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"...Despite the lack of progress toward a more democratic regime in Myanmar, many aspects of governance and life in general have changed. Owing to the government?s extensive infrastructure development programme and the cessation of armed hostilities in most of the country, Myanmar is now much more physically and psychologically integrated than at any time in its past. Ceasefire agreements between the government and a large number of former insurgent groups have given leaders on all sides an interest in the maintaining peace and stability. The country is also far more open to foreign influence than previously and positive relationships have been established with all of its neighbours.
Despite of the replacement of Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and his military intelligence coterie, the government has not abandoned its ?road map” to a new constitutional order. New, inexperienced ministers are now working to implement those plans. The opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has been marginalised not only by the continuing detention of its leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, but also because of the party?s unwillingness to participate in the constitutional convention now underway. Internal tensions within the armed forces, while undermining the government?s administrative capacity, provide no opportunity for the creation of political change..."
Robert Taylor, Morten Pedersen
Source/publisher:
European Commission
Date of publication:
2004-12-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-04-06
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Individual Documents
Category:
Burma Day 2005 - Selected Documents
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English
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"In the following, we review certain economic aspects of Supporting Burma/Myanmar?s National Reconciliation Process: Challenges and Opportunities, a self-labelled Independent Report? prepared for the European Commission by Professor Robert Taylor and Mr Morten Pedersen. We largely confine our comments to economic considerations, but within this sphere we find that the Report has numerous and severe limitations. Due largely to a scarcity of time, our comments are to a certain extent preliminary, and will be developed further in a subsequent issue of BEW that will address this and other recent reports on Burma?s economy. Feel free to use the following in ways you find useful, though for academic purposes we regard this review? as very much a working draft? at present. Of course, we welcome comments. We can be contacted, as always, at [email protected] Website http://www.econ.mq.edu.au/BurmaEconomicWatch
Source/publisher:
Burma Economic Watch
Date of publication:
2005-04-03
Date of entry/update:
2005-04-06
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Stowarzyszenie "Solidarność Polsko-Birmańska" zostało zarejestrowane w dniu 19.01.2005 r. Powstało z inicjatywy Birmańczyków związanych z Polską, osób zainteresowanych problemami Birmy oraz organizacji o podobnym charakterze działających w krajach Europy Zachodniej, szczególnie organizacji holenderskiej BCN [Burma Centrum Nederlands]. Stowarzyszenie jest członkiem międzynarodowej organizacji EBN [Euro Burma Network] - jednostki koordynującej pracę wszystkich organizacji pracujących na rzecz Birmy w Europie.
Statutowe cele Stowarzyszenia są następujące:
1. Propagowanie rzetelnych informacji o obecnej sytuacji politycznej w Birmie/Myanmarze.
2. Uzyskanie lobby wśród władz RP na rzecz demokracji i przestrzegania praw człowieka w Birmie.
3. Wspieranie kształtowania kierunku polityki Unii Europejskiej w stosunku do Birmy/Myanmaru.
4. Kształtowanie świadomości publicznej odnośnie przestrzegania praw człowieka w Birmie/Myanmarze.
5. Działalność charytatywna, edukacyjna i rozwojowa.
6. Popularyzowanie wiedzy dotyczącej kultury regionu.
Stowarzyszenie realizuje ww. cele przez gromadzenie, analizę i udostępnianie informacji do wiadomości publicznej, działalność informacyjną, wydawniczą oraz prowadzenie strony internetowej, a także spotkania, prelekcje i wystąpienia publiczne. Działalność Stowarzyszenia finansowana jest ze składek członkowskich, dobrowolne darowizny sponsorów oraz pomoc finansową organizacji o podobnym profilu.
Source/publisher:
Solidarność Polsko-Birmańska
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-31
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
Polish
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Statement by Mr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro,
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
61st Session of the Commission on Human Rights, Item 9,
Geneva, 29 March 2005
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2005-03-29
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-30
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"...Since 1996, the people of Shan State have been particularly targeted for persecution by the military
regime in order to stop the resistance efforts of the Shan State Army and to secure control over the
state?s rich natural resources. Over 300,000 Shan and other ethnic people have been forced from their
homes in central Shan State by the Burmese military, including from lands needed to build a largescale
hydropower dam on the Salween river. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has worked in Thailand, with the
consent and cooperation of the government for over 28 years, during which time assistance has been
provided to more than 1.3 million refugees. In recognition of the fact that many people from Burma
have been forced to flee from armed conflicts they face in their country, Thailand has been providing
refugee camps for people from Burma since 1984 and has allowed international NGOs to provide
support to the refugees. Thailand has allowed the UNHCR to have a limited protection role in these
camps since 1998.
The people of Shan State, unlike the Karen and Karenni from Burma, are not recognised as asylum
seekers in Thailand and are not provided safe refuge and humanitarian assistance. As they are unable
to seek refuge, the Shan people are forced to either live in hiding as illegal persons on the Thai-Burma
border or seek work as migrant workers, in low-paid, low-skilled jobs such as construction workers,
factory workers or domestic workers. The absence of refuge and services particularly impacts on the
more vulnerable Shan asylum seekers such as pregnant women, children, elderly and disabled persons
who are unable to fend for themselves in the jungle or on work sites. The Shan asylum seekers in
Thailand live in precarious situations as they live in constant fear of being arrested and deported to
Burma, where they face ongoing persecution in the forms of torture, rape and death on their return to
Burma. This fear has increased after the implementation of an agreement between Thailand and
Burma on the repatriation of migrant workers since August 2003.
Why is it that while asylum seekers from other Burmese ethnic groups have been recognised as
refugees and been provided refuge in camps in Thailand, the Shan asylum seekers continue to not be
accepted or supported in Thailand?..."
Source/publisher:
The Shan Women
Date of publication:
2003-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"This database contains raw data that we were allowed to record by the holders in Myanmar, and as a result it has not been sorted according to subject. We aimed to select Parabaik relevant to socio-economic history, but documents relating to astrology, medicine, poetry and so on are to be found, because one Parabaik was customarily used to record material on many different topics.
1. Each image consists of two facing pages of a Parabaik manuscript. Therefore, one image may contain several documents, while one longer document may consist of several images.
2. Since images are taken after turning each page in the Parabaik, a particular document may be identified in its context by viewing the images numbered before and after it.
3. In some cases the same image appears twice in order to facilitate detailed comparison of its contents.
4. Some images are reversed and others are revised to make them easier to read. Images that are still difficult to decipher should be adjusted using imaging software.
5. The documents are classified according to their contents. Users can search for documents in the index of these categories..."
Source/publisher:
Aichi University in Japan
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-16
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Abstracts, bibliographies, scholarly journals, libraries, institutes, universities, other research tools, Documents on social and economic history
Language:
Burmese, English
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Source/publisher:
Bureau International du Travail (GB.292/7/2)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Francais, French
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"...At the heart of Buddhist ethics is inter-responsibility, or Bodhicitta; what His Holiness the Dalai Lama calls Universal Responsibility. In the Theravada we speak of Samma-sankappa or Right Thought, which leads to Bodhi, the Awakened Mind. This principle is expressed in everyday terms by the teaching of loving-kindness, non-violence, compassion, and particular responsibilities. For monks and nuns these are set down in the rule or Vinaya; for lay people in the Sigalovada Sutta and for rulers in the Dasarajadhamma.
In the early, organic societies the Buddha was addressing, these specific responsibilities were assumed to be adequate guidelines for human behaviour, with no need to identify the corresponding rights. In modern, fragmented societies, however, where the fulfillment of responsibilities cannot be guaranteed by the immediate community, the corresponding rights are specified and protected by States and International Organisations. In large part these bodies derive their legitimacy from their protection of human rights. A State which does not guarantee the enjoyment of human rights by its people loses its claim to legitimacy..."
Sayadaw U Rewata Dhamma
Date of publication:
1994-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Buddhism and society, Buddhist Ethics
Language:
English
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Summary:
"The present report is based upon the good offices efforts undertaken by the
Secretary-General and his Special Envoy, Razali Ismail, in facilitating national reconciliation
and democratization in Myanmar, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 59/263
of 23 December 2004.
The Secretary-General has maintained from the very beginning that the National
Convention and subsequent stages in the seven-step road map for transition to democracy put
forth by the Government of Myanmar in 2003 has the potential to be a positive step forward.
He has stressed that to ensure credibility it is essential that the National Convention phase of
the road map, which the Government reconvened in May 2004 to lay the foundations on
which a new constitution is drafted, includes representatives of the National League for
Democracy (NLD), other political parties and ethnic nationality groups, as well as other strata
of society. The Secretary-General has similarly made it clear that all those involved in the
National Convention must also be allowed to speak freely, openly and without restriction on the
matters at hand. To date, however, the National Convention has regrettably fallen short of
satisfying these basic requirements.
On 17 February 2005, the Convention was again reconvened without the participation of
representatives of the NLD and other political parties. Furthermore, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi not
only remains under house arrest, but along with her deputy has also had her detention extended
for a further year. Other political and ethnic leaders have also been arrested or detained, causing
one ceasefire group to boycott the Convention.
Most regrettably, it therefore remains the Secretary-General?s view that the National
Convention, in its present format, does not adhere to the recommendations made by the
General Assembly in successive resolutions. He thus reiterates his call on the Myanmar
authorities, even at this late stage, to take the necessary steps to make the road map process more
inclusive and credible. The Secretary-General also encourages the authorities to ensure that the
third phase of the road map, the drafting of the constitution, is fully inclusive. A national
referendum will be held after that. It is his considered view that unless this poll adheres to
internationally accepted standards of conduct and participation, it may be difficult for the
international community, including the countries of the region, to endorse the result.
In furtherance of this objective, the Secretary-General once again appeals to
the Myanmar authorities to resume without delay a substantive political dialogue with
the representatives of all ethnic nationality groups and political leaders, including
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, to help achieve a genuine process of national reconciliation.
He reiterates the need for the remaining constraints on all political leaders to be lifted, NLD
offices to be allowed to reopen and political prisoners, including elected officials, to be released.
In this context, the Secretary-General renews his readiness to facilitate national reconciliation
efforts among all parties concerned. At the same time, however, he wishes to articulate his
deep concern at the Myanmar authorities? continued unwillingness to cooperate with his
Special Envoy over the past year. The present situation casts serious doubt on the prospects
for the United Nations to play an effective role as a facilitator in furtherance of the relevant
resolutions of the General Assembly. He urges the authorities to demonstrate their commitment
to a credible process of democratization and national reconciliation by allowing his
Special Envoy to return to Myanmar to continue his facilitation efforts."
"
Source/publisher:
United Nations (E/CN.4/2005/130)
Date of publication:
2005-03-07
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"Since the informal ceasefire between the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and the Karen National Union (KNU) began in January 2004, the situation in Bilin, Thaton, Kyaikto and Pa?an townships in Thaton District has remained bleak. KHRG researchers have seen that the SPDC and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) soldiers are still abusing the villagers with no decrease in the suffering of the villagers. Between June and November 2004, the SPDC and DKBA continued committing human rights violations by demanding forced labour from the villagers in the area such as carrying rations and constructing roads, restricting the movements of the villagers, extorting money, and demanding building materials and food from the villagers...After more than 50 years of fighting, the villagers were very happy that the KNU went to ceasefire negotiations with the SPDC. Villagers thought there would be peace in the country as a result. The people trusted the meetings because since they started there had not been any fighting in the area. The villagers were hoping for peace so they could be happy and have enough to eat. Initially, the villagers thought the fighting would stop and their situation would get better, but later they saw that the SPDC was continuing its normal activities so they no longer believe in the negotiations very much anymore. Although there has been almost no fighting in the district, there has not been any real change in the situation for the villagers since the ceasefire began..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG #2005-F2)
Date of publication:
2005-02-21
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-08
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Karen
Language:
English
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WFP/UNHCR mission to assess the health situation of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh...
"a) The Joint Assessment Mission comprising of representatives of UNHCR, WFP and the Government of Bangladesh conducted the mission from the 10th to the 17th of October 2004. The objectives of the mission were to carry out an assessment of food and non-food requirements of the ongoing operation, to focus on the underlying causes of persistently high malnutrition and to make specific recommendations on the potential to reduce dependency on food assistance, alleviation of causes of using food for other purposes, modalities of assistance, composition of the food basket and the duration of assistance... b) The mission met with representatives of UNHCR, WFP, NGOs and representatives of the GOB at the capital, district and camp level. The mission visited facilities in Nayapara camp these included the medical facilities, water and sanitation facilities, school, women?s training facility, food storage and distribution facility. The mission conducted focus group discussion with women refugees in the camp and carried out interviews with key informants such as Concern?s counsellors and staff, representatives of BDRCS, DC of Food, DPHE staff, Civil surgeon, WFP and UNHCR field staff and the Camp in Charge... c) Briefing and Debriefing sessions by the mission team were given presenting the main recommendation (annex 3) of the mission at the district level to UNHCR, WFP, NGO and Government representatives and in Dhaka to the Secretary of the MFDM, representatives of UNHCR, WFP and the EC..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR/WFP
Date of publication:
2004-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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"The SHWE Gas Movement is concerned with a natural gas pipeline project presently unfolding in Western Burma...
In cooperation with Burma's military junta, a consortium of Indian and Korean corporations are currently exploring gas fields off the coast of Arakan State in Western Burma. Discovered in December 2003, these fields--labeled A-1, or "Shwe" (the Burmese word for gold)--are expected to hold one of the largest gas yields in Southeast Asia. These Shwe fields could well become the Burmese military government's largest single source of foreign income...
However, for the people of Burma this project will likely bring more suffering than benefits. It is the opinion of the SHWE Gas Movement that the following issues are very likely outcomes if the pipeline project goes ahead unchecked:...
Exploitation of the Voiceless:
In order to transport the gas to India, a pipeline corridor is already being cleared in the minority Burmese states of Arakan and Chin. Moreover, the area is becoming increasingly militarised and forced labour is occurring in the context of infrastructure development...
Large-scale Human Rights Abuses and Militarisation:
As experience with two previous international Burmese gas pipeline projects -- the Yadana and the Yetagun -- suggest, forced relocation of villagers, forced labour, torture, rape and extrajudicial killings will result from the Shwe project...
Environmental and Cultural Destruction:
Because proper social and environmental impact assessments have not been carried out, the extent of the project's impact on the local population and environment can hardly be determined, but the Burmese military has a long history of environmental and cultural degradation...
The Entrenchment of the Burmese Military Regime:
Just as the Yadana and Yetagun projects provided a context for the Burmese military regime to extend its reach into minority and opposition areas, so too is the Shwe project providing an excuse to further militarize and exploit the frontier areas of Arakan and Chin state. Meanwhile, when the money from this project begins flowing into the junta's coffers, this will only increase the military's grip over the rest of Burma.
Burma's current state of affairs is well known. The regime's poor human rights record has led most governments and many international organisations and institutions to condemn Burma's state terror and pass sanctions and investment bans against the country. This approach, also supported by the majority of Burma's opposition movement and Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is meant to apply economic and political pressure on the regime and kick-start a process of democratisation.
At the same time, several countries, such as the regional neighbours Thailand, India, China and Malaysia, promote constructive engagement with the regime as opposed to international isolation. According to their arguments, constructive engagement will promote economic development, integrate the country into the international community, and eventually instigate a full transfer to democracy.
To date, however, progress in democratisation and human rights is yet to show, which seriously questions the viability of constructive engagement. Indeed, most foreign investment and development projects have caused more suffering than good because of the direct involvement of Burma's military. Thus, as argued by the Nobel Laureate and winner of the 1990 elections in Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, "until we have a system that guarantees rules of law and basic democratic institutions, no amount of aid or investment will benefit our people."
We, the SHWE Gas Movement, ask the governments and corporations involved to halt the project until there is assurance that the people of the whole of Burma and Western Burma in particular can participate in the decision-making process and benefit from this project and not suffer the same fate as the people affected by the Yadana and the Yetagun pipelines. We ask you for your support in achieving this goal."
Source/publisher:
The Shwe Gas Movement
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-04
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Campaigns, Shwe gas field and pipeline -- reports and articles, The Shwe Gas Movement website
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English
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Faits nouveaux concernant la question de l?exécution par le gouvernement du Myanmar de la convention (nº 29) sur le travail forcé, 1930
Source/publisher:
Bureau International du Travail (GB.292/7/3)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Francais, French
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Background; Activities of the Liaison Officer a.i.; Developments in the high treason case; Developments in the forced
labour situation; Details of cases; Responses received from the authorities; List of cases on which interventions have been made (2004-05).
Source/publisher:
International Labour Office (GB.292/7/2)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-02
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Individual Documents
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English
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SEPTIÈME QUESTION À L?ORDRE DU JOUR.
Faits nouveaux concernant la question
de l?exécution par le gouvernement
du Myanmar de la convention (nº 29)
sur le travail forcé, 1930
Faits nouveaux intervenus à la suite
de l?adoption de la résolution de la Conférence
internationale du Travail sur le travail forcé au Myanmar
Source/publisher:
Bureau International du Travail (GB.292/7/1)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-01
Type:
Individual Documents
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Francais, French
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SEVENTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
Developments concerning the question
of the observance by the Government
of Myanmar of the Forced Labour
Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
Report of the very High-Level Team...
Source/publisher:
International Labour Office (GB.292/7/3)
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-03-01
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Individual Documents
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English
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"Since 1962, Burma has been ruled by a succession of highly authoritarian military regimes dominated by the majority Burman ethnic group. In 1990, pro-democracy parties won more than 80 percent of the seats during generally free and fair parliamentary elections, but the junta refused to recognize the results. The current controlling military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), is the country's de facto government, with subordinate Peace and Development Councils ruling by decree at the division, state, city, township, ward, and village levels. On October 19, hardliners further consolidated their power by ousting former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and appointing Soe Win. From May through July, the SPDC reconvened a National Convention (NC) as part of its purported "Road Map to Democracy." The NC excluded the largest opposition party and did not allow free debate. The judiciary was not independent and was subject to military control.
The Government reinforced its rule with a pervasive security apparatus. Until its dismantling in October, the Office of Chief Military Intelligence (OCMI) exercised control through surveillance, harassment of political activists, intimidation, arrest, detention, physical abuse, and restrictions on citizens' contacts with foreigners. After October, the Government's new Military Affairs Security (MAS) assumed a similar role, though apparently with less sweeping powers. The Government justified its security measures as necessary to maintain order and national unity. Members of the security forces committed numerous serious human rights abuses..."
Source/publisher:
US State Dept., Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Date of publication:
2005-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-28
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Individual Documents
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English
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UPDATE: THE KHIN NYUNT OUSTER:
It?s Not Over, Yet;
Another Generation of Political
Prisoners?...
MILITARY RESTRUCTURING...
BORDER ISSUES:
Border Trade;
Confiscations, Arrests;
Thailand...
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS:
Closures;
Kyat;
Trade & Investment...
DRUGS...
ETHNIC NATIONALITIES:
National Convention...
THE NLD & DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI...
NCGUB...
INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS:
ASEAN Turns Up the Heat?
Thailand: Soe Win A Nice Guy?;
Malaysia: Why Weren?t We Told?
Philippines: More of The Usual?
Indonesia: Surprise Visit;
China: Quietly Concerned;
India: Friendly Overtures;
EU: Asians Should Help;
US: More Pressure, Please;
UN...
WHO?S IN, WHO?S OUT...
WHO?S WHO: SPDC LEADERS?
BIOGRAPHIES...
PRISONER RELEASES: EASING THE
PRESSURE VALVE?
Who Was Released?
Some Still Waiting;
What About Aung San Suu Kyi;
No Signs of Change;
A Response to Pressure;
Not the First Time;
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma?s Most Famous
Political Prisoner...
WHY THE RELEASES?
International Pressure;
Internal Pressure;
What Next?;
Conclusion...
LOTS OF NOISE, LITTLE CHANGE: HUMAN
RIGHTS POST KHIN NYUNT...
LEGISLATORS ACTING ON BURMA:
Inter-Parliamentary Union;
3,285 Parliamentarians Sign
Solidarity Declaration;
European Parliament Calls for Increased
Pressure on Burma;
Parliamentarians Support the CRPP;
US Congress: United on Burma;
Other Recent Parliamentarian
Initiatives;
ASEAN: Parliamentary Caucuses Emerge:
Malaysia;
Thailand...
RECENT CIVIL SOCIETY
INITIATIVES ON BURMA:
Nobel Laureates;
Regional Activists;
Labor Groups...
RESPONSES FROM
INTERNATIONAL BODIES:
UNGA?s Annual Resolutions;
ILO: Pressure Triggers Response;
FATF: Money Laundering Concerns...
LEGAL PROOF OF A DICTATORSHIP:
Emergency Provisions Act (1950);
State Protection Law (1975);
Television & Video Law (1996);
21 Unlawful Associations Act (1908);
Interpretation of Expressions Law (1973);
Printers & Publishers Registration Law (1962);
The Official Secrets Act (1923);
Habitual Offenders Act (1961);
The Burma Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933);
The ?National Convention” Law 5/96 (1996);
22 Uses & Abuses of the Law;
But Sometimes the Law isn?t so Important
Further Deficiencies;
Guilty Until Proven Innocent;
Inaccessible Laws;
Legal Bid to Free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Fails;
More Sackings...
THE LAST WORD - QUOTES FROM AUNG
SAN SUU KYI on:
Burma & ASEAN;
ASEAN?s Constructive Engagement;
Refugees;
Democracy;
25 Human Rights & Asian Values;
The UN Special Envoy Razali Ismail;
The 1990 Election;
Power-Sharing?
On the NLD?s ?Inflexibility”;
Some Resources from Altsean-Burma.
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication:
2004-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
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Individual Documents
Category:
ALTSEAN-Burma archive
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English
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On 17 February 2005, Burma?s ongoing National Convention was scheduled to reconvene. The briefer examines the National Convention including information on structure, process, reasons why it is illegitimate, democratic alternatives, and international responses...
FEBRUARY 2005 UPDATE:-
NO CHANGES IN SIGHT:
Tightening Control of Ceasefire Groups;
National Convention Process Unchanged;
Crackdown On Shan Leaders Ahead Of
National Convention;
Discontent Brewing Amongst Ceasefire
Groups;
CRPP Rejects National Convention...
CONCLUSION...
RECOMMENDATIONS...
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:-
AN EXCUSE NOT TO CONVENE
PARLIAMENT...
ENTRENCHING MILITARY RULE:
The Military Junta Does Not Want
Democracy;
Six ?Objectives”;
Chapter Headings;
104 ?Principles”...
FIRST STEP IN A ROADMAP TO
DEMOCRACY?
The 7-Point Roadmap;
Fundamentally Flawed;
Continuation of a Previous Failure;
No End in Sight;
Who Will Draft the Constitution?;
1990 Election Results Must Be Upheld;
Democratic Forces Reject the Roadmap...
NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURMA?S
PEOPLE:
Worse Than the 1993 Convention;
Thugs and Drug Lords at the NC...
THE REGIME?S DESPERATION:
NC Structure;
SLORC Order 5/96: Freedom of Expression
Criminalized;
1,076 Handpicked Political Prisoners;
Bizarre Regulations;
Strict Script Supervision;
Media Gagged, Blindfolded, Deaf;
Divide-and-Rule: Joint Proposal Refused...
ALTERNATIVES TO THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION:
Ceasefire Groups Also Want Democratic
Process;
Ethnic Groups Draft an Alternative
Roadmap;
Eight New Basic Principles from Democracy
Movement...
INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES:
Exclusion of the International Community;
ASEAN: The Failure Of Unconditional
Engagement;
UN Consensus;
Western Condemnation.
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication:
2005-02-16
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
ALTSEAN-Burma archive
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English
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ABSTRACT:
"This article examines social and political transition in Myanmar (Burma). Strategies for transition in Myanmar have tended to focus on elite-level politics, rather than grass-roots democratisation and social mobilisation. However, both approaches are necessary - although neither is sufficient in itself. While change at the national/elite level is urgently required, sustained democratic transition can only be achieved if accompanied by local participation.
The tentative re-emergence of civil society networks within and between ethnic nationality/ minority communities over the past decade is one of the most significant - but under-examined - aspects of the social and political situation in Myanmar. Development from below?, and efforts to build local democracy from the bottom-up?, using local capacities and social capital, are underway in government-controlled areas, and in some ethnic nationality-populated ceasefire and war zones (including insurgent-controlled areas), as well as in neighbouring countries. However, the sector is still under-developed, and changes coming from civil society will be gradual, and need to be supported.
This article examines the strategic challenges facing ethnic nationalist leaders and communities at this key period in Myanmar?s history. It also addresses the roles that foreign aid can play in supporting the re-emergence of civil society in Myanmar, and advocates a policy of selective (or targeted) engagement?..."
Ashley South
Source/publisher:
Ashley South
Date of publication:
2005-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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htm
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Source/publisher:
?Nationality & Statelessness” Vol. II, IBHI Humanitarian Series, 1996
Date of publication:
1991-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Thai Law and Constitution, Migrants' rights: relevant national legislation, Burma-related legislation and human rights issues in Thailand
Language:
English
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htm
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73.84 KB
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"Lives on Hold: The Human Costs of Statelessness is Refugees International?s new 50-page report that highlights the difficulties faced by an estimated 11 million individuals worldwide who have no citizenship or effective nationality. These stateless people are international orphans who have fallen through the cracks of the United Nations. They regularly cannot participate in the political process of any country and are guaranteed no legal protections. Because of their status, millions of stateless people have difficulty in obtaining jobs and owning property, receive inadequate access to healthcare and education, and suffer sexual and physical violence.
The report documents the human costs of the problem in more than 70 countries with particular emphasis on groups in Bangladesh, Estonia and the United Arab Emirates, and provides recommendations to the international community on what must be done by the UN, individual states and donor governments like the United States."
M. Lynch
Source/publisher:
Refugees International
Date of publication:
2005-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese and other stateless people in Thailand and Malaysia, Burmese and other stateless people in Burma, Bangladesh and India, Statelessness: general studies and reports
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of publication:
2004-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Human Rights Education
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Manual in Burmese (120 pages) of human rights standards and mechanisms.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of publication:
2004-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Human Rights Education
Language:
Burmese
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pdf
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1.06 MB
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Description/subject:
"The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) is a progressive organization administering and facilitating human rights trainings, advocacy programs, and internships for Burma ?s diverse communities. We are based on the Thai-Burma border.
HREIB uses a participatory teaching methodology to empower grassroots activists, community leaders, women, sexual minorities, and youth to become trainers, community leaders, and human rights activists..."
Programs;
Publications;
Photo Galleries;
Links.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-16
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Human Rights Education, Human Rights Education
Language:
English, Burmese, Karen, Karenni
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Quelles sont les conséquences des investissements étrangers en Birmanie et du
maintien de relations commerciales avec ce pays ? Quelles sont les règles du
jeu ? Quels en sont les bénéficiaires ? Au détriment de qui ?...
Table des matières:-
1. Introduction;
2. A qui appartient l?économie?
(Avec qui doit-on traiter lorsqu?on veut faire du commerce avec la Birmanie?
Une firme étrangère peut-elle avoir des contacts commerciaux à titre
indépendant en Birmanie?
3. Volume d?IDE (investissements directs étrangers) et flux commerciaux;
4. Quelle partie de cet argent finit-elle dans les caisses de la junte?
Autre source de revenus: les taxes en tous genres;
Troisième source de revenus: le change de devises étrangères ;
5. Que font les généraux de tout cet argent?
6. Corruption, transparence et trafic de drogue;
7. Existe-t-il un lien entre l?IDE et la politique?
8. Y a-t-il des liens directs entre IDE et abus des droits des travailleurs?
9. Quelle est l?incidence des sanctions sur les citoyens ordinaires?
Source/publisher:
Confédération internationale des syndicats libres (CISL)
Date of publication:
2005-01-25
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-08
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Francais, French
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Description/subject:
What are the consequences of investment in or trade with Burma? How does it work? Who profits? Who suffers from it?...
Contents:
1. Introduction;
2. Who owns the economy?
(When you do business with Burma, who do you need to deal with?
Can a company have independent business links in Burma?)
3. Levels of FDI and trade;
4. How much of this money is going to the junta?
Another source of income: all kinds of taxes;
A possible third source of income: the exchange of foreign currency;
5. What do the generals do with this money?
6. On corruption, transparency and drugs;
7. Is there a link between FDI and politics?
8. Are there direct links between FDI and abuse of workers?
9. What is the effect of sanctions on ordinary citizens?
Source/publisher:
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Date of publication:
2005-01-25
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Burma and the region, Political, social and economic dimensions of investment in Burma
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
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Source/publisher:
Kao Wao News Group
Date of publication:
2005-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kao Wao Newspaper (Mon and Burmese)
Language:
Mon, Burmese
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-25
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Accessing UN documents
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-25
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Accessing UN documents
Language:
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Local URL:
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Description/subject:
This new ODS access, dating from 31 December 2004, is a major development in accessing UN documents, including those on Myanmar, in the 6 official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish). Use the Help button on the ODS site and the training link in the present press release.
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2004-12-23
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Accessing UN documents
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
GENERAL HEALTH:
Fever;
The Skeletal System;
Fractures...
DIAGNOSIS:
Physical Examinations...
MATERNITY & CHILD HEALTH:
Naw Mu?s Case.
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
1999-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
English, Burmese
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pdf
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692.66 KB
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GENERAL HEALTH: STD and HIV/AIDS in Thailand and Myanmar (Dr. Ying-Ru Lo, WHO, Mrs. Laksami Suebsaeng, WHO); Syndromic Management Appoach : An Effective Way to STD Case Management (Health Messenger); Neonatal Conjunctivitis (Dr. Jerry Vincent, IRC); An introduction to HIV/AIDS (Health Messenger); HIV/AIDS Transmission and Non-Transmission Routes (Andrea Menefee, IRC); AIDS NEWS (Health Messenger)...
SOCIAL: The link between STDs and HIV/AIDS: the medical and social causes (Health Messenger); Health and Human Rights (Christine Harmston, BRC)...
DIAGNOSIS: Syndromic approach to identifying common STDs (Dr. Rose McGready, SMRU)...
HEALTH EDUCATION: Counseling, Information and Partner notification for STD patients (Dr. Rose McGready, SMRU); SawPaing and Nan Wai (Gordon Sharmar, WEAVE)...
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH: Children and HIV/AIDS (Health Messenger)...
FROM THE FIELD: The Karen Education Working Group (Ms. Honey Moon, KEWG)...
PREVENTION: Prevention (Dr. Rose McGready, SMRU).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2000-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger", "Health Messenger" etc., HIV/AIDS - Burma/Myanmar, HIV/AIDS - international, regional and thematic material
Language:
Burmese, English
Format :
pdf
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1.38 MB
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Description/subject:
GENERAL HEALTH:
Cancer (Health Messenger);
High Blood Pressure (Health Messenger)...
PREVENTION:
Preventing Cancer (Andrea Menefee, IRC Mae Hong Son)...
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH:
Menopause (Health Messenger);
Contraception:Giving The Oral Contraceptive Pill (Suzanne Belton)... CASE STUDY: Brave Little Moe Moe (Dr. Seerat Nasir, Health Messenger)...
FROM THE FIELD:
Condom Promotion In Nu Poh Camp (Nipaporn Intong, ARC)...
HEALTH EDUCATION:
Little Cat A Daung (Gordon Sharmars, WEAVE).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2000-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
English, Burmese
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.49 MB
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GENERAL HEALTH:
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Health Messenger);
Physical Effects of Alcohol (Dr. Jonathan Nield, MSF);
Psychological Effects Of Alcohol Consumption (Philip Galvin, BBC); Liver
(Health Messenger);
Alcoholic Liver Disease (Health Messenger);
Drink, Drank, Drunk (Pam Rogers, Addiction Therapist, Canada)...
HEALTH EDUCATION:
Alcohol Catches You (Melanie Meardi, WEAVE)... FROM THE FIELD:
Alcohol Drinking in Nu Poh Camp (Win Win Yi, ARC, Nu Poh Camp)...TREATMENT:
Managing Alcohol Poisoning (Health Messenger)...
INTERVIEW:
People and Alcohol (Nipaporn Intong, ARC).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2000-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
987.37 KB
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GENERAL HEALTH:
Lymphatic System (Health Messenger);
Lymphatic Filariasis (Health Messenger)...
FROM THE FIELD:
Workshop in the Camps (Health Messenger);
The Dangers of Self-medication (Dr. Arnaud Jeannie, MSF, Mae Sot);
SANITATION:
Sanitation and Waste Management in Nu Po Camp (Nipaporn Intong, ARC)... PREVENTION:
Nutrition Education for a Healthy Community -
Preventing Nutrient Deficiencies (Andrea Menefee, BBC);
MATERNITY AND CHILD CARE:
Care of the Mother after Delivery: Normal Postnatal Care
(Dr. Rose Mc Gready, SMRU)... PREVENTION:
Nutrition Education for a Healthy Community -
Preventing Nutrient Deficiencies (Andrea Menefee, BBC)... SANITATION:
Sanitation and Waste Management in Nu Po Camp (Nipaporn Intong, ARC)... FROM THE FIELD:
Workshop in the Camps (Health Messenger);
The Dangers of Self-medication (Dr. Arnaud Jeannie, MSF, Mae Sot).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2001-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
Burmese, English
Format :
pdf
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679.62 KB
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GENERAL HEALTH:
The Tooth: Structure & Development (Health Messenger);
Common Dental Problems (Health Messenger);
Scrub Typhus (Health Messenger)...HEALTH EDUCATION:
Dental Care and Children (Health Messenger);
The Tale of Thaung's Teeth (Health Messenger)...
PREVENTION:
Dental Health Promotion (Andrea Menefee, BBC);
Prevention of Difficult Pregnancies (Health Messenger)...
SOCIAL:
Global Gathering to Achieve Health for All (Christine Harmston, BRC);
CASE STUDY:
The Case of Mi Pakow Son (Saikamer Non, MSF)...
FROM THE FIELD:
Dental Activity Report (Tham La Sey & Marie-Therese Benner, Malteser Hilfsdienst Germany, MHD).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2001-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
English, Burmese
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pdf
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GENERAL HEALTH:
Typhoid Fever (Health Messenger);
Rabies (Health Messenger);
Management of dog bites (Dr. Liz Ashley, SMRU)...
FROM THE FIELD:
Typhoid epidemic in Tham Hin camp (Dr. Danielle Stewart, MSF);
Death of Naw Wa Wa (Health Messenger);
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding HIV infection among Burmese
Migrant Workers in Mae Sot (Dr. Thein Myint (Member of BMA), Health Program Director, NHEC);
From the Field (Nipaporn Intong, ARC International)...PREVENTION:
Prevention of Rabies (Contribution by Elisabeth Emerson, WHO)...
INTERVIEW:
Community Agriculture and Nutrition Workers? Project:
An Interview with David Saw Wah (Health Messenger); Agriculture training in Nu Po Camp (Health Messenger)...SOCIAL:
World AIDS Day in the Camps (From KEWG, IRC and ARC);
The winning poem: Prevention is the best way to deter AIDS...HEALTH EDUCATION:
Mo Mo and Bubu (Health Messenger).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2002-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger"
Language:
Burmese, English
Format :
pdf
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1.66 MB
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FROM THE FIELD:
Participatory Learning and Action for Community-Based Malaria Control
(James Hopkins, Kenan Institute Asia)...
GENERAL HEALTH:
Population Movement and Malaria (Dr. Naw Nhai. M, SMRU);
Fake Artesunate in Southeast Asia : A Murderous Trade (Stephane Proux, S.M.R.U)...MATRERNITH & CHILD HEALTH:
Malaria in Pregnancy : Important Issues (Dr. Rose McGready, SMRU);
Diagnosis of Malaria (Sarika Pattanasin. Lab technician, S.M.R.U.)... CASE STUDY:
The Problem of Presumptive Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria (Lucy Phaipun, SMRU);
Important Issues Regarding Treatment of Malaria in Small Children (Lucy Phaiphun, SMRU)...HEALTH EDUCATION:
The Importance of Completing Anti-malarial Treatment (Mya Ohn, Medic, SMRU); Daw Shwe Mi's Lessons (Mya Ohn, Medic, SMRU).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2002-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., "Health Messenger", Malaria
Language:
English, Burmese
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GENERAL HEALTH:
Overview of Landmine Problems in Myanmar (Michiyo Kato &Yeshua Moser-Puangswan, NIV SEA);
Basic Information about Landmines (Htun Htun Oo, TCFB);
Trauma Care Foundation Burma (Htun Htun Oo, TCFB);
Chain of Survival (Htun Htun Oo, TCFB);
Mine Injuries and Their Management (Htun Htun Oo, TCFB)...
FROM THE FIELD:
Orthopaedic Programme of the ICRC-Myanmar (Marco Emery, ICRC, Myanmar);
Data Collection on Mine Victims and the Impact of Landmines (Christophe Tiers, HI);
Mental Health Assessment among Refugees in Three Camps
in Mae Hong Son, Thailand (Dr. Ann Burton, IRC)...HEALTH EDUCATION:
Mine Awareness (Christophe Tiers, HI);
Eight Reasons to Ban Landmines (Christophe Tiers, HI)...
SOCIAL:
Real life stories (Christophe Tiers, HI).
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2002-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-01-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, "Health Messenger", "Health Messenger" etc.
Language:
English, Burmese
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