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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 19 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 19 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Implementation of housing
projects inspected...Mawlamyine car show...Significant day
temperatures
(18-5-2013)...Tragic death of drowned two-year-old in
Thongwa Township...Six hurt in mechanical failure–related road accident...Counterfeit bills found at bank
in Insein...Speedster crashes into concrete
blocks...Riders hurt in head-on collision
between two motorbikes...Car plunges into trench on
expressway...Smuggled cattle seized in
Kawa Township...Lightning kills two head of
cattle in Yamethin Township...Ministry of Education
School Enrolment Week
From (27) to (31) May -
People to participate in
enrolment of all school-going
age children...Multiplier course on child-centered
approach conducted in Thazi Tsp...Myanmar artists remember ex-UNSG...Thongwa Tsp opens multiplier course on
child-centered approach...Immigration
issues CSCs
to citizens in
Mandalay...Banks Supervisory Committee meets...Elite Tech Open Golf
Championship 2013 concludes...Union Minister visits CVT
training school...Mobile library in operation in Yaksawk
Township...Sanitation carried out in Sagaing...Birthday party for hip conjoined twins at
Mandalay Children’s Hospital...Farming work permits presented in Kalay...Three old grenades found in
Mohnyin...Falam gets more water...Digging of drinking water
lake in Padaung Township...Powered trailer fire burns
three houses...Loan disbursed to cooperative societies in Yaksawk
Township...Head-on motor bike collision
leaves three injured...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife attend ceremony
to honour monks who passed Tipitaka examination...Union A & I Minister views
harvesting of Palethwe summer paddy...CAD/CAM jewellery
designing workshop.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein leaves for US...Toyota opens auto repair workshop in Yangon...Yangon, Akita universities
seek to cooperate in mining...Myanmar artists remember ex-UNSG......Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham leaves for Thailand...Loikaw hosts Myanmar-Thai business
consultation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Road slaughter".....
ARTICLE: "Mandalay-Lashio-Muse road: A trade route for Thai,
Myanmar, China, India" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe
Photo: Kyaw Thu Win |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 18 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 18 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN: Tatmadawmen send storm
victims back homes.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Headlong plunge of speedy truck from Thiri
Mingalar bridge in Sagaing...Man dies of wasp stings in
downtown Yangon...IWT’s ferry service in regular operation...Rusty wartime bomb unearthed in railway yard...Seizures of illegal teak and
hardwood in Sagaing, Magway and
Ayeyawady Regions...Middle-aged woman with history of mental
illness hanged herself in Labutta Township...Two-digit banker faces
arrest in Sagaing Township...Haul of tramadol capsules
seized in Tachilek...YeU storm-hit primary
school yet to get repaired...Meiktila police to take a tough line on
trafic rules violations...Buddhist cultural course opened in
Natmauk...Basic commodity
prices show signs
of soaring...
Deputy Minister visits fire
station in Tachilek...Midwifery course opened in Natmauk...Villages in Yamethin to be
electrified by solar energy...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Myanmar Engineering
Society...Cash assistance for eye
surgery...Zichaung Power Plant to increase supply
soon...Quality
paddy seeds
production
course
conducted
in Dawei...CCA course opened in Kalay...Stake driven for building
new primary school...People apply for low-priced
SIM Card...Over 2.3 million allocated
for development fund in
Kyaukpadaung...Old lamp-posts replaced in
West Shwesigon Ward...Muse mine blast kills one...Outstanding Ayeyawady people honoured...Twenty-three prisoners
granted amnesty.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein
Sein leaves for the
United States to pay a
working visit...Statement by the Press Secretary on the
visit of President U Thein Sein...Basic commodity
prices show signs
of soaring...Myanmar delegation attends Offshore
Technology Conference (OTC) 2013...Union Foreign Affairs Minister
congratulates Malaysian
counterpart...Myanmar, ROK signs MoU on economic cooperation...Skills Malaysia-Invite Programme introduced.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Family"
.....ARTICLE: "Silted creeks dredged in Bago District for
prevention of floods" Byline: Peinzalok Thein Nyunt
Photo: Yan Aung Tun (Peinzalok) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs After Ceasefires
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| Date of publication: | | 09 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "About 40 ethnic activist groups are calling on the government, ethnic militias and the international community to address a surge in land-grabbing, as companies move into Burma’s ethnic regions following recent ceasefire agreements.
But their campaign was off to a rocky start on Thursday when two government committees on land use declined to meet the activists.
Kevin Woods, a researcher with the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute (TNI), said the Land Investment Committee, headed by Union Solidarity Development Party MP Tin Htut, and the Land Allotment and Utilization Scrutiny Committee, chaired by Win Tun Min of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, had turned down requests to meet with the groups.
“They are the two most important committees for us to meet,” Woods said on Thursday, as the activists prepared to leave for the Burmese capital Naypyidaw. “If these committees won’t meet civil society groups from ethnic areas, where most land disputes are happening, then how do they expect to address these issues?”..." |
| Author/creator: | | Paul Vrieze |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 May 2013 |
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Land confiscation for military, "development" and commercial purposes
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| Title: | | Rule of Law’ Will End Land Grabs in Ethnic Areas, Official Tells Activists
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| Date of publication: | | 12 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "An advisor to President Thein Sein met with a group of ethnic activists in Naypyidaw on Friday and tried to assuage their concerns over a recent rise in land conflicts in Burma’s ethnic areas.
Tin Htut Oo, chairman of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NEASAC), told the activists that the government’s attempt at establishing “rule of law” would protect ethnic communities against land-grabbing.
Last week, about 40 activist groups met in Rangoon and called on the government, ethnic rebel militias and the international community to ensure that the recent ceasefires in ethnic areas do not lead to a surge in land-grabbing, deforestation and the damming of rivers.
NEASAC and several other presidential advisory bodies agreed to meet the groups, which were led by the Netherlands-based Transnational Institute and the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, in order to listen to their concerns.
The groups had also wanted to meet with the two most important government committees on land tenure, but their request for a meeting was declined, to the anger of the organizers..." |
| Author/creator: | | Lawi Weng |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 May 2013 |
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Land confiscation for military, "development" and commercial purposes
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| Title: | | DRAFT – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT RULES
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| Date of publication: | | 25 March 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "Pursuant
to
Section
?
of
the
Law
there
shall
be
established
a
system
of
environmental
impact
assessment
which
shall
require
any
proposed
project
or
business
or
activity
or
undertaking
in
Myanmar
by
any
ministry,
government
department,
corporation,
board,
development
committee,
local
authority,
company,
cooperative,
institution,
enterprise,
firm
or
individual
likely
to
have
a
significant
impact
on
the
environment
to
obtain
approval
for
its
implementation
in
accordance
with
these
Rules..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Government of the Union of Myanma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (160K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.aecen.org/sites/default/files/draft_eia_rules.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 May 2013 |
| | ML > Law and Constitution
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Civil and administrative law
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Environmental laws, decrees, regulations etc.
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Environmental laws, decrees, regulations etc. (texts)
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| Title: | | Principles for Improving Environmental Compliance and Enforcement in Asia
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| Date of publication: | | 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | To assist AECEN Members and others in promoting improved environmental compliance and enforcement in Asia, AECEN has adopted a set of regional principles that are based on international law and national experiences in Asia, and worldwide. Based on a consultative process with Members and other experts, the principles reflect national experiences in Asia, and worldwide. In applying the principles, AECEN Members and other agencies develop courses of action based on their own legal and institutional frameworks, developmental policies and priorities, and available resources."..... Introduction...
Institutional Arrangements...
Planning, Performance and Evaluation...
Compliance Monitoring, Inspection and Permitting...
Enforcement Response...
Compliance Promotion and Incentives...
Public Participation |
| Source/publisher: | | AECEN |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 May 2013 |
| | ML > Environment (being reorganised and extended)
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The regional environment
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Studies of the regional environment
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 16 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 16 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN: Some people in Rakhine State moved to safer places...Nearly 70,000 local people moved to
places of safety in Rakhine State...Disaster preparedness
information on notice board
for public awareness...State is taking care of victims on humanitarian ground,
without racial and religious discriminations...Press conference on preparations for cyclonic
storm “Mahasen” held...Cyclone warning.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon installs CCTV cameras to keep a close watch
on possible danger of fire...Kawkareik man killed in old mine blast...Food poisoning after having
boiled tapioca in Myeik...Man wounded after stepping
on mine...Lightning strike kills trailer
driver in Htantabin Township...Kitchen fire reduces one
house to ashes in Pakokku
Township...Flood [photos]...Two houses get caught in ember
fire in Hpa-an Township...Shop fire in Lanmadaw Township...Two minor fire outbreaks in
Yangon ignited by negligence...Religious leaders hold interfaith
dialogue in Myitnge...Mandalay Region minister
inspects city’s traffic flow...Cash and kind donated to
Meiktila conflict victims...Nay Pyi Taw staff quarters
prone to thefts...Mani Sithu market cooperatives
society disburses loans to
vendors...Water donated to villages in
Padaung Tsp...Yamethin Township Sasana Beikman opens...Announcement released to inform the public of relaxation of restrictions to be undertaken by
the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology which have been submitted to the
Public Service Capacity Assessment Committee
Relaxation of procedures on licence and recommendation needed in doing ICT business...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Necessary assistance, health care for
homecoming of locals given...Slight earthquake hits inside
Myanmar...YCDC constructs more car parks...Press conference
on tender selection
for construction of
an incinerator and
methane gas plants
held...MPF launches
emergency, complaint-Water treatment plant, No.8 pumping
station provide enough drinking water to
Mandalarians...handling
phone lines...Door-to-door medical talks given...Natogyi sees dredging of lakes...Second Leg of Elite Tech Open Golf
Championship 2013 kicks off.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khan receives Australian guests...IFAD to grant USD 36 million loans to Myanmar...Third Border Liaison Office for Myanmar-
China anti-trafficking (Laukkai-Nansan) opens...Myanmar’s trade, economy and
power supply discussed...Shwe Myanmar Airline launches
Yangon-Bangkok-Yangon flight...Myanmar becomes member of Global Sun Movement...Pre-SEA Games funfair at People’s square on 17 May.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Educational reform: Where
to start from?" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.6MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 17 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 17 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN: Vice-President U Nyan Tun calls for parallel
focus on preparation and rehabilitation tasks...Labutta prepares to face
cyclone...Muse prepares for cyclone impacts...Kungyangon on alert as
Cyclone Mahasen nears...No people faces life-threatening condition in
Rakhine State during Cyclonic storm Mahasen...Cyclone News...Cyclonic Storm (Mahasen)
crosses Bangladesh Coasts...Rakhine State Chief
Minister inspects
evacuation efforts in
Sittway..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Passengers hurt in rollover
crash on expressway...New bus for Myanmar selected
football players...Robbery suspects, caught within a day in
Dawbon Township...Bride dies in apparent suicide
in Myaungmya Township...One inmate escapes from
Bago correctional facility...Three piglets born with physical
deformity in Nay Pyi Taw
Zeyathiri Township...Dhammayon in Nay Pyi Taw
handed over...Burnt car remains at scene
for three months...Kyaikhtiyoe Pagoda BOT
elected...Educative talk on disaster risk
management given in Dagon
Myothit (South) Township...Lashio to receive more
electricity...Health care services given at relief camps in
Sittway...Mandalay
Region holds
contests...University/colleges
mountaineers honoured...Solar panels in high demand in Mohnyin...Administrators proficiency course opened in
Thandaunggyi...Cold season groundnut
production boosted in Katha
Township...CCA course opened in Mingin
Township...Fire engine donated in Katha...MRCS provides aid to strong
wind victims...RAILWAY STATION UPGRADED [photo]...Partly damaged cars to be confiscated and
sent to foundry...Two injured in Monghsat plane accident...Evacuees provided with health care services...Assistance provided to war victims...Border guard force gives medical
treatment in Matmung Sub-township.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Kyodo News Agency opens
Yangon branch...Japan’s non-Profit Grant Aid signed...MAI, Asiana ink codeshare deal...Tentative U-23 selected Myanmar
football team formed with 30 players...Myanmar boat race team targets more golds in SEA Games...Myanmar-Vietnam discussion
on 6 June...Myanmar fashion designers to take part in
2013 ASEAN Fashion Week.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Top the chart of rice
exporters" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 15 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 15 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN - EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President Office -
Notification No. (45/ 2013)
5th Waxing of Kason, 1375 ME
14th May, 2013
Formation of National Natural Disaster Preparedness
Central Committee...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President Office
Notification No. (46/2013)
5th Waxing of Kason, 1375 ME
14th May, 2013
Formation of National Natural Disaster Preparedness
Management Work Committee...OTHER CYCLONE NEWS: Without racial, religious discrimination, relief works
are to be carried out - Life-saving is a must: President...Educating public awareness of cyclonic
storm “Mahasen” for risk reduction...Kungyangon
Township...Kawthoung
Township...Thanlyin
Township...Insein
Township...Kyunsu
Township...58 missing as boat capsizes in Pauktaw Tsp...Households evacuated in Sittway,
Rakhine State...Vice-President U Nyan Tun inspects disaster risk
reduction, evacuation works...Cyclone warning.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Drunkard found dead in Thongwa...Stimulant tablets confiscated in
Tamway Township...Seizure of narcotics in Mawlu...Man jailed for murdering wife...
Opium discovered from inmate in
Taunglaylon correctional facility...Police in
Momeik seize
two drug
dealers...Tu Tu defeats Win Tun in Myanmar boxing
challenge...Yangon sees 26 fire
outbreaks in April...Kanbawza crown queen of
MNL half season...Police arrests drug abuse
suspect with opium...Ponnagyun writers meet...Committee for implementation of report of investigation
commission on Latpadaungtaung copper mining project meets...Medical equipment donated
for neonatal unit of Central
Women’s Hospital (Yangon)...Dhammaçariya, Pathamapyan Exams held...Stake driven ceremony for Shwebontha
Dhammayon held...Myeik-Taninthayi-
Mawtaung Road sees new
bus line...Mohnyin downtown tarred
road to be expanded...Village electrification, rebuilding of lake in
Yamethin Township inspected...Gas fire in Lanmadaw Tsp...CCA course opened in Taninthayi...Animals
vaccinated in
Mohnyin...Gun attack at
Myanma oil and
gas block leaves
two dead, three
injured...A&I Ministry honoured for its efforts
for development of agricultural sector
in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area.....
EXECUTIVE (OTHER THAN CYCLONE):Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President Office
Notification No. 47/2013
5th Waxing of Kason 1375
(14th May 2013)
Formation of Yangon City Public Transport Authority.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Push ahead with
democratization process" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Excluded - Burma’s Ethnic Nationalities on the Margins of Development & Democracy
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| Date of publication: | | December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "This report presents documented evidence that ethnic nationalities directly affected by development
projects in Burma are systematically denied their right to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC).
While development related abuse has been well documented, no report has shed light on the staggering
scale of the widespread denial of participation rights in Burma...Our research shows that:
• Close to 90% of those surveyed did not receive any information about the development project before it was started by a decision maker. In all but 2 sites, not one person was given any information.
• Approximately 80% of the total survey population did not know who to contact or where to go
to find out more information about the project. In 3 sites, the figure soared to 100%.
• Less than 1% said a public forum was held by a project decision maker where the local community
could attend.
• Of the total sample population, less than 2% felt they would not be punished if they sought information
about the project.
• Close to half (44.1%) felt unsafe seeking further information about the project, while 45.2% were
not sure whether it was safe or unsafe.
• Less than 1% experienced positive impacts from the development project...
This report is meant to serve as a warning of the risks entailed in denying participation rights as well
as a reminder to potential investors of their human rights obligations..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Nationalities Youth Forum (NY-Forum) and Students Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
| | ML > Development and sustainability
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Development in Myanmar - general articles
Non-Burman and non-Buddhist groups
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Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles
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| Title: | | UNFC reply to the open letter of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
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| Date of publication: | | 05 August 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | To The
People’s Leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
We, the
United Nationalities Federal Council
(UNFC)
,
received in good order your open letter
, dated
July 28, 2011,
sent to President U Thein Sein and
our UNFC
member organizations,
the Kachin Independence
Organization (KIO), the Karen National Union (KNU), the New Mon State Party
(NMSP)
and the Shan State
Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA).
Instead of the UNFC member organizations,
to which the letter
was
addressed,
making a reply
individually,
we,
the UNFC
comprising
of almost all the armed organizations,
would like to
make a reply
regarding
our position,
on behalf of all the member organizations..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (91K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Alliances (armed and non-armed) of non-Burman ethnic groups
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United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
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Documents produced by the UNFC
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| Title: | | Introduction to United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
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| Date of publication: | | 03 September 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | "The UNFC is a
representation
of reunification of almost all
the
ethnic
resistance
forces, particularly between the ceasefire
organizations
–
the Kachin Independent
Organization
(KIO), Shan State
Progress Party (SSPP) and New Mon
State Party
(NMSP)
-
and the non
-
ceasefire organizations
–
Karen National Union (KNU), Karenni
National Progressive Party (KNPP) and Chin National Front
(CNF).
The reunification
process started
in early 2010, after the
SPDC military
regime
insisted on the ceasefire
organizations
(CFOs) to transform
their armed wings
to
the Border Guard Force (BGF)
or people's
militia,
which would be subjected totally to
the command of Burma Army.
At the end of the 16
-
year old cease
fire
period, the
SPDC
military regime demanded
CFOs
to transform
its armed forces
to BGF or people’s
militia.
Some CFOs such as the KIO, SSPP,
NMSP, DKBA, etc.
totally
rejected the demand, since
they had signed the ceasefire agreement,
with the hope of
gaining
the rights to
political equality and self-determination
of the ethnic
nationalities..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (135K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Alliances (armed and non-armed) of non-Burman ethnic groups
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United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
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Documents produced by the UNFC
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| Title: | | Appeal of UNFC to the People and International Community
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| Date of publication: | | 08 October 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | "At the oath taking ceremony for assuming presidential duties, President U Thein Sein said that he would
endeavor for national unity and
the growth
of the union spirit, which was
true nationalism. On August 18,
the government
made overture for peace talk with the Union Government Statement Number
1/2011. These moves are indications
of
willingness to build national unity
by
the new government
,
led by U Thein Sein
.
Members of our U
nited Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), the armed organizations of the ethnic nationalities,
also desire national unity.
Even though the two sides have the desire for national unity, why the national unity is in
shambles and armed conflict has been con
tinuing for more than 60 years? We need to analyze the question.
We, members of the UNFC, are not struggling for
breaking away from the union. We are simply striving to regain
our birth rights, which are the rights of the ethnic nationalities..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (90K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmapartnership.org/2011/10/appeal-of-unfc-to-the-people-and-international-community/
http://www.burmapartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UNFC+Statement+08-10-2011.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
| | ML > Internal armed conflict
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Alliances (armed and non-armed) of non-Burman ethnic groups
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United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
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Documents produced by the UNFC
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| Title: | | UNFC Letter to Thailand
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| Date of publication: | | 27 October 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | "...We are good neighbors of the Thai people and we see
Thailand as one of peace and justice loving
countries of the World. Accordingly, we would like
to appeal to Your Excellency and the
government of Thailand, under your Excellency's lea
dership, to have sympathy and
understanding with our struggle against injustice,
feudal imperialism and military
Nazism/fascism. We would like to appeal also to you
r Excellency to urge the Burmese
government to cease military offensives entirely ag
ainst all the ethnic nationalities, to relinquish
the policies of feudal imperialism and Nazism/fasci
sm, punish the troops committing atrocities
and hold political dialogue with the ethnic organizations represented by the UNFC for
establishment of lasting peace and stability" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (40K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Alliances (armed and non-armed) of non-Burman ethnic groups
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United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)
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Documents produced by the UNFC
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| Title: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Statement Congratulating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD for Victory in By-Election Held on April, 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 03 April 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The landslide victory by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by national leader Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, Clearly shows the true will of the people and we, the UNFC, warmly support and
welcome it, as it is the first step in the transition to the democratic system.
2.
We, the UNFC, absolutely believe that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, jointly with current president, U Thein
Sein, will be able to endeavor for realization of the stage of political dialogue with the armed ethnic
nationally organizations for the realization of a genuine (federal) union, or realization of the genuine
federal principle, from this first step of democratic primary victory to the second steps comprising of
nationwide ceasefire and then the realization of peace within the country..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Letter to the Prime Minister of India
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| Date of publication: | | 21 May 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "...Our UNFC is composed of
eleven
armed organizations of Kachin, Karen, Kar
enni, Chin, Mon,
Shan,
Arakanese, Pa
-
oh, Palaung, Lahu and Wa peoples. After nationwide ceasefire, we would like to
have representatives of all the armed organizations and representatives of the Union government
resolved the political problems
,
through dia
logue and negotiation
,
in the presence of representatives of
the international community
.
I would like to request you,
as leader
of the Indian government,
to urge
U Thein Sein
government
to establish
nationwide ceasefire and to
act for the emergence of ne
gotiation between all
the organizations and the government of the Union of Burma.
In closing, I would like to express my best wishes and regards to you
,
your colleagues in the
government
and
the people
of India. May you have
success in all your endeavors..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
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| Title: | | Statement of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Regular Meeting
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| Date of publication: | | 22 July 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) regular meeting for the year 2012 was held at a place
in the liberated area on the Thai-Burma border, from July 16 to 18. At the meeting, an in-depth deliberation was
made over the war by Bama Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) against the Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin
Independence Army (KIO/KIA), a member organization
of the UNFC, and the Union Peace Committee’s peace
building agenda, publicized by President U Thein Sein government.
President U Thein Sein government gives no regard to the UNFC’s call for nationwide ceasefire and
political dialogue, and makes war up to this day, against the KIO/KIA, which is a UNFC member organization.
Moreover, towards the end of June, its troops used
heavy weapons bombardment to capture a base camp of
the
Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army-North (SS
PP/SSA-N), which is also a UNFC member organization
and which has signed ceasefire agreement..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Letter to the US Department of State
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| Date of publication: | | 30 August 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "On behalf of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) of Burma (Myanmar), I would like to
extend firstly the warmest greetings and best wishes to you.
I would like to express the UNFC’s concern regarding the program of the US New Investment
Policy in Burma, allowing the US businesses to invest before there is countrywide ceasefire in the cou
ntry.
The Political Goal of UNFC is to establish a Genuine Federal Union (of Burma), with full guarantee
for
equality and the right of self-determination for all the ethnic nationalities. The objectives of the
UNFC are (1) To establish nationwide ceasefire and
peace in Burma; (2) To establish durable unity amongst
all ethnic nationalities through national reconcili
ation programs; (3) To promote multi-party democrac
y; (4)
To practice peaceful co-existence within the Federal Union under the principles of Liberty, Equality and
Social justice. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
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| Title: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Press Release
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| Date of publication: | | 09 January 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) general annual meeting has to issue this press
release because of the continuing massive military
operations by the Burma (Myanmar)
government forces against the Kachin Independence O
rganization (KIO) base area of Laiza.
According to the KIO and media sources, the government forces have been using helicopter
gunships, jet fighters and heavy artilleries since
14th
December, 2012. In the intensification of
war against the KIO and the local civilians, more human rights violations are committed by the
Myanmar forces. The government troops’ increasing acts of violence
and human rights violations are totally
contradictory to the program of peace making by the
Myanmar government led by President U
Thein Sein. It is also diametrically opposed to the
national reconciliation called for by the people
of the Union..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (49K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | United Nationalities Federal Council Annual Meeting, January 2013 - Statement (English)
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| Date of publication: | | 10 January 2013 |
| 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....
Karen National Union (KNU)...
Karenni National Progressive Party
(KNPP)...
Kachin Independence Organization
(KIO)...
Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP)...
New Mon State Party (NMSP)...
Arakan National Council (ANC)...
Pa-Oh National Liberation Organization
(PNLO)...
Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF)...
Lahu Democratic Union (LDU)...
Wa National Organization (WNO)...
Chin National Front (CNF) – absent.....
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..." |
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| Source/publisher: | | United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) |
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| Title: | | Myanmar Peace Monitor - Ethnic Peace Plan
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| Description/subject: | | All ethnic groups believe that only negotiations on the terms of the Panglong Agreement based on self-determination, federalism and ethnic equality will resolve the ethnic conflict in Myanmar. However there is no cohesive plan or body that represents all armed groups.
Presently the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) is the most active ethnic alliance. However it does not represent all of the ethnic armed groups. Several of its members are involved in the Working Group on Ethnic Coordination (WGEC), which is administered and financed by the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO). The EBO is the main organization responsible for liaising and coordinating with the MPSI.
Both the UNFC and WGEC have called for alternatives to the government’s BGF scheme and 2008 constitution. While the government claims that changes are possible by winning seats in parliament, ethnic armed groups are calling for political dialogue outside parliament.
Several of the ethnic armed groups’ main demands (excluding the government’s guiding principles that were previously mentioned) are: |
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| Source/publisher: | | Myanmar Peace Monitor |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 13 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 13 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN: Rakhine State government
prepare for Cyclone Mahasen...Storm warning.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein calls for microfinance
works to bring real benefits to the poor -
Borrowers are to effectively use loans and repay in full...Man stabbed to death in debtrelated
argument...Hand luggage stolen in three-minute
phone call...Crocodile captured dead in
fisherman’s net in Kyauktan
Township...Heavy rains and strong winds
sweep through Mandalay...Torrential rain pummels Bago with vicious
wind gusts...Four legged baby receiving
treatment at Taunggyi
Children’s hospital...Above 180,000 viss of freshwater fish
supplied to Yangon fish market...Strong wind in Kyauktan
flattens houses...Nawnghkio officials to
address water scarcity...Cash donated to free
dispensary...Roads linking Tamu and
Homalin Districts upgraded...Wundwin traffic police
conduct surprise checks...Eight buildings collapse in
strong wind in Yekyi Tsp...Farming rights certificates
presented...Yamethin farmers get farming
rights certificates...Union Peace-making Work Committee meets
responsible persons of UWSP...MMCWA’s prize-presenting ceremony held...Union Border Affairs Minister inspects works
for development and peace and tranquility of
Rakhine State...Pyapon in desperate need of fresh water...World Books Day in
British Council Library...MPF launches
emergency, complaint-handling
phone lines...Assistance provided to
locals for fly-proof latrines...Stimulant tablets worth K 39 million
seized at entrance to Nawnghkio...Police seize stimulant tablets in
Bahan Township...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker stresses importance of health
promotion in Myanmar...RMGCC 4th anniversary charity golf
tournament on 19 May.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vietnam wins ASEAN
Taekwondo Championship...Thai rally team visits
Myanmar to promote
Thai-Myanmar tourism...Japan to provide more educational
assistance to Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The role of midwives".....ARTICLE: "Village electrification through solar
system gaining momentum in rural areas" By: Aung Swe (Shwetada) |
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| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 14 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 14 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 14 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | CYCLONE MAHASEN: EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Information Team
Press Release No 8/2013
4th Waxing of Kason, 1375 ME
13th May, 2013.....OTHER CYCLONE NEWS: Works underway to evacuate victims and local people
to safety in Rakhine State...Latest developments of storm covered in real
time in Kawthoung...Myeik dwellers informed real
time coverage of storm news...Evacuation starts in Sittway....Storm News.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Departments concerned, Region/State governments
to help ensure private sector development...Theft of foreigner’s
belongings exposed...Cattle smuggling exposed
after arrest for car crash...Fallen tree kills two, hurts
two others in Moehti Moemi
gold mining region...Officials meet press on Inlay
hotel zone project...Mandalay Region transport minister
visits road construction sites...Interfaith leaders to meet in
Toungoo...Public works repair Bhamo bridge...One Added donates CI sheets
to victim of strong winds...Self-reliant dam built in KhinU Township...Temporary household
registrations misapplied in
low-cost SIM card draws...Four passengers missing as
motorboat capsizes...Fire breaks out in Kyaukse...CCA teaching training multiplier
course opened in Myeik...Five-member armed group
kills two civilians...Meeting on curbing of
thefts in Dhanatheikdhi
ward held...New school building
handed over in Paung...Mohnyin’s 1500-Kyat SIM
cards at 60000 Kyat per unit...Pink stimulant tablets
seized in Muse...Seizure of stimulant
tablets, heroin in
Waingmaw Township...Illegal logging at large in
Mohnyin...Union Peace-Making Work Committee
meets responsible persons of SSPP/SSA...Htikhi border trade camp opened...Low-priced SIM cards sales plans of MPT for May.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Homecoming of two victims
of human trafficking in
Thailand come back home...MSDF vessels to make 1st port call in Myanmar...Myanmar cooperates with Lebanon, ROK in economic sector...UN officials visit Mawlamyine...India-Myanmar bus line to be launched...Myanmar wrestling team
leaves for Turkey, Azerbaijan.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Inlay Lake conservation".....ARTICLE: "A Literary Lifetime Award" By Ba Than |
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| Title: | | Access Denied - Land Rights and Ethnic Conflict in Burma
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| Date of publication: | | May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | The reform process in Burma/Myanmar by the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein has raised hopes that a long overdue solution can be found to more than 60 years of devastating civil war...
Burma’s ethnic minority groups have long felt marginalized and discriminated against, resulting in a large number of ethnic armed opposition groups fighting the central government – dominated by the ethnic Burman majority – for ethnic rights and autonomy. The fighting has taken place mostly in Burma’s borderlands, where ethnic minorities are most concentrated. Burma is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse countries. Ethnic minorities make up an estimated 30-40 percent of the total population, and ethnic states occupy some 57 percent of the total land area and are home to poor and often persecuted ethnic minority groups. Most of the people living in these impoverished and war-torn areas are subsistence farmers practicing upland cultivation. Economic grievances have played a central part in fuelling the civil war. While the central government has been systematically exploiting the natural resources of these areas, the money earned has not been (re)invested to benefit the local population...
Conclusions and Recommendations:
The new land and investment laws benefit large corporate investors and not small- holder farmers, especially in ethnic minority regions, and do not take into account land rights of ethnic communities.
The new ceasefires have further facilitated land grabbing in conflict-affected areas where large development projects in resource-rich ethnic regions have already taken place. Many ethnic organisations oppose large-scale economic projects in their territories until inclusive political agreements are reached. Others reject these projects outright.
Recognition of existing customary and communal tenure systems in land, water, fisheries and forests is crucial to eradicate poverty and build real peace in ethnic areas; to ensure sustainable livelihoods for marginalized ethnic communities affected by decades of war; and to facilitate the voluntary return of IDPs and refugees.
Land grabbing and unsustainable business practices must halt, and decisions on the allocation, use and management of natural resources and regional development must have the participation and consent of local communities.
Local communities must be protected by the government against land grabbing. The new land and investment laws should be amended and serve the needs and rights of smallholder farmers, especially in ethnic regions. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Transnational Institute (TNI), Burma Centre Netherlands |
| Format/size: | | pdf (161K-OBL version; 3.22MB-original) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/accesdenied-briefing11.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | UN OCHA Flash Update 4, Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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| Date of publication: | | 14 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "A red Storm Alert remains in effect for Tropical Cyclone Mahasen which is currently moving across the Indian Ocean towards Bangladesh and Myanmar. The cyclone does appear to have weakened and it is has been downgraded to a category-1 cyclone. It is expected to reach land now early on Friday morning (17 May). In its current path the cyclone is expected to hit north of Chittagong, Bangladesh but could, depending on its final trajectory, bring life threatening conditions for 8.2 million people in northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The highest impact, tidal surge and rainfall predictions are for the Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar areas of Bangladesh...n Myanmar, relocation and evacuation efforts according to the Government's plan are underway. As part of stage-1, the plan is to move 38,000 IDPs yesterday and today (14 May). It is unclear how many people have been relocated. Teams from humanitarian agencies have been monitoring the relocation efforts. Some IDPs are reluctant to relocate and some communities have refused to use military vehicles or to shelter in military barracks. Discussions between Government and communities in Sittwe are ongoing to negotiate alternative sites. The Government agrees that relocations are to be done in consultation with the IDPs. Muslim leaders have issued a statement encouraging people to cooperate with authorities. Humanitarian agencies are keen to understand what the triggers are for starting stage-2 of the evacuation plan which involves moving 100,000 IDPs..." |
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| Source/publisher: | | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 14 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | World Bank Group: Access to Land is Critical for the Poor
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| Date of publication: | | 08 April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – As the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week in Washington, DC, The World Bank Group issued the following statement:
"By 2050, the world will have two billion more people to feed. To do that, global agricultural production will need to increase by 70 percent. That calls for substantial new investment in agriculture-- in smallholders and large farms—from both the public and private sectors.
But investment alone will not be enough. High and volatile food and fuel prices and the effects of climate change and scarce resources make the challenge even more daunting. Unless crop yields can be raised, many people will remain hungry, under-nourished, and unable to seize opportunities to improve their lives.
Usable land is in short supply, and there are too many instances of speculators and unscrupulous investors exploiting smallholder farmers, herders, and others who lack the power to stand up for their rights. This is particularly true in countries with weak land governance systems.
“The World Bank Group shares these concerns about the risks associated with large-scale land acquisitions,” said World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim. “Securing access to land is critical for millions of poor people. Modern, efficient, and transparent policies on land rights are vital to reducing poverty and promoting growth, agriculture production, better nutrition, and sustainable development..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | World Bank Group |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 13 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 12 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 12 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Better transportation brings about development of tourism
industry and more job opportunities, thereby contributing to rural
development and poverty alleviation...Kyeekaing village, an emerging
ward of PyinOoLwin Township
Pyin Oo Lwin...Asphyxiation death by smoke inhalation in
Taungtha Township...Ambulance and motorbike get caught in
collision...Firewood-loaded truck
overturns in Bago...Two wounded in head-on
collision between vehicle and
motorbike...Welding-related fire
breaks out in Mandalay...Lightning strike kills man
inside home...Course on
birth-spacing
Jadalle use
opened in
Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar to extend anti-narcotic project
period for further five years...Farming rights certificates
presented to farmers in
Lewe Township...Illegally extracted logs seized in Ayeyawady
River...Ponnagyun farmers get farming rights certificates...Free
treatment
provided to
eye patients in Hline Tsp...Taungdwingyi police meet
townselders...“Tatlan” library opens in Yenangyoung Tsp...Union Peace-Making Work Committee
meets Special Region (4) Peace and Unity
Committee...Tatmadaw column clears a camp of an armed
group in Shan State (North)...Reckless driving hurts four in Mayangon...Enshrined relics found from pagoda cracks...Solar power for Hsipaw rural
areas...Stimulant tablets seized in
Nawnghkio Tsp...Anti-human trafficking course
opened in Shwepyitha Tsp...Citizenship Scrutiny Cards
issued in Yenangyoung...Taungpyone Village station hospital (16-bed) opens in TadaU Township...IPO seminar held...Announcement [cyclone]...Real time coverage of cyclone news on
dailies, radio and TV channels
Northern part of Rakhine Coast most likely to
experience the storm with heavy rains and squalls
in Magway, Sagaing and Mandalay regions.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Three crew members die of suffocation
in the belly of ship...Union Home Affairs Minister holds talks
with Deputy Minister of Public Security of
Vietnam...Dy Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives EU special rep...Amyotha Hluttaw committee chairman attends 10th
Meeting on the AIFOCOM.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Consumer responsibilities".....ARTICLE: "Traditional Myanma Thanakha"
Shwebo Thiri
Marlar |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 12 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 11 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 11 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: HAN Golf Classic Golf
Tournament 2013 on 25 May...Sparks from loose plug cause shop fire in
Mawlamyine...Fuel shop fire in Kyaukse...Heroin worth K 12.8
million in Moemauk seized...Quarrel over a plate of salt
leads to knife attack...Wind gusts lash Bago...At least 10 passengers hurt in
overturned passenger bus accident...One killed, one
wounded in
hit-and-run car
accident...Potable water donated to water-scarce
villages in central Myanmar...Kawlin police detains drug
addict...Winner in child protection
essay contests awarded in
Pyapon...Myanmar Literary Development Workshop
meets press...Bus and van bump in
Zabuthiri Township...Hole in one...Taninthayi Region Minister meets teachers...School enrollment week set
27th-31st May...Buddhist culture course in Meiktila...World Red Cross Day marked in Mandalay...Caps and duty coats decorated to nurses...Shwetaung Farm in Wundwin to
distribute paddy seeds at low prices...Myitta Street concreted in Myeik...Bay Bulletin.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President U Nyan Tun receives JX Holdings, JX Inc., Nippon Oil &
Energy Corporation President...MoU between Public Works,
CMAK of ROK signed...Myanmar to accept two
trafficked victims from
Thailand...UMFCCI, UTCC conduct
MBA programme...Myanmar 1, Singapore 0 in U-14
invitational...Myanmar hosts 11th ASEAN Taekwondo
Championship...Systematic sign language
for deaf...UNDP to cooperate in
Myanmar’s educational
reform...Mitsubishi Corporation hands over ten polishing
machines to Mines Ministry...Fortis gives free health care in Mandalay...Pyithu Hluttaw
Speaker receives ROK
Ambassador...Myanmar to cooperate with
EU and Britain in legal affairs...Union
Defence
Minister
arrives back...Union FM receives EU special rep...Construction Ministry, USAID to make
technical cooperation...Good journalists need personal skills
and technical skills.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Literacy and peace process".....
ARTICLES: "New radio towers under construction for
new mobile phone subscribers" By
Myint Maung Soe..."Eco and Pilgrimage Touristic Attraction - Mt. Popa, a floral and volcanic range" Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja
Sithu Dr.Khin Maung Nyunt |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 11 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 10 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 10 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Public announcement on actions of ministries concerned on letters of suggestion sent
to Public Service Capacity Assessment Committee......
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: MAI to start thrice-a-week
Yangon-Mandalay flight...Motorcyclist killed in speedrelated
fatal accident...Trawlergy [?] plunges in Ayadaw...Compensation for confiscated farmlands
awarded in Kantbalu Township...Illegal gold miners taken into
custody in Mogok Township...Owner charged over plywood factory food
poisoning...Barber shot dead at his shop in Tachilek...Mobile team seizes illegal good-loaded
light trucks...Slash-and-burn farming torches Sein-ta-lone
mango plantation in Pinlong Township...Free healthcare provided to
elder persons...Mandalay Region Chief Minister visits construction sites...MCDC opens clerical works, computing,
English courses...Library opened in Sedoktara Township...Refresher course for police officers opened...Stakeholder Consultation
Workshop with Myanmar
Dairy Sector Representatives
on Presentation of Draft Dairy
Activities Concept Notes held...Kyaukpadaung Township gets one more
transformer...Phaya Creek
Bridge
upgrading
works meet
cent per cent...Want to donate drinking
water in Twantay Township?...MPF launches
emergency, complainthandling
phone lines...New pylons erected in
Kengtung...Maize farmers earn high income...Nyaungdon Nyaung Chaungtha draws holiday makers...Inlay Lake’s conservation, regional
development tasks briefed...Mawtaung border trade camp
commissioned into service...Myanmar Gazette.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: IFAD to offer USD 36 million of loans for Myanmar’s
farm sector development...NPED Ministry, WB Group jointly organize
Introduction to the World Bank Group...Myanmar secures two gold
medals in 11th ASEAN
Taekwondo Championship...Myanmar delegation attends 46th Annual Meeting of Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and related meetings...11th ASEAN Taekwondo
Championship kicks off...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets President of Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association...Ministerial meeting on MoU on drug control
cooperation between six countries held...Conflict reporting course
concludes in Mandalay...President U Thein Sein receives CEO of New York-based
Clinton Health Access Initiative...Vice-President U Nyan Tun receives President
of Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Civic education" |
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| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 09 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNION OF MYANMAR
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| Date of publication: | | 1997 |
| Description/subject: | | "...Environmental Legislation in Myanmar:
Even under the old laws which were made in the days when international
concern for environmental matters was less recognized than today, various
laws of Myanmar contained provisions relating to the environment. There
are 53 legal instruments in Myanmar. Some of these laws have been recently
formulated and contain wide ranging provisions for environmental protection
and conservation. However, there is still a need to modify or amend some
old laws and to formulate new laws that take into account the changing
economic situation in the country, the prevailing global environmental
concerns as well as the international environmental conventions and agreements to which Myanmar is a party.
The several significant laws are as follows:-..." |
| Author/creator: | | Tee Tee Cho (Department of Law, Dagon University, Yangon, Myanmar) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law (1997 1 pp 609-614) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (41K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Multi-year Project in Myanmar (Burma)
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| Description/subject: | | " The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) has embarked on a multi-year project to help ensure that existing and new investments in Myanmar are consistent with international human rights standards and best practices.
As a result of political and economic changes in the country, the European Union, the United States, and other industrialised countries have eased sanctions on Myanmar. Trade and investment delegations have visited the country in recent months to explore economic opportunities.
Myanmar’s President, Thein Sein, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have both stressed in public remarks that investments in the country should abide by local laws, uphold high standards, respect labour rights and the environment, and support democracy and human rights.
In the past, insufficient clarity concerning expected business conduct in countries emerging from periods of sanctions has created uncertainty. The unanimous endorsement in 2011 of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights marks a significant step forward in providing necessary guidance for all stakeholders.
The UN framework affirms the duty of all States to protect peoples from rights abuses involving non-state actors, including business; the independent responsibility for all business enterprises to respect human rights; and the importance of ensuring access to effective remedies for those whose rights have been abused.
IHRB is working with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the British Council, and other local and international partners to undertake activities in support of responsible investment in Myanmar consistent with the UN Guiding Principles and other relevant standards. These include: ..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Responsible Investment in Myanmar: The Human Rights Dimension
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| Date of publication: | | September 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | About this Paper:
"This is the first in a series of Occasional Papers by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB).
Papers in this series will provide independent analysis and policy recommendations concerning timely subjects on the business and human rights agenda from the perspectives of IHRB staff members and research fellows.
This paper was prepared by IHRB Policy Director, Salil Tripathi with input from IHRB's South East Asia Programme Manager, Donna Guest.
Over the past year in particular, IHRB has been studying Myanmar's re-emergence in the global economy and believes political changes in the country represent an important opportunity in the area of business and human rights. IHRB staff members have visited Myanmar, most recently in July 2012 at the invitation of the British Government to present a round-table on business and human rights with Myanmar government and opposition leaders, as well as local and international business representatives.
In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, IHRB is working with local and international partners to establish a responsible investment resource centre in Myanmar and will be developing a number of activities aimed at fostering trade and investment in the country consistent with the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other international corporate responsibility standards. The resource centre will be open to all actors: local business, international business, government, parliamentarians, investors, civil society, trade unions and communities. From September 2012 a local co-ordinator is in place, based at the British Council in Yangon, to establish the resource centre and also to organize a series of thematic workshops on many of the issues discussed in this paper."
For more details contact: myanmar@ihrb.org |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) - Occasional Paper series, No. 1 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 9 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 09 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President Office
Notification No.43/2013
13th Waning of Tagu, 1375 ME
(8th May, 2013)
Committee for scrutinizing
the remaining prisoners of
conscience reconstituted...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Union Government
Notification No. 31/2013
13th Waning of Tagu, 1375 ME
(8 May, 2013)
Formation of Board of
Scrutinizing and Monitoring of
Tax Collection.....DOMESTIC NEWS: Mawlamyine sub-power station
commissioned...Y 2012 sees
most fire
cases in
decade...Landslide kills two gold mine
workers...Tatmadawmen join hands with local people in
drinking water supply...Hit-and-run crash claims two
lives, hurt one on Kaba Aye
Pagoda road...Stake-driving for construction of Kankon Station Hospital
held in Salingyi Tsp...Free rabies vaccine for Mandalarians...Farmers preparing farms after first monsoon
rain in Meiktila...Vocational training courses
opened in Monghsat...Traffic accident leaves three injured...Stimulant tablets seized in
Sangyoung, Thingangyun Tsps...People in Sayay East village in Sagaing happy
with potable water...Makeshift relief camps in
Kyaukpyu and Myebon
Tsps inspected.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein felicitates
Malaysian PM on his re-election...President U Thein Sein receives delegates from
six countries of MoU on drug control cooperation...MFF President clarifies
undertakings for development
of Myanmar football...Union Home Affairs Minister receives UNODC
director, Israeli Ambassador, Thai Minister...Two Myanmar sports contingents go
abroad...CORRECTION: "Please read "Importation of fertilizer, pesticides and
farm implements and
equipment…" instead
of “Exportation of
fertilizer, pesticides and
farm implements and
equipment…” in second
paragraph of second
column at the Notification
No. 735/2013 of Finance
and Revenue Ministry that
appeared on the front page
in this daily issued on 8-5-
2013.—NLM"...Magway, a tourist attraction with arid climate...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives former Member
of House of Councilors of Japan President of
Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association...Myanmar, Israel eye enhanced cooperation in
agricultural development...MoU on drug control
cooperation Senior Official-
Level meeting held.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Invest in education, but
with new visions".....ARTICLE: "Pin Creek Bridge in Yenangyoung comes into operation"
U Tin Hlaing
(Meiktila) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.6MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Global Climate Risk Index 2013
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| Date of publication: | | November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Summary:
"The Global Climate Risk Index 2013 analyses to
what extent countries have been affected
by the impacts of weather-related loss events
(storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most
recent available data from 2011 as well as for the period 1992-2011 were taken into ac-
count.
Most affected countries in 2011 were Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, El Salvador and the
Philippines. For the period 1992 to 2011, Honduras, Myanmar and Nicaragua rank highest.
This year's 8th edition of the an
alysis reconfirms that less developed countries are generally
more affected than industrialis
ed countries, according to the
Climate Risk Index. With re-
gard to future climate change, the Climate Ri
sk Index can serve as a warning signal indicat-
ing past vulnerability which may further increase in regions where extreme events will be-
come more frequent or more severe through climate change. While some vulnerable devel-
oping countries are frequently hit by extreme ev
ents, there are also some where such disas-
ters are a rarity..." |
| Author/creator: | | Sven Harmeling and David Eckstein |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Germanwatch |
| Format/size: | | pdf (570K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 07 May 2013 |
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Climate Change - Burma/Myanmar: Science
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 7 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 07 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: LET'S BUILD THE NATION THROUGH PEOPLE’S STRENGTH - Whatever our prospects for a bright future may be, we are still at a
sensitive stage in the reform process where there is little room for error Nay Pyi Taw, 6 May—President U Thein Sein delivered a remark on the Report of the Rakhine Investigation Commission today. The full text of the remark is as follows:- ...Colonial era silver coins unearthed in Chauk...Drinking water supplied to victims at relief
camps in Meiktila...Wind gusts topple down trees, destroy
houses and buildings in Pakokku, Wundwin,
Nawnhkio Townships...Overturned car kills one,
hurts six after crashing into
iron railings of bridge...Seizures of
heroin, raw
opium and
stimulant
tablets in
Myitkyina,
Tachilek...Upgrading of road in
progress in Myeik...Safe water supply for Lashio
dwellers...Two dies in
gold mine
collapse...Unidentified
body found in
Myinmu...Summer vocational courses
conclude...Road Transport Directorate
opens basic driving course in
Taunggyi...Kawlin police
seize drugs...New Ever Light to supply
electricity to Singu, Madaya,
Thabeikkyin Tsps...One house, nine tents burnt down in
Shwepyitha fire...Two cows die in
electric shock...Free medical treatment for locals in Myeik...Citizenship scrutiny cards issued in Ahlon Tsp...New self-reliant library being constructed in
Kyweku Village of Myeik...Buddhist cultural, English
proficiency courses in Hpa-an...Two villages of Twantay hit
by heavy rains, strong winds...Free medical treatment given
to patients with eye complaint
in Ponnagyun...67th Anniversary of Fire
Brigade Day marked...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker calls for an effective law to protect farmers...Water supply works gaining momentum in
Kyaukpadaung Township...Verdicts delivered...Close cooperation between
township management
committee and supportive
committee for development
of township and ward or
village-tract stressed...Coordination centre to be set up for Rakhine victims...Low pressure area.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Microfinance works to
be promoted for poverty
reduction...Myanmar education delegates visit UK...Foreign visits planned for
outstanding students...Road Transport Directorate
discusses JV with 13 companies...Union Attorney-General discusses legal affairs in Singapore...Trademark law under draft to
protect business trademarks.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The most powerful force" ["qualified human resources"]
ARTICLE: "Deedok waterfall, Yepyar spring attract visitors"
Byline: Aung Kyaw Tun
(Patheingyi) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.1MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 07 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 8 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 08 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Finance and Revenue Ministry
Minister’s Office
Notification No. 735/2013
12th Waning of Tagu, 1375 ME
(Nay Pyi Taw)
7 May, 2013 [tax exemption for fertilizer exports].....DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Health Minister
visits Central Medical
Store Depot...Only 16 killed in Kalaw gold
mine landslide...Head-on collision of two motorbikes kills
one, hurts two others...Heroin, stimulant tablets
seized in Tamu...Yedashe, Taungdwingyi, Hsinbaungwe, Kyaukpadaung,
Nattalin get caught in squalls of rain...Elevator service for pilgrims
at northern stairway of
Shwedagon resumes...Candle ignites fire, reducing houses to ashes in
Shwepyitha Township...Hsinza bridge construction completed...KSM arranges boxing showdown of big
names...Bago man stabs store staff...Mandalay Region celebrates Fire Brigade Day...Proficiency
course opened
in KhinU for
ward/village
administrators...Elite Tech Open Golf
Championship 2013 14-17
May...Firefighters undertake
sanitation tasks to mark Fire
Brigade Day...Rural development tasks undertaken...23rd Anniversary of MMCWA marked...230 KV Thaton-Mawlamyine National Grid and 230/66/11 KV 100
MVA Mawlamyine Main Sub-Power Station open...People call for increased
interaction with government
to claim louder voices...Strong winds claim one,
cause widespread damages in
Yesagyo...Shwethahlaung Road to be
put into services...MPF launches emergency,
complaint-handling phone
lines...Literary talks given
in Singaing...One boy dies of drowning in
Twantay Canal...Household registration, citizenship scrutiny
cards issued in PyinOoLwin...Environmental conservation
workshop held in Kengtung...Talks on professional engineers given...Finishing of harrowing held at
mechanized farming (3000-acre)
plantation...Slight earthquakes jolt
inside Myanmar...Myanmar National Human Rights Commission issues Statement No. (3/2013)
concerning violence that had occurred in Rakhine State.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President Dr Sai
Mauk Kham receives
former Thai PM...Myanmar Independent Power Produce workshop held...MEGA Co donates VITACAP multivitamins for SEA Games...Special Purpose Vehicle-SPV to be
formed for Dawei Special
Economic Zone.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Say no to narcissistic leaders". |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 07 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 5 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 05 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Wellwishers join hands with government for
supply of safe water to people...Monthly Weather Forecast for
May, 2013
Bay of Bengal Condition...Transparency for good democratic practice...Woman run over, killed in Natmauk...Three family members die of mad dog bites in
Myinmu Township...Drinking water for local
people in Taungdwingyi...High-voltage fault sparks fire
in Bahan Township...Young man stabs girlfriend
before killing himself with
insecticide...Lightning kills Indaw man...Two killed, two others hurt in brake failurerelated
car crash in Lashio...MCDC focuses on development of Mandalay..
City, living standard of dwellers...Over 3000 Buddha images consecrated at
Shwedagon Pagoda...Newly-repaved asphalt road commissioned
into service...Inter-village production roads emerge in
Kyikha, Tiddim townships...Plan underway to set up
natural disaster preparedness
system...Stimulant
tablets seized
in Bamauk...Saplings planted in Shwebo
before rainy season...Ambulance donated to social
association in Thabaung...Car accident hurts seven passengers...Pakokku literary awards presented...Respects paid to doyen literati in Insein
Township...3rd Khami
National Day
observed...Brokerage opened in Seikpyu...Opium seized from woman in
Yamethin...Rice offered to Sangha to mark Fire
Brigade Day in Chanayethazan...Strong winds hit Kyaukme...Concrete blocks put to ease traffic congestion...Illegal beef seized in
Ngathainggyoung...No traffic
jam on Maha
Bandoola
Street...High yield paddy harvested in Nattalin
Township...Car fire in Bago Township...Tractor skill demonstrated...UEC receives party
establishment application...Significant day temperatures
(4-5-2013)...The Voice wins most awards at 2nd
national press award presentation...Palethwe paddy harvest demonstrates
in Htantabin Township...Palethwe paddy harvest demonstrates
in Htantabin Township.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Flocks of globetrotters still visit Bagan
in hot season...Daw Aung San Suu Kyi back from Mongolia.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Sustainable tax culture".....ARTICLE: "Yangon car market remains cool" By Khin Yadana |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 6 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 06 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar still facing challenges in spite of international recognition -
Everyone obliged to strive for achievement of national vision and national goal...Significant day temperature
(5-5-2013)...Illegal oil pumping sparks fire in Minhla
Township...Heroin seized at Yangon International
Airport...Youth associations take part in greening
Shwebo...Heavy rains,
savage wind
gusts kills 11,
hurt seven in
Kalaw, Hsihseng,
Kyaukme...Torrential rains with a burst of high speed
wind lash Monywa...Unknown rider snatches gold
chain in Pyay...Sandbank forming in Ngawun
River attracts merry-makers...Squalls destroy houses in upper Myanmar,
Shan State...Sand paintings business grows in
Bagan...Yangon-Myawady passenger bus plunges, two injured...Truck carrying communications
materials burnt in accident...National Hockey League kicks off...Union Minister calls for CSR of hoteliers...Ayeyawady Region government honours
excellence award winners...Personnel leave for Mawtaung Border
Trade Camp...Development undertakings in three Tsps...Hsipaw faces drinking water
difficulties...67th Anniversary Fire Brigade
Day observed in Yamethin...67th Anniversary Fire Brigade
Day observed in Myeik...67th Anniversary Fire Brigade
Day held in Sagaing...Traffic lights installed on
Anawrahta Road...Temporary schools to be
built for Rakhine victims...Weather Bay Inference.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Heroin seized at Yangon International
Airport...ADB, IMF encourage Myanmar to carry on
economic reforms...Japanese law firm makes
Myanmar entry...Union Defence Minister leaves for Brunei...Myanmar exports over 1.4 million tons of rice
in 2012-13 fiscal year...Amyotha Hluttaw International Relations
Committee Chairman visits China.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Transition in progress".....ARTICLE: "Ayeyawady Bridge (Malun) to be put into service soon" By Kayan Soe Myint |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Conducting Meaningful Stakeholder Consultation in Myanmar
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| Date of publication: | | April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights include guidance on the role of meaningful consultation by companies with their stakeholders, particularly those groups that their operations may impact directly. Meaningful consultation can assist companies both to gauge and to mitigate their risk of involvement with human rights impacts…Shift’s report is designed to assist companies with this challenge, as they consider or commence operations in Myanmar. The report (1) provides a survey of stakeholder views regarding the entry of companies into Myanmar; and (2) sets out key elements for companies to consider in their stakeholder engagement strategies. The report describes the high expectations interviewees have of the benefits that companies can bring to Myanmar, from building workers’ skills in labor-intensive sectors, to improving working conditions and reducing poverty. It also highlights their fears that their lands will be taken from them, their environment degraded, and their livelihoods destroyed…" (from the Business & Human Rights entry on this report) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Shift |
| Format/size: | | pdf (646K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://shiftproject.org |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Shift
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| Description/subject: | | "Shift is an independent, non-profit center for business and human rights practice. We help governments, businesses and their stakeholders put the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into practice. We share our learning by developing public guidance materials that help build the field globally.
We were established in July 2011, following the unanimous endorsement of the Guiding Principles by the UN Human Rights Council, which marked the successful conclusion of the mandate of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie. Our team was centrally involved in shaping and writing the UN Guiding Principles, and Prof. Ruggie is Chair of our Board of Trustees..."
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| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Shift |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 06 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Burma’s Global Warming Activists Turn Up the Heat on Govt
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| Date of publication: | | 06 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "RANGOON—As a water shortage hits several townships in Burma’s commercial capital and farmers nationwide anxiously await the upcoming rainy season, environmentalists are calling for more government support in the fight against climate change in this country of 60 million people.
While Burma’s nominally civilian government has earned international praise for its program of political and economic reforms after decades of military rule, environmentalists say climate change is a pressing issue that has been pushed to the back burner for too long by the nation’s leaders.
“The new government is trying to solve poverty and civil war, but unfortunately climate change has never been well acknowledged by our decision-makers,” meteorologist Dr. Tun Lwin said on Saturday in Rangoon at roundtable discussion about global warming in Burma, as temperatures in the country’s biggest city soared to 38 degrees Celsius..." |
| Author/creator: | | Kyaw Phyo Tha |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The Wealth of the Commons" - A world beyond market & state
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| Date of publication: | | 04 February 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "Over the past few years an explosion of innovative activism, scholarship and projects focused on the commons has been gaining momentum around the world. This growing movement consists of activists fighting international land grabs and the privatization of water; commoners collectively managing forests, fisheries and farmlands; Internet users generating software and Web content that can be shared and improved; and urban dwellers reclaiming public spaces. "The Wealth of the Commons" brings together the most vibrant strands of this burgeoning international work into a single volume, revealing the significant potential of the commons as a new force in politics, economics and culture...
We are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born. Surrounded by centralized hierarchies on the one hand and predatory markets on the other, people around the world are searching for alternatives. The Wealth of the Commons explains how millions of commoners have organized to defend their forests and fisheries, reinvent local food systems, organize productive online communities, reclaim public spaces, improve environmental stewardship and re-imagine the very meaning of “progress” and governance. In short: how they’ve built their commons.
In 73 timely essays by a remarkable international roster of activists, academics and project leaders, this book chronicles ongoing struggles against the private commoditization of shared resources – often known as “market enclosures” – while documenting the immense generative power of the commons. "The Wealth of the Commons" is about history, political change, public policy and cultural transformation on a global scale – but most of all, it’s about commoners taking charge of their lives and their endangered resources. It’s about common people doing uncommon things..."
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| Author/creator: | | David Bollier, Silke Helfrich |
| Language: | | English, Deutsch, German |
| Source/publisher: | | The Commons Strategy Group |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://band1.dieweltdercommons.de/inhaltsverzeichnis/
http://www.transcript-verlag.de/ts2036/ts2036.php |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | Steven's Portal - For everyone concerned about humanity and the world we live in.
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| Description/subject: | | Useful links, mainly to groups in North America..."Welcome to a gateway to the common good. It is based on the efforts of real people who are helping and healing the world. Your participation is invited!
If you've visited before, then you know this portal was conceived independently of any philosophy, tradition or school of thought. The intention is to provide a space for sharing online resources while increasing awareness of what is being done for the betterment of communities, society, culture and the Earth.
You're invited to explore the links library and, additionally, to suggest your own favorites. New connections are wanted to individuals as well as groups, whether nonprofit or for-profit. My only expectations are that their efforts be environmentally and socially responsible. I especially like to include links connecting to small and lesser-known grassroots groups whose websites offer informative and inspiring depictions of their work. Please feel free to submit a site. Make yourself at home — you've arrived at an enlightened corner of cyberspace among like-minded people with a caring, compassionate outlook. This invitation is extended to men and women of goodwill everywhere across the globe.
The current number of active links is 518 — and each of these has been formed through genuine person-to-person linkages. Here is a thought, given the vastness of cyberspace: if, thanks to fate, destiny, Karma, or a seemingly ordinary Google search, you've arrived here and are taking the time to read these words, there may be a reason. Please send a link suggestion today!..." |
| Author/creator: | | Steven Williams |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Steven Williams |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 May 2013 |
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| Title: | | A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT OF CAMBODIA’S LAND SECTOR
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| Date of publication: | | April 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Despite the tens of millions of dollars in aid
and concessional loans being spent in Cam-
bodia with the ostensible aim of securing land
tenure and making the management of land
and natural resources more equitable and
sustainable, the evidence shows that tenure
insecurity, forced evictions and large-scale
land grabbing are escalating to alarming
levels. Against this backdrop this discus-
sion paper proposes a better approach to
development interventions in the land sector,
in which processes and tools that elevate
rights, transparency and accountability are
incorporated throughout the project cycle and
broader country strategy. The paper calls on
development partners to adopt a ten-pronged
framework for a human rights approach to
development that aims to shift power to Cam-
bodia’s citizens and increase accountability of
decision-makers and power-holders.
The paper begins with a rationale for adopt-
ing a human rights approach to development.
Human rights are the foundation of just and
prosperous societies in which individuals have
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ingful lives. The ultimate goal of development
should therefore be a society in which civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights
are fully respected and enjoyed as social
and legal guarantees on a non-discriminatory
basis. The path of development will be most
conducive to such an outcome if members
of society are encouraged to be active and
informed agents in the development process,
including through public debate, and are able
to hold decision-makers to account..." |
| Author/creator: | | Natalie Bugalski |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Bridges Across Borders Cambodia, Heinrich Böll Stifftung, Cambodia |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 May 2013 |
| | ML > Development and sustainability
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Sustainable/alternative development
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Roots and Resources - global experience and anlaysis
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| Title: | | Ongoing struggles
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| Date of publication: | | May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | Key Points:
• Myanmar's central democratic reforms have received broad backing,
enabling it to boost its legitimacy and consolidate its hold on power.
• Although tentative ceasefires have been concluded with most of the
ethno-nationalist armed groups, there is no clear timeline or plan to
address longstanding demands for self-rule and the protection of
cultural identities.
• Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), the principal
protagonist in the struggle for ethnic rights, has been the focus of
sustained military offensives.
As Myanmar's democratic reform process rumbles on, military offensives
continue despite ceasefires between most of the ethno-nationalist rebel
armies and the government. Curtis W Lambrecht examines the road to peace
in the country. |
| Author/creator: | | Curtis W Lambrecht |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor, May 2013, |
| Format/size: | | pdf (95K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 May 2013 |
| | ML > Internal armed conflict
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (general reports and studies)
Internal armed conflict
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Armed conflict in Burma, theoretical, strategic and general
Internal armed conflict
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States
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Armed conflict in Kachin State
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Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles
Internal armed conflict
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Internal armed conflict in Burma
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Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States
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Armed conflict in Kachin State
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Armed conflict in Kachin State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 4 May, 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 04 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | HLUTTAW SESSIONS: First Special Session of First Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw summoned...Notice to Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
representatives.....DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham calls for establishment of world-class universities...Pakokku to see Shwe creek bridge No (2) soon...Over 100-year-old rowing boat in
Htantabin Township...Head-on collision claims lives of married
couple...Cattle smugglers taken into custody...Short circuit sparks fire in
Shwegyin...Formation of mobile teams in Sagaing Region discussed...MPF launches emergency,
complaint-handling phone
lines...Boiling of maize destroys 32
houses in ChaungU...Bridge on Yangon-Myeik
Road under construction...Strong winds cut power lines,
blow off roofs...Kyaukkyi gets transformer in
rural area...Accountancy, book-keeping
and audit courses opened in
Mandalay...Revolver-snatchers arrested...Silver coins unearthed in digging pit for
construction of monastery...National Library (Nay Pyi Taw) opens first hall
of reference books,
archaeological books, books
in English on Myanmar
country, Myanmar books,
English books, recreation
and children’s library
storing over 250,000 books.
E-Library keeps over 15000
books for the public reading.
The library is kept open
daily from 9:30 am to 4.30
pm except Sunday, Monday
and gazette holidays as of
3 May.
Present on the occasion
were Union...Prize awarding of Junior Golf Myanmar
Tournament 2013 held...True Shelter social
organization opens office...Teachership course on culture
conducted in Toungoo...Kason-water
pouring
festival of
Shwe Kyatyet
Pagoda...One dead, six injured in
Taungup car accident...Schools in Ayeyawady Region open to raise
pass rate of matriculation...Farmers reap benefits...Medic robbed of necklace
in Pyay...Firefighters do cleaning for the aged...Mawtaung Border Trade Camp to be
opened soon...Union Information Minister calls for applying Social
Responsibility Model...UEC receives party
establishment application...The noteworthy amounts of
rainfall
(3-5-2013).....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to boost export volume through
adoption of national-level export strategy...US lifts more sanctions on Myanmar
to support reforms...Vice-President receives Honorary Consul-General of
Myanmar to Lebanon...Feasibility study on building solar power
plant in Minbu...Union Border Affairs Minister meets US guests...Yangon University, Hankuk University sign MoU...Myanmar, Germany focus
on institutional economic
cooperation...Development of townships
on the other banks of
Yangon discussed...Mawtaung Border Trade Camp to be
opened soon...CEOs and experts from Belgium and US observe
plantations in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Myanmar to host drug
control meeting.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Export-led growth".....
ARTICLE: "Inlay Lake conservation in urgent
need of public participation"
By Tin Hlaing |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 May 2013 |
| | RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar
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Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin"
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2013
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| Title: | | Statement by Local Residents at Ramree Island regarding Shwe Gas Project, Deep Sea Port, and Oil and Gas Pipeline (English, Burmese, Chinese)
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| Date of publication: | | 02 May 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "Construction of Daewoo’s Shwe gas project, as well as CNPC’s Maday deep sea port and oil and gas pipeline have damaged our (local people’s) livelihoods and environment in Kyauk Phu Township since 2009. Additionally, there has been ongoing forcible land confiscation, providing no compensation or a limited amount of compensation for the confiscated rice farms and lands.
We, the local affected people, were not informed or consulted by the companies regarding the positive or negative impacts of the projects before the implementation of these projects until today. Furthermore, we were not informed of whether an EIA or SIA had been conducted before the implementation of the projects. Therefore, we have been deeply concerned about the possibility of the total destruction of our major livelihoods such as farming and fishing, as the projects have already negatively impacted our livelihoods..." |
| Language: | | English, Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ, Chinese |
| Source/publisher: | | Local Residents at Ramree Island (20 local groups and villages) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (64K-English; 63K-Burmese; 144K-Chinese) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Ramree_Oil_and_Gas_Statement-bu.pdf
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Ramree_Oil_and_Gas_Statement-ch.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2013 |
| | ML > Economy
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Investment in Burma/Myanmar
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Foreign investment in oil and gas
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Arakan (Shwe) gas field
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Shwe gas field and pipeline -- reports and articles
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| Title: | | Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific - A Threat Assessment
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| Date of publication: | | April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | Illegal activities in the region is presented under 12 flows, most or all of which feature Myanmar...
1. Smuggling of migrants and labour trafficking within the Greater Mekong Sub-Region...
2. Trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation within the Greater Mekong Sub-Region...
3. Migrant smuggling from East and Southeast Asia to the United States and the European Union...
4. Migrant smuggling from South and West Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia and Canada...
5. Trafficking of opiates from Myanmar and Afghanistan into East Asia and the Pacific...
6. Trafficking of methamphetamines from Myanmar and China to the region...
7. The illegal wildlife trade in East Asia and the Pacific...
8. Illicit trade in wood-based products from the region to the world...
9. Illicit trade in electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) from the world to the region...
10. Illicit trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS) from East Asia to the world...
11. Counterfeit consumer goods from East Asia to the United States and the European Union...
12. Fraudulent essential medicines from East Asia to Southeast Asia and Africa. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.4MB-OBL version; 2.9MB-original), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | https://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/TOC-threat-assessments.html
http://www.unodc.org/documents/southeastasiaandpacific/Publications/2013/TOCTA_EAP_web.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2013 |
| | ML > The UN System and Burma/Myanmar
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UN programmes and funds etc.
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UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
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| Title: | | BURMA BULLETIN ISSUE 76 - April 2013
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| Date of publication: | | April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | KEY STORY:
• Evidence of killings emerges
• Muslims prosecuted, jailed
• Rangoon remains tense
• Campaign for tolerance
• Int’l concern over violence...
INSIDE BURMA:
• Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
• Crackdowns on protesters
• Tatmadaw’s Shan State attacks
• Kachin State fighting...
HUMAN RIGHTS:
• Political prisoners released...
DISPLACEMENT:
• Rohingya boat people & IDPs...
INTERNATIONAL:
• Daw Suu goes to Japan
• EU lifts Burma sanctions
• Thein Sein’s business trip
• Burma-Indonesia relations...
ECONOMY:
• SIM card lottery flops
• Race for telecom licenses
• Oil and gas investment...
OTHER BURMA NEWS...
REPORTS |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | ALTSEAN-Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (197K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2013 |
| | ML > Activism and Advocacy (groups from Burma, solidarity groups, campaigns, publications)
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Online publications by Burma solidarity groups
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ALTSEAN-Burma archive
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| Title: | | US State Dept. - Burma: Country Report on Human Rights Practices - 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 19 April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"Burma’s parliamentary government is headed by President Thein Sein. On April 1, the country held largely transparent and inclusive by-elections in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, chaired by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 43 of 45 contested seats out of a total 664 seats in the legislature. The by-elections contrasted sharply with the 2010 general elections, which were neither free nor fair. The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) continued to hold an overwhelming majority of the seats in the national parliament and state/regional assemblies, and active-duty military officers continued to wield authority at each level of government. Military security forces reported to military channels, and civilian security forces, such as the police, reported to a nominally civilian ministry headed by an active-duty military general.
In 2012 the government’s continued reform efforts resulted in significant human rights improvements, although legal and policy revisions had yet to be implemented fully or consistently at the local level, particularly in ethnic nationality areas. On January 13, President Thein Sein released an estimated 300 political prisoners, including top figures of the prodemocracy movement and all imprisoned journalists, and amnestied an estimated 140 political prisoners in subsequent releases, though none of the 2012 releases were unconditional. The government eased longstanding restrictions imposed on its citizens, including by relaxing censorship laws governing the media, expanding labor rights and criminalizing forced labor, and returning professional licenses to practice law for the majority of lawyers who had been disbarred for political activities or for their representation of political activists. The government also eased restrictions on dissidents both from within and outside the country, including removal of more than 2,000 names from a government blacklist of persons barred from entering or leaving the country based on their suspected political activity.
An outbreak of communal violence in June between predominantly Buddhist Rakhine and predominantly Muslim Rohingya in Rakhine State claimed the lives of an estimated 100 civilians and displaced tens of thousands before the central government reestablished calm. Violence broke out again in October and resulted in deaths estimated to exceed 100 and the burning of more than 3,000 houses in predominantly Rohingya villages. The central government took positive steps by deploying security forces to suppress violence, granting the international community access to the conflict areas, forming an investigative commission into the causes of the violence, and engaging international experts on reconciliation. Intercommunal tensions remained high. At the end of the year, there were more than 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) resulting from the violence in Rakhine State.
The Burma Army escalated the use of force against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in December, including through the use of air power. In July the government stopped issuing travel permission for UN humanitarian aid convoys to travel to Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)-controlled areas, effectively cutting off an estimated 40,000 IDPs from access to international humanitarian assistance. Local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were generally able to access these populations during this period. KIA forces allegedly destroyed civilian infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and trains, and targeted attacks on police officials in Kachin State.
Significant human rights problems in the country persisted, including conflict-related abuses in ethnic minority border states; abuse of prisoners, continued detention of more than 200 political prisoners and restrictions on released political prisoners; and a general lack of rule of law resulting in corruption and the deprivation of land and livelihoods.
Government security forces were allegedly responsible for cases of extrajudicial killings, rape, and torture. The government abused some prisoners and detainees, held some persons in harsh and life-threatening conditions, and failed to protect civilians in conflict zones.
The government undertook some legal reforms during the year, and in practice restrictions on the exercise of a variety of human rights lessened markedly, if unevenly and unreliably, compared to past years. Nevertheless, a number of laws restricting freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, religion, and movement remained. The government allowed for greater expression by civil society, and NGOs were able to operate more openly than in previous years; however, the mandatory registration process for NGOs remained cumbersome and nontransparent.
The government signed an action plan with the UN to end illegal child soldiers. Though there were several well publicized demobilizations of child soldiers during the year, recruitment of child soldiers continued. Discrimination against ethnic minorities and stateless persons continued, as did trafficking in persons--particularly of women and girls--although the government took actions to combat this problem. Forced labor, including that of children, persisted.
The government generally did not take action to prosecute or punish those responsible for human rights abuses, with a few isolated exceptions. Abuses continued with impunity.
Ethnic armed groups also committed human rights abuses, including forced labor and recruitment of child soldiers, and failed to protect civilians in conflict zones" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | US Department of State (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (207K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/USDOS-Country-rep2012-Burma.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2013 |
| | ML > Human Rights
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Various Rights
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Various rights: reports of violations in Burma
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US State Dept. - reports on human rights in Burma
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| Title: | | US Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2013 - Burma
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| Date of publication: | | 30 April 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | "Ongoing and important political reforms in Burma have yet to significantly
improve the situation for freedom of religion
and belief. During the reporting period, most
religious freedom violations occurred against et
hnic minority Christian and Muslim communities,
with
serious abuses against mainly Christian civilia
ns during military interventions in Kachin
State and sectarian violence by societal actors targeting Muslims in Rakhine (Arakan) State. In
addition, Buddhist monks suspected of anti-govern
ment activities were detained or removed from
their pagodas, and at least eight monks rema
in imprisoned for participating in peaceful
demonstrations. In addition to sometimes severe
restrictions on worship, education, and other
religious activities and ceremonies, religious gr
oups continue to face a range of problems,
including: pervasive surveillance, imprisonment, di
scrimination, societal violence, destruction or
desecration of property, and censors
hip of religious materials.
In light of these systematic, ongoing, egregious
violations of freedom
of religion and belief,
USCIRF recommends that Burma again be designa
ted as a “country of particular concern” in
2013. The State Department has designated Burma as a CPC since 1999.
Over the past year, the Burmese
government continued to release po
litical and religious prisoners,
revised laws on media censorship and freedom
of assembly, and allowed Aung San Suu Kyi’s
National Democracy Party (NLD) to assume its seats in parliament. Nevertheless, Burma’s
overall human rights record remains poor and the
government was either unable or unwilling to
curtail security forces or social actors who enga
ged in serious abuses against religious minorities
and others during armed conflicts in Kachin St
ate and sectarian violence in Rakhine (Arakan)
State. Rohingya Muslims, who are denied
Burmese citizenship, experience widespread
discrimination, strict controls over their religious activities and ceremonies and societal violence
that is often incited by Buddhist monks and carried
out with impunity by mobs and local militias,
including police in Rakhine (Arakhan) State. In the past year, over 1,000 Rohingya have been
killed, their villages and religious structures d
estroyed, and women raped during attacks. In
Kachin and northern Shan states, home to la
rge Christian minority populations, the military
conducted large operations beginnin
g in January 2013. The military reportedly continues to limit
religious worship and forcibly promote Buddhism
as a means of pacifica
tion in these areas and
targets Christians for forced labor, rape, intimida
tion, and destruction of religious sites. The
government also continues to censor religious pub
lications and prohibits the import of Bibles and
Qu’rans in indigenous languages
.
Released prisoners face harassment and restrictions, including
U Gambria, the head of the All-Burma Monks Alliance. .." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | US Commission on International Religious Freedom |
| Format/size: | | pdf (116K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.uscirf.gov/component/tag/burma.html
http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-and-briefs/individual-country-chapters.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 May 2013 |
| | ML > Human Rights
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Discrimination
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Religion or belief: discrimination based on
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Religious freedom: reports of violations in Burma
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