1. The SLORC was the name of the military regime which ruled Burma from 1988 until 1997 when it was replaced by the SPDC.

2. Source: Convention on the Rights of the Child, Preamble, adopted 20 November 1989.

3. Source: Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, CEDAW/C/MMR/, 4 September 2007.

4. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

5. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

6. Source: Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict to the UN General Assembly, A/61/275, UN General Assembly 61st Session, 17 August 2006.

7. Source: Burma Issues & Concerns: Vol 4; The Security Dimensions, Altsean Burma. April 2007.

8. Source: Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative U Nyunt Swe, the Union of Myanmar and Leader of the Myanmar Observer Delegation at the Fourth Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 23 March 2007.

9. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

10. Source: Burma Issues & Concerns: Vol 4; The Security Dimensions, Altsean Burma. April 2007.

11. Source: Internal Displacement in Eastern Burma: 2007, TBBC, October 2007.

12. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

13. Source: A Campaign of Brutality. Report and Analysis of Burma Army Offensive Against the People of Northern Karen State, Eastern Burma, FBR, May 2007.

14. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

15. Sources: “Murdered Refugee Girl Laid to Rest,” Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. II, CHRO, April 2007; “Chin Community Mourns the Tragic Death of Dally Sui,” Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. II, CHRO, April 2007.

16. Source: Road construction, attacks on displaced communities and the impact on education in northern Papun District, KHRG, 26 March 2007.

17. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 10/07,” KNU, 2 April 2007.

18. Source: A Campaign of Brutality. Report and Analysis of Burma Army Offensive Against the People of Northern Karen State, Eastern Burma, FBR, May 2007.

19. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

20. Source: “Deaf Villager Shot and Killed at Point Blank,” FBR, 21 May 2007.

21. Source: “KNU Press Release No. 16/07,” KNU, 11 May 2007.

22. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

23. Source: “Burma Army Continues to Rape and Kill as National Convention Re-Convenes,” CSW, 20 July 2007.

24. Source: “DKBA Claim Civilian Deaths in Latest Clash,” DVB, 2 July 2007.

25. Source: “General Human Rights Violations during July 2007,” CIDKP, July 2007.

26. Source: Landmines, Killings and Food Destruction: Civilian life in Toungoo District, KHRG, 9 August 2007.

27. Sources: “13-Year-Old Boy Blinded By Burma Army Landmine,” FBR, 5 December 2007; “Burma Army Kills Three Villagers, Hundreds Flee New Attacks,” FBR, 6 December 2007.

28. Source: “Ethnic Rebels Kill 8, Wound 6 in Burma Highway Attack,” Irrawaddy, 20 December 2007.

29. Source: “Boy, Sister Injured by Land Mine Explosion in Pegu Division,” Irrawaddy, 7 December 2007.

30. Source: A Campaign of Brutality. Report and Analysis of Burma Army Offensive Against the People of Northern Karen State, Eastern Burma, FBR, May 2007.

31. Source: “Jittery Burma Army Soldiers nearly Kill A Family,” IMNA, 9 July 2007.

32. Sources: “Dead boy’s family not allowed to conduct funeral rituals,” Mizzima News, 1 October 2007; “Family members speak about teen protestor’s death,” DVB, 19 October 2007; Bullets in the Alms Bowl; An Analysis of the Brutal SPDC Suppression of the September 2007 Saffron Revolution. HRDU, March 2008.

33. Source: “Burmese Soldier Shoots At Boy for Motor Cycle,” IMNA, 8 March 2007.

34. Source: Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Combined second and third periodic reports of States parties, Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, CEDAW/C/MMR/, 4 September 2007.

35. Source: Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 Entitled “Human Rights Council,” Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of  human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro,” Human Rights Council, A/HRC/4/14, Fourth session, Item 2 of the provisional agenda, 12 February 2007.

36. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

37. Source: “Gang Rape by Soldiers Reported in Kachin State,” Irrawaddy, 15 February 2007.

38. Source: “Organized Protest against 7 SPDC Rapists,” KNG, 2 April 2007.

39. Source: Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. I, CHRO, February 2007.

40. Source: “Prostitution Thrives as Young Girls Struggle in Mon State,” Kaowao News, 27 May 2007.

41. Source: “Village Chairman Killed While Attempting Rape in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 9 April 2007.

42. Source: “Youth Sodomized and Strangled in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 30 October 2007.

43. Source: “Girl Raped And Killed By Youth In Buthidaung,” Kaladan News, 20 November 2007.

44. Source: “Girl Raped and Killed in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 18 November 2007.

45. Source: “Tragedy of Girl in Maungdaw,” Narinjara News, 10 December 2007.

46. Source: “Woman Detained In Nasaka Camp, Tortured,” Kaladan News, 1 December 2007.

47. Source: Unsafe State: State-Sanctioned sexual violence against Chin women in Burma, WLC, 27 March 2007.

48. Source: Ibid.

49. Source: Ibid.

50. Sources: “Kachin Girls Sent To Prison for Reporting Being Rape Victims,” DVB News, 2 April 2007: “Four Burmese Military Rape Victims are Put in Jail,” KNG, 2 March 2007.

51. Source: “Sexual Violence in Thaton District,” Burma Issues, 22 May 2007.

52. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

53. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

54. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

55. Source: “Let the International Criminal Court (ICC) Decide the Actions of the Burma Army,” SHAN, 17 December 2007.

56. Source: Ibid.

57. Source: “A Girl was raped by SPDC soldiers in Shan State,” Mizzima News, 17 December 2007.

58. Source: My Gun was as Tall as Me, HRW, October 2002.

59. Source: Ibid.

60. Sources: Burma Issues & Concerns: Vol 4; The Security Dimensions, Altsean Burma. April 2007.; The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

61. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

62. Source: Ibid.

63. Source: Ibid.

64. Source: “HRW Condemns Use of Child Soldiers,” DVB, 1 November 2007.

65. Source: Burma Bulletin: Issue 2, Altsean Burma, February 2007.

66. Source: Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative U Nyunt Swe, the Union of Myanmar and Leader of the Myanmar Observer Delegation at the Fourth Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 23 March 2007.

67. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

68. Source: Ibid.

69. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

70. Source: Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 Entitled “Human Rights Council,” Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of  human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro,” Human Rights Council, A/HRC/4/14, Fourth session, Item 2 of the provisional agenda, 12 February 2007.

71. Source: Burma Bulletin: Issue 11, Altsean Burma, November 2007.

72. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

73. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

74. Source: Ibid.

75. Source: Ibid.

76. Source: Ibid.

77. Source: Ibid.

78. Source: “Burma Still Recruiting Children in Its Army,” KNG, 31 October 2007.

79. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

80. Source: Ibid.

81. Source: Ibid.

82. Source: Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. I, CHRO, February 2007.

83. Source: “More Than 20 Students Being Rounded Up For Army Recruitment,” Khonumthoung News, 13 April 2007.

84. Source: “Two Child Soldiers Flee SPDC Cruelty,” Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. II, CHRO, April 2007.

85. Source: “Child Soldiers Continue To Be Recruited In Military Ruled Burma,” Narinjara News, 30 March 2007.

86. Source: Ibid.

87. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

88. Source: “Family Claims Son Signed up for Military at 15,” DVB, 16 August 2007.

89. Source: “Illegal Teak Traders Procure People for Burma Army with Money,” KNG, 20 August 2007.

90. Source: “Five Kachin Teenagers Inducted in Burma Army in Shan State,” KNG, 29 August 2007.

91. Source: “Civilians Forced to Guard Their Areas in Myitkyina,” KNG, 24 August 2007.

92. Source: “In Burma, Military Junta's Terror Continues as Always,” Narinjara News, 2 September 2007.

93. Source: “Mandalay Residents Claim Troops Are Abducting Children,” DVB, 14 September 2007.

94. Source: “Ask Child Soldier to Send His Parents,” Yoma3, 7 November 2007, translation by HRDU.

95. Source: “Fear of Recruitment into Militia Sends 122 Students into Hiding,” KNG, 5 October 2007.

96. Sources: Burma Bulletin: Issue 11, Altsean Burma, November 2007; “Two Burmese Child Soldiers Flee From Battalion,” Kaladan News, 21 November 2007; “Two Young Soldiers Desert Burmese Army,” Narinjara News, 28 November 2007.

97. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

98. Source: “Child Recruits are the Price of Retirement in Burma’s Army,” Irrawaddy, 27 December 2007.

99. Source: Ibid.

100. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

101. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

102. Source: “KNU Claims Defection of Rival Rebels,” DVB, 6 August 2007.

103. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

104. Source: Ibid.

105. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

106. Source: Ibid.

107. Sources: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007; Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

108. Source: Child soldiers recruited to support expansion of the KNU-KNLA Peace Council, KHRG, 28 May 2007.

109. Source: Ibid.

110. Source: Ibid.

111. Source: Ibid.

112. Source: Ibid.

113. Source: Ibid.

114. Source: Ibid.

115. Source: Ibid.

116. Source: Ibid.

117. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

118. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

119. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

120. Source: Ibid.

121. Source: Ibid.

122. Source: Ibid.

123. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

124. Source: Ibid.

125. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

126. Source: Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar, Security Council, 16 November 2007.

127. Source: Ibid.

128. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

129. Source: Ibid.

130. Source: “Rangoon Residents: We’ll Never Forget,” DVB, 14 October 2007, translation by HRDU.

131. Source: “Rohingya Student Found After Three Days,” Kaladan News, 16 March 2007.

132. Sources: “Murdered Refugee Girl Laid To Rest,” Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. II, CHRO, April 2007; “Chin Community Mourns The Tragic Death of Dally Sui,” Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. II, CHRO, April 2007.

133. Source: “Nasaka Kills Boy,” Kaladan News, 22 May 2007.

134. Source: Burma Bulletin: Issue 5, Altsean Burma., May 2007.

135. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

136. Sources: “General Human Rights Violations during July 2007,” CIDKP, July 2007; “Military Builds Karen New Bases with Forced Labour,” DVB, 12 July 2007.

137. Source: “Schoolboy tortured by Burma's Border Security Force,” Kaladan News, 28 August 2007.

138. Source: “Detained Student Beaten In Custody,” DVB, 13 December 2007.

139. Source: “Visit to the Thailand-Burma Border 16-28 November 2007,”CSW, November 2007.

140. Source: “Spies, Suspicion and Empty Monasteries, Burma Today,” The Guardian, 17 December 2007.

141. Source: “Authorities Harass Student in Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 29 December 2007.

142. Source: “Myanmar Plans To Set Up More Border Liaison Offices to Curb Human Trafficking,” Xinhua, 10 August 2007.

143. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

144. Source: “Myanmar Says US Human Trafficking Report Disappointing,” AP, 18 June 2007.

145. Source: Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma, HRW, October 2007.

146. Source: Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Combined second and third periodic reports of States parties, Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, CEDAW/C/MMR/, 4 September 2007.

147. Source: Ibid.

148. Source: Ibid.

149. Source: Humanitarian Situation update, April 2007, Office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar, 2007.

150. Source: “US Flays Burma for Doing Little To Stop Human Trafficking,” Mizzima News, 13 June 2007.

151. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

152. Source: Ibid.

153. Source: “Myanmar sentences 3 more human traffickers,” Xinhua, 20 February 2007.

154. Source: “33 human traffickers given life imprisonment in Myanmar,” AP, 20 February 2007.

155. Source: State repression and the creation of poverty in southern Karen State, KHRG, 23 February 2007.

156. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

157. Source: “Thirty Five Burmese Nationals Arrested In Cox's Bazar,” Kaladan News, 10 December 2007.

158. Source: “Economic Crisis Fueling Child Labor, Trafficking,” Irrawaddy, 18 December 2007.

159. Source: Caught Between Two Hells, BWU, December 2007.

160. Source: Ibid.

161. Source: “Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour,” ILO Convention 182, adopted 17 June 1999, accessed online at: http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C182.

162. Source: Shouldering the Burden of Militarization: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006,KHRG, 14 August 2007.

163. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

164. Source: “Child Labour on the Rise in Burmese Cities,” NMG, 26 February 2007.

165. Source: HRDU interview with Yoma3 News Service, 7 May 2008.

166. Source: “Child Labour on the Rise in Burmese Cities,” NMG, 26 February 2007.

167. Source: “Toiling for Scraps in Myanmar's Mines,” Los Angeles Times, 28 December 2007.

168. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

169. Source: Shouldering the Burden of Militarization: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006,KHRG, 14 August 2007.

170. Source: Ibid.

171. Source: “A hard but profitable life in Mae Sot market,” Irrawaddy, 14 August 2007.

172. Source: “Economic Crisis Fueling Child Labor, Trafficking,” Irrawaddy, 18 December 2007.

173. Source: “A hard but profitable life in Mae Sot market,” Irrawaddy, 14 August 2007.

174. Source: Caught Between Two Hells, BWU, December 2007.

175. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

176. Source: Valley of Darkness: Gold Mining and Militarization in Burma’s Hugawng Valley, KDNG, 9 January 2007.

177. Source: Rhododendron News, Volume X, No. I, CHRO, February 2007.

178. Source: Provoking Displacement in Toungoo District: Forced labour, restrictions and attacks, KHRG, 30 May 2007.

179. Source: “Forced recruitment of women and children: guarding gas-pipelines,” The Mon Forum, Issue No. 6/2007, 30 June 2007.

180. Source: A Campaign of Brutality. Report and Analysis of Burma Army Offensive Against the People of Northern Karen State, Eastern Burma, FBR, May 2007.

181. Source: Shouldering the Burden of Militarization: SPDC, DKBA and KPF order documents and forced labour since September 2006,KHRG, 14 August 2007.

182. Source: “Child Labour on the Rise in Poor Families,” IMNA, 26 November 2007.

183. Source: “Toiling for Scraps in Myanmar's Mines,” Los Angeles Times, 28 December 2007.

184. Sources: Human Development Report 2007/2008; Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world, UNDP, 27 November 2007; Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

185. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

186. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

187. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

188. Source: “Save Our Schools”. Irrawaddy, June 2007.

189. Source: “Hike in School Fees Puts Parents in A Spot Thantlang,” Khonumthoung News, 18 June 2007.

190. Source: Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Combined second and third periodic reports of States parties, Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, CEDAW/C/MMR/, 4 September 2007.

191. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

192. Source: Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 Entitled “Human Rights Council,” Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of  human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro,” Human Rights Council, A/HRC/4/14, Fourth session, Item 2 of the provisional agenda, 12 February 2007.

193. Source: Burma Economic Review 2005-2006. The Burma Fund, June 2007.

194. Source: Humanitarian Situation UPDATE April 2007, Office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar, 2007. 

195. Source: “Chased From Streets, Myanmar Monks Get Out Message on Video,” AFP, 5 December 2007.

196. Source: “Save Our Schools”. Irrawaddy, June 2007.

197. Source: Ibid.

198. Source: “Burmese Mark Human Rights Day in Mizoram,” Khonumthoung News, 12 December 2007.

199. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

200. Source: Road construction, attacks on displaced communities and the impact on education in northern Papun District, KHRG, 26 March 2007.

201. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

202. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices-2006, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 6 March 2007.

203. Source: “KIO Students Will Not Be Allowed At Sumpra Bum High School,” KNG, 5 April 2007.

204. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

205. Sources: “Burmese Refugee Killed By Thai Border Guards,” DVB, 17 December 2007; “Legal Action to Follow Karenni Refugee Camp Clash,” Irrawaddy, 19 December 2007.

206. Source: Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Combined second and third periodic reports of States parties, Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, CEDAW/C/MMR/, 4 September 2007.

207. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

208. Source: Burma Economic Review 2005-2006. The Burma Fund, June 2007.

209. Sources: “Food Prices Spark Open Dissidence,” Mizzima News, 28 February 2007; Burma Economic Review 2005-2006. The Burma Fund, June 2007.

210. Source: State of the World’s Children 2008, UNICEF, January 2008.

211. Source: “Five, Including Children Die From Diarrhea,” Kantarawaddy Times, 17 April 2007.

212. Source: “Diarrhea Spreads in Northern Arakan, Four Die,” Kaladan News, 10 November 2007.

213. Source: “Seven Children Die Of Influenza in Mon State,” IMNA, 30 April 2007.

214. Source: State of the World’s Children 2008, UNICEF, January 2008.

215. Source: “International Aid Groups Ask Junta to Drop Barriers,” Irrawaddy, November 2007

216. Source: Running on Empty, Poverty and Child Malnutrition Save the Children UK, May 2007.

217. Source: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

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219. Source: Burma Issues & Concerns: Vol 4; The Security Dimensions, Altsean Burma. April 2007.

220. Sources: Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative U Nyunt Swe, the Union of Myanmar and Leader of the Myanmar Observer Delegation at the Fourth Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 23 March 2007; The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

221. Source: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

222. Source: Ibid.

223. Source: “Burma's HIV Rates Falling As Funds Dry Up, Say Experts,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007.

224. Source: “Burma’s Uphill Struggle to Contain HIV/AIDS,” Irrawaddy, 2 February 2007.

225. Source: “Burma's HIV Rates Falling As Funds Dry Up, Say Experts,” Irrawaddy, 22 August 2007.

226. Source: “Agents for Change,” South China Post, 17 January 2007.

227. Source: “Prostitution Thrives as Young Girls Struggle in Mon State,” Kaowao News, 27 May 2007.

228. Source: HIV/AIDS in the South-East Asia Region. WHO, March 2007.

229. Source: “Prostitution Thrives as Young Girls Struggle in Mon State,” Kaowao News, 27 May 2007.

230. Source: “WHO Advises Prompt Action on Dengue Fever,” Irrawaddy, 10 August 2007.

231. Source: “Death Toll from Dengue Mounts in Mon State,” IMNA, 21 May 2007.

232. Source: “Clinics and Hospital Full of Dengue Patients,” IMNA, 10 August 2007.

233. Source: “Children Most Affected By Fresh Dengue Outbreak in Rangoon,” Mizzima News, 25 June 2007.

234. Source: “Deadly Fever Kills Record Numbers of Rangoon Children,” DVB, 2 July 2007.

235. Source: “Deadly Dengue Fever Hits Bago Children,” DVB, 26 July 2007.

236. Source: “Bangladesh Border on Red Alert Following Polio Case in Maungdaw,” Kaladan News, 28 April 2007.

237. Source: “Polio Virus Infects 7 Children in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 11 May 2007.

238. Source: “Polio Infected Children Travel to Bangladesh for Treatment,” Narinjara News, 18 May 2007.

239. Source: “2.5 Million Children Vaccinated against Polio in Myanmar,” Xinhua, Monday 9 July 2007.

240. Source: Humanitarian Situation UPDATE April 2007, Office of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar, 2007. 

241. Source: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

242. Source: “Typhoid and Jaundice Kills Patient,” Kaladan News, 22 April 2007.

243. Source: “Bird Flu Contained In Burma: WHO,” Mizzima News, 17 December 2007.

244. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, BPHWT, September 2006.

245. Source: Displacement and Dispossession: Forced Migration and Land Rights: Burma, COHRE Country Report, November 2007.

246. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, BPHWT, September 2006.

247. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.

248. Source: “Burma at 60 time for change!”,Altsean Burma. 18 November 2007.

249. Source: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

250. Source: The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases And Human Rights In Burma, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, Center For Public Health And Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, July 2007.

251. Source: Development by Decree: The politics of poverty and control in Karen State, KHRG, 24 April 2007.