sparked great investment interest among governments and the private sector in the region and beyond, to extract the country?s natural-resource wealth, and to develop large-scale infrastructure projects to establish strategic ?corridors? to connect Burma to the wider economic region. The country is touted as Asia?s ?final frontier? for resources and investment and as Asia?s next ?economic tiger?.
These large scale investment projects focus on the borderlands, where most of the natural resources in Burma are found. These areas are home to poor and often marginalised ethnic minority groups, and have been at the centre of more than 60 years of civil war in Burma – the longest running in the world. These war-torn borderlands are now in the international spotlight as regions of great potential but continuing poverty and grave humanitarian concern.
The report warns that foreign investment in these resource-rich yet conflict-ridden ethnic borderlands is likely to be as important as domestic politics in shaping Burma?s future. Such investment is not conflict-neutral and has in some cases fuelled local grievances and stimulated ethnic conflict. Economic grievances among ethnic groups – often tied to resource extraction from the borderlands to sustain the government and business elites – have played a central part in fuelling the civil war.
While regional investment could potentially foster economic growth and improve people?s livelihoods, the country has yet to develop the institutional and governance capacity to manage the expected windfall. Burma is emerging from decades under military rule, and the foreign-funded mega projects have not, to date, benefited local communities. Land-grabbing has increased, and the recent economic laws and new urban wealth have not brought about tangible improvements for the poor.
If local communities are to benefit from the reforms, there need to be new types of investment and processes of implementation. The government should direct investment towards people-centred development that benefits household economies. There is a need to resolve conflict through dialogue and reconciliation. These are the hallmarks of a robust and healthy democracy. In their absence, the development of Asia?s final frontier will only deepen disparity between the region?s most neglected peoples and the new military, business and political elites whose wealth is rapidly increasing."
John Buchanan, Tom Kramer, Kevin Woods (Series Editor, Martin Smith)
Source/publisher:
Transnational Institute (TNI), Burma Centre Netherlands
Date of publication:
2013-02-21
Date of entry/update:
2013-02-21
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
TNI-BCN Project on Ethnic Conflict in Burma, Armed conflict, adminstration, development and investment
Language:
English
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pdf
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1.7 MB
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Burmasborderlands-red.pdf, Burmasborderlands-red.pdf
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"The Karen National Union held its 15th Congress at Lay Wah, 7 Brigade, on 26 November 2012. This congress heralded in a pivotal moment in the resistance group?s history as it occurred at a time of political in-fighting in relation to how best to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with the Thein Sein Government. The previous month had seen the incumbent KNU leadership, led by Tamla Baw and a number of hard-line leaders attempt to dismiss its military commander, General Mutu, its Justice Minister, David Taw and the head of the KNU?s humanitarian wings Roger Khin.1 The reason given for the attempted dismissal was the fact that the three had been:
. . . repeatedly violating KNU protocol...The actions of some of the hard-line members of the Executive committee in attempting to dismiss the head of the army, and what was seen as an attempt by the leadership to remove the more moderate negotiators involved in the peace process, threatened to divide the organisation and derail the peace process. While the group was able to mend some of the divisions, large differences remained between the two factions. The timing of the dismissals occurred just before the KNU 15 Congress and the election to either continue the current leadership, or replace it. The results of the congress would decide not only the future of the Karen National Union, but also of the peace process in Karen State..."
Source/publisher:
Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (Analysis Paper No. 6, January 2013)
Date of publication:
2012-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-02-12
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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255.8 KB
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BCES-AP-6-red.pdf
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This issue of the IOM Migrant Information Note (MIN) explores the latest developments in migration issues and regulations in Thailand, including information relating to the latest cabinet resolution on the regularization of migrant workers following the NV deadline of 14 December 2012; the rights of domestic workers; and an overview of the measures taken by the Ministry of Labour for the establishment of seven Seafarer?s Coordination Centers
Source/publisher:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Date of publication:
2012-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-02-05
Type:
Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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96.92 KB
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"Shortly following Cyclone Nargis, a large number of national and international NGOs established LRC to assist local communities and civil society groups in the collective effort for relief and rehabilitation.
The Burnet Institute led the establishment of LRC in collaboration with a broad partnership of organizations, including: World Concern, the HIV/AIDS Alliance, The Capacity Building Initiative (CBI and Oxfam. LRC was launched on May 15, 2008 to enable better coordination between local and international implementers, advocate on behalf of local groups, ensure access to capacity development services and ultimately strengthen the collaborative response to Cyclone Nargis between local and international organizations. Following the Nargis Phase of operation (May 2008 – September 2010), LRC shifted its focus from disaster response to the holistic development of indigenous CSOs. LRC officially registered as a local NGO in May 2012.".....Top Downloads:
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Executive Summary(Myanmar).
Source/publisher:
Local Resource Centre
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-31
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Description/subject:
"This report shows that despite nearly a decade of international engagement and the June 2012 signing of a Joint Action Plan to end the recruitment and use of children between the Myanmar government and the UN, children continue to be recruited and used as soldiers by the Tatmadaw Kyi (Myanmar army) and the Border Guard Forces (BGFs) in the country.
Some releases of children have taken place from the Tatmadaw Kyi but as yet no programs are in place to verify the presence of children in BGFs. Children are also formally and informally associated with the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), two armed groups on which research has been conducted for this report.
The report recommends that international assistance provided to Myanmar needs to mainstream the prevention of recruitment of children and their use in hostilities by ensuring that recruitment procedures used by the Myanmar army and the BGF are strengthened and effective age verification measures introduced. The report urges the Myanmar Peace Centre (set up by the government with the support of the international community) to ensure that protection of children is made an integral part of on-going negotiations with armed groups. Independent access by the UN and other agencies is vital to ensure the verification and release of children from the ranks of the groups."
Source/publisher:
Child Soldiers International
Date of publication:
2013-01-23
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children and armed conflict
Language:
English
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pdf
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935.69 KB
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CSI-myanmar_chance_for_change.pdf
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Source/publisher:
OnlineBurma/Myanmar Library
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-26
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Hydropower projects
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English
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Description/subject:
"In a blueprint for the energy sector in 2011-15, China?s State Council on Wednesday lifted an eightyear
ban on five megadams for the largely free-flowing Nu River [Salween], ignoring concerns about geologic
risks, global biodiversity, resettlement, and impacts on downstream communities.
?China?s plans to go ahead with dams on the Nu, as well as similar projects on the Upper Yangtze
and Mekong, shows a complete disregard of well-documented seismic hazards, ecological and social
risks? stated Katy Yan, China Program Coordinator for the environmental organization International
Rivers. Also included in the plan is the controversial Xiaonanhai Dam on the Upper Yangtze.
A total of 13 dams was first proposed for the Nu River (also known as the Salween) in 2003, but
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao suspended these plans in 2004 in a stunning decision. Since then,
Huadian Corporation has continued to explore five dams – Songta (4200 MW), Maji (4200 MW),
Yabiluo (1800 MW), Liuku (180 MW), and Saige (1000 MW) – and has successfully lobbied the
State Council to include them in the 12th Five Year Plan..."
Source/publisher:
International Rivers
Date of publication:
2013-01-25
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Dams and other projects on rivers in Burma/Myanmar (countrywide), Hydropower projects, Dams, Energy
Language:
English
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pdf
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71.33 KB
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China_Moves_to_Dam_the_Nu.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Mao Tao Clinic မယ်တော်ဆေးခန်း
Date of publication:
2012-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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pdf
Size:
1.11 MB
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Nightingale2012-12-red.pdf
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Description/subject:
"This special dossier of 36 cases brought under the 1908 Unlawful Associations Act against people
accused of contact with the Kachin Independence Army was researched and compiled in 2012 by
independent human rights defenders in Burma who have requested that the Asian Human Rights
Commission disseminate the material...At a time that the conflict in Kachin State between the Kachin Independence Army and Burma
armed forces is only getting worse, this dossier marks an important contribution to documentation
on human rights abuses in the region, because it signals very sharply the intersection between war
and law, between violence in armed combat and violence in interrogation, in the use of torture
and other techniques against persons who have been branded enemies of the state...the human rights defenders who gathered and translated this material
have two stated objectives: to document and inform people about the use of the Unlawful
Associations Act; and, to secure the release of the accused. Both of these objectives are laudable,
and strongly supported by the AHRC. Clearly, not enough has been done to document cases of
this sort in a way that makes explicit the connection between strategic practices of the military
and those of other parts of the state apparatus for the targeting of internal enemies. We firmly
hope that by taking these steps, not only will the connections be better understood but also those
whose cases are documented will obtain relief through some publicity and attention to their
specific plights..."
Source/publisher:
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) & Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Date of publication:
2013-01-21
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-21
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to association and assembly (commentaries), Detentions by the military in conflict areas, Armed conflict in Kachin State - human rights violations
Language:
English
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pdf
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2.73 MB
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Description/subject:
"The Cabinet yesterday gave the green light to a Labour Ministry proposal that the process of verifying the nationality of foreign migrant workers be extended until April 15, according to Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap.
He said that with the relaxation of the deadline, the 266,677 workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia who failed to complete the verification before the December 15 deadline could now live and work in Thailand until the new deadline..."
Source/publisher:
"The Nation" (Thailand)
Date of publication:
2013-01-16
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-18
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Individual Documents
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English
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"BANGKOK — Labor activists in Thailand are welcoming the government?s extension of a deadline for close to two million undocumented migrant workers to become legal. The illegal migrants now have four additional months to register through a new simplified process. But, activists say the new rules still allow room for exploiting foreign workers mainly from Burma, Cambodia and Laos.
Thailand this week announced a four-month extension on a deadline for undocumented foreign workers to become registered.
Missed deadline
The extension comes after a month of wrangling over a December 14 deadline and threats of mass deportation for over a million workers.
Thailand has an estimated 2.5 million migrant workers, mostly from Burma, but less than a million met the deadline to get their permits.
Thai authorities threatened to deport the remaining migrants, including tens of thousands whose paperwork was still being processed.
The threats were never enforced and on Tuesday Thai media reports said a deal was reached to extend the deadline to April 14 and allow all undocumented workers to participate..."
Daniel Schearf
Source/publisher:
Voice of America (VOA)
Date of publication:
2013-01-18
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-18
Type:
Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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Description/subject:
Unofficial translation (by UNICEF)
Source/publisher:
Government of Thailand
Date of publication:
2003-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Thai legislation and other official documents relating to birth registration in Thailand, Migrants' rights: relevant national legislation
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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112.05 KB
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Thailand_Child_Protection_Act_2003-bu.pdf
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Description/subject:
"The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) herewith issue a statement on resolution adopted by the following member and affiliate organizations in the annual meeting held from the 7th to 10th of January 2013 in a place on Thai-Burma border...The member organizations of UNFC, as a united entity, have decided to have comprehensive cease-fire and peace-talks with the government of Myanmar/Burma and would not accept any cease-fire and peace talks between the government and individual member organizations from now on. The UNFC, therefore, officially notifies the government of Myanmar/Burma that the UNFC is a sole negotiation body to the government in terms of comprehensive cease-fire and peace talks with the UNFC member organizations..."
Source/publisher:
United Nationalities Federal Council
Date of publication:
2013-01-10
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
"The past few weeks have seen some of the heaviest fighting in Myanmar?s decades-long civil war with government forces launching determined attacks against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic force in the far north of the country. And for the first time ever, the government has used helicopter gunships and attack aircraft against the country?s ethnic rebels. Most of the fighting is taking place around the KIA?s headquarters at the border town of Laiza near China, and the government seems determined to crush the Kachin resistance and gain control over the area now administered by the rebels.
The military campaign also sends signals to about a dozen other ethnic armies which have entered into ceasefire agreements with the government. In a statement issued on January 1, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an umbrella organisation of 12 such ethnic groups based mainly on the Thai border in the south, said they felt threatened by the offensive as well - and called for unity among Myanmar?s multitude of traditionally factious ethnic militias. "If we are not able to act collectively now we will be destroyed individually," said a participant at the meeting that adopted the statement..."
Bertil Lintner
Source/publisher:
AL Jazeera
Date of publication:
2013-01-10
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict in Kachin State - hostilities, Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles
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English
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Description/subject:
Notification No 62/2012 -
14 Waxing Wagaung 1374 ME
(31, August, 2012) -
Designating the Date of Coming into Force of Farm Land Law...The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation promulgated the following rules by using the
power vested by the section-42, sub-section (a) of farm land law with the approval of
Pyidaungsu Government....
1. These rules shall be called farm land rules.
2. The words and expressions contained in these rules shall mean as contained
in Farm Land Law. And the following words shall mean as described..."
Source/publisher:
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office
Date of publication:
2012-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-14
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (texts), Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the environment (texts), Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2012, Law and policy on land in Burma/Myanmar, Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2012
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English
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Description/subject:
Link to the dams material in the Water section
Source/publisher:
OnlineBurma/Myanmar Library
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-11
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
"Chinese dam builders have come to dominate the world market. Civil society groups have expressed concerns about the social and environmental impacts of numerous Chinese dams in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This NGO guide published by International Rivers presents the lessons of past experience and informs interested NGOs how they can best influence the projects and policies of Chinese dam builders and advocate for social and environmental interests.
This guide provides useful information for groups concerned about dam projects in which Chinese companies and financiers are involved, including:
*A "who?s who" among Chinese companies and financiers;
*Laws and standards in the Chinese dam building sector;
*A map of China?s major overseas dam projects;
*The new environmental policy of Sinohydro, the world?s largest dam-builder;
*An action guide for how to address problematic dams built by Chinese companies and financiers, and who to reach out to for help;
*Case studies of how NGOs have influenced Chinese overseas projects; and
*A sample letter to a Chinese dam building company...
Translations into Chinese and Spanish are planned for early 2013. Please contact us if you would like to organize a civil society training with the new guide, or suggest translations into other languages.
Source/publisher:
International Rivers
Date of publication:
2012-11-26
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-10
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Dams and other projects on rivers in Burma/Myanmar (countrywide), Dams and other hydropower projects (global, regional), Hydro-electricity
Language:
English
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pdf
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4.27 MB
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar"Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Description/subject:
Business/economy Articles from July 2009
Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
"[The] Myanmar Times" - Archived sections (English), Economy: general, analytical, statistical (various sources)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Myanmar Times"
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-09
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Description/subject:
Min Thu Ta ? The General Secretary of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), Nai Hong Sar, said that despite an agreement reached between Presidential Minister U Aung Min?s peace negotiating team and a UNFC delegation, political dialogue could be delayed due to the Burmese military offensive in Kachin State.
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?Because [the government army] has escalated the fighting against the Kachin [troops], the [political] dialogue could be held up. It is also difficult to answer whether the dialogue will be held in the country or abroad. The government is doing the opposite of what it said [it would] and showing its dishonesty as its army has intensified the fighting,” said Nai Hong Sar in an interview with IMNA last Thursday.
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IMNA News
Date of publication:
2013-01-07
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2013-01-08
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Burma Partnership
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-08
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In this study focusing on the need to rapidly expand Myanmar?s gas-fired electricity potential, Harvard scholar David Dapice deals with the question of prices and costs. ?Why is gas-fired power in Myanmar so inefficient?? he asks. The study points to some practical solutions to the financial constraints involved in improving the electricity supply.
David Dapice
Source/publisher:
Proximity Designs, Myanmar
Date of publication:
2012-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-08
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General articles and reports
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English
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The possibility of using natural gas to fuel a much-needed rapid expansion of Myanmar?s electric power generating capacity is explored in this brief study by Harvard scholar, David Dapice, well-known for his ongoing interest in the country?s development potential
David Dapice
Source/publisher:
Proximity Designs, Myanmar
Date of publication:
2012-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-08
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General articles and reports
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"This is the eighth 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 December, 2012..."
Source/publisher:
Courier Research Associates
Date of publication:
2013-01-08
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-08
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General articles and reports
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English
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The Repatriation Issue By Saw David...
Looking Forward To ?Living In My Village Without Any Fear” By Saw David...
?Not Ready To Return” By Eh Klo Dah...
?If They Have No Plan For This, Many Will Die Of Starvation” By Saw David...
?I Dare Not To Go Back Home As Long As The Burmese Army Still Fortifies” By Eh Klo Dah...
?Perhaps I will Run Away” By Saw David
?Just Words, No Action Makes Us Distrustful” By Eh Klo Dah...By Saw David...News in Brief...
Karen Women Organisation?s Opinion
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
Date of publication:
2012-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-05
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Individual Documents
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Proposed return of Burmese asylum-seekers from Thailand to Burma, "Burma Issues" Newsletter: archive from 1991 to 2012
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English
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Photos of the Dawei SEZ plans, video of Ital-Thai road construction and earth-moving operations, statements by local villagers (not consulted about the project) resisting the project.
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Kwekalu.net, "Burma Issues"
Date of publication:
2012-10-15
Date of entry/update:
2013-01-05
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Individual Documents
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Dawei (Tavoy) Special Economic Zone
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English, Karen
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"...Whether the exact beginnings of Muslim settlement in Arakan is still to be determined, it is
reasonable to understand that they have been residing there since the period of the Arakan
Kingdom (Mrauk-U dynasty). They were the origin of the Muslims in Arakan. Also it has been
questioned whether those Muslims are equivalent to the present Rohingyas, Yegar?s discussion
is convincing: that those Muslims who had resided since the days of Mrauk-U dynasty and the
Muslims from Chittagong who immigrated into Arakan in 19th and 20th century were integrated
to some extent and comprised the present Rohingyas. The naming of Rohingya by themselves is
a relatively recent invention, but there is no reason to deny there existence as an ethnic group
whether their naming was old or new.
Taking these understandings into consideration, the Rohingya have a right to be recognized as a
national group in present Burma and to be treated equal to other ethnic nationals. Even if a
strong image of the ex-immigrants from Chittagong sticks on them, it is meaningless to avoid
those people as foreigners. There is no rational reason to put the year of 1823 as a criterion for
dividing the people in Burma between indigenous and non-indigenous. In order to change the
situation in the border of Burma and Bangladesh from an explosive area of another possible
exodus to a stable area where the border trade can be increased and be prospered, the first step
to be taken is to "qualify" those Rohingyas as a Burmese national ethnic group. Without taking
this measure, nothing will be improved and a thorny obstacle may remain for another
uncountable decades. Not only the Government of Bangladesh but also the international
community in all are expected to make efforts to persuade the military government of Burma to
accept the Rohingyas into their national community." (from the Conclusion)
Kei Nemoto
Source/publisher:
Institute for Developing Economies (IDE) in "Elusive Borders: Changing Sub-Regional Relations in Eastern South Asia"
Date of publication:
2004-11-30
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2013-01-04
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English
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