************************** BurmaNet ************************** "Appropriate Information Technologies, Practical Strategies" ************************************************************** The BurmaNet News: Saturday, February 18, 1995 Issue #111 QUOTE OF THE DAY: This KNU fiction survived because of the substantial help they received from some well-funded NGO's and the two english-language newspapers in Bangkok...The Myanmar Government urges some of the media to be more balanced and objective in their reports. SLORC From hag2@crux2.cit.cornell.edu Thu Feb 9 09:46:53 1995 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 12:45:58 -0500 (EST) From: Htun Aung Gyaw Subject: Re: Kawmoora Offensive The Burmese (SLORC) troops normally use Thai soil when they attack the KNU or the Mons or the Karanni. I had a bitter experience in 1989 when the Kawmoora camp was attacked by the Burmese troops. At the time I was acting as the chairman of the All Burma Students' democratic front and visited the Kawmoora to encourage the students who were fighting along with the KNU , Arakanese, Kachins and Pao troops against the SLORC intruding offensive. We intercepted the enemy tranmission line and found out that about 300 Burmese troops were crossing the Moei river to the Thai side and planned to attack from the front line and from the Thai side. As a counter measure the KNU commondos and the Students crossed the river and guarded the Thai side to prevent this two pronged attack. Unfortunately, the Thai border guards arrived and told us that we have no right to use Thai soil, if KNU or SLORC troops cross the border they will fight both troops. They promised us if SLORC used their soil they would not hesitate to force them out of Thailand, initially using an air attack to bomb the intruders. We went back to our Kawmoora base, hoping that the Thai would keep their promise. But at dawn our camp was attacked from both the front line and the Thai side. The enemy were taking a position from the Thai market opposite from Kawmoora. We were waiting for the Thai army to attack the SLORC but in reality The Thai army retreated two kilometers away and watched. One Thai army plane circled around our camp but there was no air attack as they had promised us. The KNU sent the best commandos without hesitation and attacked the SLORC troops who were stationed in the Thai market place. Luckily we won the battle, killing 70 enemy soldiers while on our side we lost our 3 best commandos. The Colnel who lead the Burmese troops fled to the Thai Army and begged for help. He was later escorted by the Thai Army back to Myawaddy. My main concern about this accident is the fact that the Thai Army allowed the Burmese Army to attack us. I believe that the Thai Army had a vested interest in allowing this attack to occur. The Thai General Chavalit Younchaiyu made a deal with the Burmese General Saw Maung providing General Chavalit Younchaiyu with Burmese logging rights. When the conflict occurred it was in General Chavilit's best interests to allow the Burmese Army to attack without interference from the Thai military. General Chavalit resigned his position in the military and is currently the Interior Minister for the Thai government. In this new position he has gained wealth and prestige due to the logging and fishing rights he acquired in Burma; as a result he continues to favor the SLORC. I am worried that the KNU leaders, including General Bo Mya, are under the Thai Army's control and that the KNU are not allowed to go anywhere without the Thai Army's permission. I would like the international community to pressure Thailand into not supporting the SLORC. Additionally I would like Thailand to allow the KNU leaders and the ABSDF students to have entrance into Burma from whatever border area that these two groups choose. Lastly, I believe that the Thai government should allow the NGO's to help the refugees who have fled from the fighting without any interference or disturbances. Htun Aung Gyaw Graduate student of Asian Studies, Cornell Unerversity *****************KAREN STATE/KAWTHOOLEI*********************** SCB: MANY KAYINS(KAREN) RETURNING TO MYANMAR [SLORCITE] bbatpt soc.culture.burma 3:59 PM Feb 8, 1995 (at au.ac.th) (From News system) 4165 Kayins have returned to Myanmar from Thailand within the last week, and more are returning each day. Local authorities and Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) are providing them with food, clothing and other necessities, and assisting to settle them in villages in Kayin State. 2. They scattered to avoid the fighting when about 4000 mutineers of the KNU formed the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army and captured the KNU HQ at Manerplaw on 27.1.95 .Among the mutineers are many Kayin Christians also. Both Buddhist and Christian Kayin Majority of the KNU have had enough of the leadership and luxurious life-style of former leader Bo Mya and his relatives who have many houses and business interests in Thailand . 3. Bo Mya and his clique failed to resolve the recent KNU mutiny because many remember too well the Bawtharaw execution in 1971. Then , Bo Mya personally shot and bayoneted the 10 Kayin leaders of a faction who came to Bawtharaw village for reconciliation. The Myanmar government has photos and documentary evidence. Some years later Bo Mya's KNU also murdered Bo Let Ya and other leaders of U Nu's group who were in alliance then with the KNU. That movement also collapsed. U Nu and his group returned to Myanmar soon after. 4. Bo Mya was a cook/table-boy to a British officer in the 1930's and served with the British special force 136 during the war against the Japanese. He belongs to the small extreme group of Kayins who refused to participate in democratic elections held by the British in April 1947 to determine Burma's Democratic future. They rebelled in 1949 against U Nu's democratic government: not for democracy or human rights, but to establish an independent Kayin State. They knew they had no historical or legal basis, but naively expected some British officers to reward them for their loyalty during World Waw II. 5. In recent years they were using the cloak of democracy and human rights to achieve the senseless ambitions which they still cling to. Their underlying aim was to created chaos and instability, and disintegration of Myanmar . This KNU fiction survived because of the substantial help they received from some well-funded NGO's and the two english-language newspapers in Bangkok. They failed miserably because history and truth cannot be supressed or ingnored forever. The Myanmar Government urge some of the media to be more balanced and objective in their reports. M.T. N(7 February 1995) *****************KAREN STATE/KAWTHOOLEI*********************** GOA: FALL OF MANERPLAW Government of Australia MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SENATOR GARETH EVANS 31 Januray 1995 MYANMAR: FALL OF MANERPLAW -------------------------- The Australian Government is deeply concerned by the continuing offensive against forces of the Karn Natioal Union (KNU) and the fall of the KNU headquarters at Manerplaw, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Gareth Evans, said on his return to Australia today. The Government regards these developments as a blow to the process of reconciliation in Myanmar. Since 1992, there have been some indications of progress in negotiations between other insurgent groups and the government in Yangon, some of which resulted in ceasefire arrangements, and discussions were continuing. As a result, the level of military activity had been greatly scaled down and there were prospects for a negotiated end to most of the insurgencies. The offensive against the Karens - while due in part to divisions within Karen ranks - has been a retrograde step. Military offensives will not resolve the essential political differences between the Myanmar government and groups opposed to its policies. Manerplaw had a significance beyond its role as a Karen base: it was also the seat of many opposition groups and student activists who had taken refuge there after the crushing of the democracy movement in 1988. While the Myanmar government professed a belief in dialogue with its political opponents, the continuing detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the offensive against Manerplaw cast serious doubt on the government's intention. The Australian Government continues to believe ths of national reconciliation is in the interests of all political and ethnic groups in Myanmar. Such a process should allow Myanmar to rejoin the political and economic mainstream of the region and the wider international community. Australia therefore call on the Myanmar authorities to cease all military action in the Manerplaw area and to negotiate a complete military and political settlement with the KNU and other groups in the area. The fact that the fighting at Manerplaw has led to a renewed flow of displaced people across the Myanmar-Thailand border is also of great concern. Thailand has a good record of sheltering previous waves of Myanmar border-crossers and Australia hopes that this humanitarian policy will continue. ***********************THAILAND******************************* NCGUB-BKK: WELCOMES STATEMENT TO MR. SUTHIN'S CONSIDERATION ON THAI POLICY TOWARDS RANGOON 1. We, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, appreciate and welcome the consideration of Mr. Suthin, the chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding Thailand's against Burma, which he thinks should be reviewed. 2. The recent SLORC's military offensives against the KNU headquarters and other strongholds through out Thai-Burma border have proved that it is not only internal affairs of Burma but also it is an obvious threat to the peace and security and stability of the neighbouring countries. 3. Since the year 1988, when the SLORC took over the power of the country, they always used to print and publish in State-owned newspaper (The Working People's Daily) then and now (The New Light of Myanmar) that their nobel desire is an early transfer of power. Bur their current activities show a vent diverse between their words and deeds. 4. Refusal of the respect to the result of 1990 elections, the continued detention of the public leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and its current response towards the genuine national reconciliation and the recent military offensives against the headquarters of democratic opposition groups and KNU have revealed the fraus intension of SLORC. 5. Regarding the battles through Thai-Burma border and the refugee affairs, the standing of US and Australia governments are really very encouraging and helpful for democracy movement of Burma. 6. We strongly believe that the Government of Thailand will retain its tradition of good will towards the Burmese refugees. 7. At the same time we would like to say that the felling of Burmese people is the same to Mr. Suthin Nophaket and we hope that the Government of Thailand will review its constructive engagement policy and will lay down an appropriate policy which will be beneficial for both nations. NCGUB Headquarters February 10th, 1995 **********************INTERNATIONAL*************************** BSG-N: BURMA - THE FORGOTTEN CONFLICT Burma Support Group-Norway By Vibeche Holte, Stoettegruppa for Burma, Oslo, Norway. While the Western world is preoccupied with the conflict in Bosnia, or the Russian invasion of Chechenia, the Burmese people are fighting their own war against the brutal SLORC regime. In May 1994, some young Norwegian and Burmese activists (among them some former YBF people) came together for a weekend seminar and formed the Burma Support Group ("Stottegruppa for Burma"). The support group is a non-political and non-religious independent organisation whose aims are to promote the work for peace and democracy in Burma. The organisations work consists of providing technical, financial and humanitarian aid, while spreading news and up to date documentation on the current situation in Burma. The costs of this work are covered by membership fees of 100 NKR (US$20) per year and by active fundraising. Most of the money has been donated by the Norwegian Department for Foreign Affairs (UD) and the agency for development and co-operation (NORAD). Activities so far In spite of the groups short history, it has managed to draw a lot of attention to its work, mainly through demonstrations and campaigns outside the Thai embassy in Oslo. Burma Support Group (BSG) has arranged seminars and conferences on the Burma conflict and has now a local support group at the University of Oslo (Blindern), along with a strong branch at the Voss high school where four Burmese students are attending the "media faculty" this year. A frequent summer and autumn activity has been to hold stands in the main street of Oslo. In winter more energy is spent on publishing newsletters and spreading out information to the members. As mentioned before, the group has a concrete and practical aim, as well as working on the information side. The author of this article is engaged in an orphanage project where Norwegians are "adopting" young orphans from the Karen state on the Thai-Burmese border. This is a long term project which is very cheap and easy to organise. Members of BSG visited the orphanage in the summer 1994. The people in charge are a former guerrilla soldier who is Burmese and his wife who is a Karen nurse. So far they have adopted 16 children, and the plan is to build a school and two houses to lodge 50 children. The Norwegian "adopters" pay 100 NKR per month, which is little, but enough to save lives in the impoverished country of Burma. Another very concrete plan is to build a small hydro power station along the border river between Thailand and Burma in order to get electricity for the opposition movement in the area. We have already had a person down at the site, planning how to set up the project. This pre-project was sponsored by UD. Short background information The country is a little bit smaller than the combined areas of Sweden and Norway. The population is today approximately 45 million and consists of 16 major ethnic groups, where Burman comprising about three quarters of the population is the largest and most powerful. Buddhism is the largest religion (85% of the people), but there are also Christian and Muslim minorities. The country is situated in South East Asia and was a British colony until the end of the 1940's. After the second world war Britain agreed to grant the country independence. General elections were held in 1947, the party run by Aung San (the father of the 1991 Nobel Peace Price winner) were victorious and formed a government. On the 19th of July, armed and uniformed men stormed the government building and shot the new political leaders. The person in charge of the coup was arrested and executed the following year. Since then the country has been plagued by civil wars. When General Ne Win came to power in 1962, he abolished the constitution and legal system and forbid all political parties, apart from his own. He slowly drew Burma into a constantly worsening political and economic crisis. In the spring of l988 people were increasingly de the situation became explosive. The students from the universities in Rangoon (the capital) organised demonstrations and claimed that the government had to release their iron grip on power. The opposition grew increasingly stronger day by day culminating in general strikes on the 8th of August 1988. Ne Win ordered his soldiers to halt the demonstrators and more than 500 innocent people lost their lives in the ensuing riots. Following this incident a lot of students and intellectuals had to flee into the jungle to hide from SLORC. In September radio programmes were interrupted with bulletins reporting that another coup had taken place. From this day Burma has been governed by a military regime, known as SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council). In February 1989 when the situation had deterioriated to its lowest ever point, SLORC announced that they would hold "free and just" elections. The result? As everybody knows, Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy won an overwhelming victory, against all odds and to the eminent rage of the regime. Later the same year Suu Kyi was arrested and she is still being kept under house arrest in Rangoon, since the leaders deem her to be "too dangerous" for the country. Situation Today. The Burmese claim that the situation is constantly deteriorating. Even though the regime is said to be blatantly corrupt ( you can get anything for US$), it has unlimited power. In the meantime a constant war rages between SLORC and the different ethnic minorities. The UN General Assembly has denounced the military regime in Burma, but very little has been done to pressurise the regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi and to restore peace and democracy. Many nations still deal with the regime, Thailand is dependent on the logging of mahogony and teak wood in Burma, having so little jungle remaining themselves, and the regime earns good money on drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle. At the same time the west exports weapons to the regime knowing they are to be used against civilians, as Burma has no foreign enemies. SLORC is preparing an enormous public campaign: the "Visit Myanmar (Burma) Year 1996." Much work is being done to restore the old architectional treasures but it is done by forced labour. If you don't want to work, you have to pay a large sum not to, but since nobody has this sum of money, they have to slave for the government, for only a symbolic salary. They even have to pay for their own food during work! The government expects 500,000 tourists to visit Burma in 1996 compared to only 50,000 in 1994. BSG in Norway works to inform travel agencies and potential tourists to Burma about the real situation there. Many multinational companies have been installed for a long time in Rangoon, Pepsi, Shell, Toshiba, Agfa amongst many. The list is long with firms willing to invest in a country so rich of natural resources and with the added 'attraction' of such cheap labour. Rumours abound that the regime has offered to set Ayng San Suu Kyi free on condition is that she leave the country immediately. In the West we have been able to see videotapes of her talking to the SLORC generals. Since we don't know what the talks were about, the Burmese use these "negotiations" as pure PR towards the rest of the world. A national convention sponsored by the junta has been meeting since 1992 to draft a new constitution. Articles agreed so far would effectively bar Suu Kyi from heading a government, while guaranteeing a dominant role for the armed forces for many years to come. In the meantime there are guerrilla wars going on in different areas of Burma. On Monday the 12th of December 1994 SLORC attacked Manerplaw and Dawngwin, where the democratic opposition movement have their headquarters. The aim was to erase the opposition, which for the main part consists of students and politicians in exile and ethnic democratic groups. The KNU (the Christian led Karen National Union), which has been fighting for greater autonomy since 1949, is the dominant force in a guerrilla alliance that is seeking a federal, democratic Burma. Many civilians have lost their lives in the struggle for independence, and the battle is continuing. The guerrillas still hold power in the so called "liberated areas". What can we do? There are always many things one can do . Find out whether your country is selling weapons to Burma, if they are, write protest letters demanding that this must come to an end. You can also check which companies are represented in Burma, and tell people to boycott them. Forming a pressure group, like we have in Norway, is fun and it certainly leads somewhere. And don't forget Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been imprisoned since the 20th of July 1989! Most essential of all: don't ever trust the SLORC regime, tell tourists to Burma that the junta is committing genocide, wiping out their own ethnic people. For more information contact: "Stoettegruppa for Burma", St. Olavs plass, Pb. 6906, 0130 Oslo, Norway. **********************INTERNATIONAL*************************** SCB: BURMESE INTERNET ACCESS debbiew123@aol.com Does burma have internet access yet. I was not sure if they have the phone line capacity for this, if they can afford it, and if they have a contract with internet. If so, is anybody receiving messages from Burmese friends on internet? How is the communication? ***** Debbie, Two offices in Burma have limited Internet access that I am aware of. Both the U.S. Embassy and the United Nations Development Program can send and receive email. I believe they are using earth terminals that communicate via an Inmarsat satellite. There is no real problem in communicating with either of them except that on their end, they have extremely expensive transmission charges (this may not apply to the U.S. Embassy because they may use a U.S. government-owned satellite). Strider **********************INTERNATIONAL*************************** BCN: LIST OF FILMS ON BURMA Burma Centrum Nederland (Burma Centre Netherlands) Could anyone that knows of other films please send information asap to The Burma Centre Netherlands? Thanks! Our email adresses: bcn@xs4all.nl or gijsh@xs4all.nl 1 TITLE Beyond Rangoon DIRECTOR John Boorman YEAR 1995 DURATION feature film FORMAT film COLOR yes DISTRIBUTION producer: Castle Rock 335 North Maple Road Suite 135 Beverley Hills California CA 90210 tel 310 285 2300 , fax 310 285 2345 QUALITY high REMARKS First script is made in 1986. Based on the life of Aung San Kyi. 2 TITLE Battle for Peace DIRECTOR students fled from Burma YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY amateur REMARKS VHS at BAG-London 3 TITLE Everyman: 40 million Hostages DIRECTOR Martin Smith YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Dispatch series QUALITY REMARKS Documentary 4 TITLE Dying for Democracy DIRECTOR Martin Smith YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Dispatch Series QUALITY REMARKS Documentary 5 TITLE The Burma Deception DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARKS 6 TITLE Faces of Burma DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Burma Issues Postbox 1076 Silom P.O. Bangkok 10504 Tel/fax 66 22346674 QUALITY REMARKS 7 TITLE Barefoot Students Army DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Images Asia QUALITY REMARKS In 1994 broadcasted by Channel 4. Film of two Australian women about the Burmese students 8 TITLE Silence & Fear DIRECTOR Leon Desclozeux YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Leon Desclozeux Zeaux Production 25 Reu Henry Mornier 75009 Paris tel 33 1 42851333 fax 33 1 42802935 QUALITY REMARKS Documentary about Aung San Suu Kyi, including speeches of hers 9 TITLE working title ? DIRECTOR Tom Sheahan and Damian Lewis 120 Ferndalroad, 10 Gayhurst Road London SW4 7SE, London E8 3EH Tel 071 9249290, Tel 071 2496250 YEAR in production DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION BAG London QUALITY REMARKS Documentary about the oilcompany's and pipelines 10 TITLE Burma's Railway DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION 1''30' FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Broadcasted by ABC Australia QUALITY REMARKS From Rangoon to Lashio. Railway built in Second World War. 11 TITLE Etat d'Urgency DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARKS about the Second World War, focused on the Japanese 12 TITLE Footage about Aung San Suu Kyi DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION via producer from Silence and Fear QUALITY REMARKS 13 TITLE ? DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION ? QUALITY REMARKS Film about Tigerhunting in Burma 14 TITLE Lions of Fire DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARK About Karen and Khun Sa 15 TITLE Edge of Burma DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARKS Broadcasted in England Tom will search for details 16 TITLE The Longest Struggle DIRECTOR with anthropologist Tom Sheahan YEAR 1993 DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION Granada LWT International Disappearing World Series QUALITY Broadcast quality REMARKS Filmed by the Karen people 17 TITLE Who are the Karen? DIRECTOR made by Karen people YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARKS Drama and popmusic?? 18 TITLE The Greening of Thailand DIRECTOR Edward Milner YEAR 1989? DURATION 52' FORMAT Betacam COLOR yes DISTRIBUTION TVE Distribution Zeist QUALITY broadcast quality REMARKS about logging in Thailand, approx. 5 min about logging in and Burma 19 TITLE Welcome to Karenni DIRECTOR Margriet Jansen YEAR 1994 DURATION 40' FORMAT Betacam COLOR yes DISTRIBUTION Stichting Vista Amsterdam QUALITY broadcast REMARKS About the Karenni people, filmed in refugee camps in Thailand, their culture and their struggle 20 TITLE The Two Faces of Burma DIRECTOR Manfred van Eijk en Johan van Ommeren YEAR 1994 DURATION 12' FORMAT Betacam COLOR yes DISTRIBUTION QUALITY broadcast REMARKS Rangoon and Pagan, the consequences of oppression in the everyday life of the Burmese people 21 TITLE ? DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION FORMAT COLOR DISTRIBUTION QUALITY REMARKS About the waterfestival at april 30 each year. The celebration of the Buddhist newyear. 22 TITLE World at War, part of this series, probably titled the War in Burma DIRECTOR ? YEAR ? DURATION 60' FORMAT COLOR B&W DISTRIBUTION BBC? QUALITY Good REMARKS About the British operations in Arakhan and Kachin State during WWII. Shown by BBC on dec. 5th (TT, 20:00) 23 TITLE Merrils Marauders DIRECTOR Sam Fuller YEAR 1962 FORMAT ? COLOR B&W DISTRIBUTION BBC? QUALITY good REMARKS Partly biographical war-ovie on genreal Frank Merril and his men in Burma. With Jeff Chandler. 24 TITLE Escape to Burma DIRECTOR Allan Dwan YEAR 1955 FORMAT ? COLOR B&W DISTRIBUTION BBC? QUALITY good REMARKS Standard fifties-drama wherein Robert Ryans is a suspected murderer. He hides on the tea-plantation of Barbara Sandwyck (in Burma). Shown by BBC2, Dec 3 1994, **********************INTERNATIONAL*************************** BPF: SUPPLIERS AND USERS OF INFORMATION ON BURMA [REPOST] Burma Peace Foundation This list is intended to enable people seeking or offering information on Burma to link up. It does not try to cover the whole of the Burma support community or the organisations interested in Burma. Many of the groups and individuals have specialised interests and information which may be mentioned where not obvious from their titles. Please send any corrections and additions to the Burma Peace Foundation. Email: darnott@igc.org NB. The Burma Peace Foundation is on the 6th Floor of 777, UN Plaza, it is not c/o UMOUN, and the fax is 692 9748. Communications addressed otherwise may not arrive. Please adjust your lists. SPECIALIST BURMA INFORMATION SUPPLIERS Burma Issues (formerly B.U.R.M.A.), PO Box 1076, Silom Post Office, Bangkok 10504, Thailand. Tel/Fax (+66-2) 234 6674 (The most comprehensive Burma information service in Thailand. Information on companies investing or interested in investing in Burma. Publishes a monthly newsletter, Burma Issues) Burma Alert. Harn Yawnghwe, R.R. 4, Shawville, Quebec, Canada JOX 2YO. Tel (+1-819) 647 6131; Fax 647 5403 ("Burma Alert" published monthly. Good, systematic presentation. Especially good on companies. Also publishes lists of prisoners and other documents). Burma Information Group P.O. Box 1027, Suan Phlu Post Office, Bangkok, Thailand. Publishes The Irrawaddy twice a month, with summaries of (mainly) local press and radio news on Burma. (BIG is also especially good on info relating to Burmese students in Bangkok) Southeast Asia Information Network (SAIN) ADDRESS HAS CHANGED Images Asia ADDRESS HAS CHANGED PO Box 2, Prasingha Post Office Muang Chiangmai 50200 tel 66 53 211 282 fax 66 53 277 419 Karen Human Rights Group, Box 22, Mae Sot, Tak 63110, Thailand (Puts out high quality human rights information including interviews) Burma Bro c/o S. Aung Lwin, Josephinenstr 71, 44807, Bochum, Germany Tel (+49-234) 940 9362. (News clipping service on Burma, plus other documentation. Publishes quarterly "Burma News Bulletin" in German) The Bro is in the process of moving to K"ln SPECIALISED BURMA GROUPS THAILAND Green November 32 P.O. Box 201, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand. (Specialises in ecological factors and foreign companies. Publishes Mya Yadana -- latest issue on Thai/Burmese energy projects is particularly good) Indigenous Womens' Development Center P.O. Box 169, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand Tel/Fax (+66-53) 278 152 Burmese Relief Centre P.O. Box 48, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand. Tel/fax (+66-53) 278 152 (Reliable and wide general knowledge. Good on border conflict, notably in Karen State) INDIA Burma Student League, Delhi Office, 3, Krishna New Delhi 110011, India AUSTRALIA Australia Burma Council Amanda Zappia, 41, Ingamells St, Garran ACT, Australia 2605 Tel (+61-6) 281 6553; Fax 281 6112 NGO Burma Forum, Alison Tate, c/o AUSTCARE, 69/71 Paramatta Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia Tel (+61-2) 565 9111; Fax 550 4509 NORTH AMERICA Burma Peace Foundation, (Working on Burma issues in the UN context. Produces analyses and documentation on selected issues), Free Suu Kyi, Free Burma, (Puts out a periodically updated dossier on Aung San Suu Kyi) 6th Floor, 777, UN Plaza, NY, NY 10017, USA Tel (+1-212) 338 0048; Fax 692 9748; Email darnott@igc.org Karuna Center, Paula Green, 49, Richardson St, Leverett, MA 01054, USA Tel (+1-413) 367 9520, Fax 773 7507 (Good on Burmese monks) Project Maje, Edith Mirante, 14, Dartmouth Rd, Cranford NJ 07016, USA Tel (+1-908) 276 8494 (Long-term Burma specialist. Wide general knowledge. Especially good on investment, ecological devastation, non-burman ethnic groups and women's issues) Burma Project (USA), Leslie McKim, Alan Clements, 45, Oak Rd, Larkspur, CA 94939, USA Tel (+1-415) 381 1326, Fax 924 6101. (Good on Buddhist monks. Has recently published a book on Burma and narcotics) Institute for Asian Democracy, Michele Bohana, 1518 K St NW, Suite 410, Washington DC 20005, USA. Tel (+1-202) 737 4101, Fax 347 6825 (Good contacts with US senators and congresspeople. They work also on Tibet and Mongolia) Canadian Friends of Burma, Murray Thompson, 145, Spruce St, #206, Ottawa, ONT K1R6P1, Canada Tel (+1-613) 230 0860, Fax 563 0017. (good on companies investing in Burma) JAPAN Buddhist Relief Mission, Burmese Relief Center-Japan, Ken Kawasaki, 266-27 Ozuku-cho, Kashihara-shi, Nara-ken 634, Japan. Tel (+81-7442) 28236, Fax 46254. (specialises on Burmese monks, including those in prison) International Network for Burma Relief Kyaw Tint & Htay Htay Kyi, 202 Heights Shinoda, 601 Chohai 3 Chome, Nagakute Cho, Aichi Gun, Aichi Ken, Japan 480-11 Tel (+81-561) 638 752; Fax 638 753 EUROPE Association France-Birmanie, Stefan & Judith Collignon, 21, Bvd Henri IV, Paris 75004, France. Tel (+33-1) 40 27 87 75 (home), 45 22 33 83 (office), Fax 45 22 33 77. (Publishes a quarterly and material on Burma in French) Burma Project, Berlin U Khin Maung Yin, Dorothee Wenner, Silberhammer 78, 13503 Berlin, Germany. Tel/Fax (+49-30) 618 8192, Tel 431 0665 (Somewhat academically inclined. Has organised seminars of Burma, and is currently working on the DAB/NCUB constitution, among other things) European-Burmese Association, Kipp Kho Lian, Hasencleverstr 27A, 22111, Hamburg, Germany Tel (+49-40) 655 6944 Burma Centre, Netherlands Irene Bloemink, Paulus Potterstr 20, 1071 DA Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel (+31-20) 671 6952; Fax 671 3513 Burma Affairs Monitor (UK) 3A, Chatto Rd, London SW11 6LJ, UK Tel/Fax (+44-71) 924 3147 (Publishes "Burma Affairs Monitor" quarterly) Burma Action Group UK, Sarah Sutcliffe, Collins' Studios, Collins' Yard, Islington Green, London N1 2XH, UK. Tel (+44-71) 359 7679 Fax 354 3987. (Publishes "Burma News" quarterly and thematic briefing documents; good on general information. Conducting campaign on oil companies in Burma) Association Suisse-Birmanie Matthias Huber, Claude Schauli, c/o Editions Olizane, 11, Rue des Vieux Grenadiers, 1205 Geneva. Tel (+41-22) 328 5252 Fax 328 5796 (Produces material on Burma in French) Burma Project (Czech Republic) U Zaw Win, Harusova 1316, 14900 Praha 4, Czech REpublic Tel/Fax (+42-2) 791 8848 Norwegian Burma Council, Josefinesgate 9, 0351, Oslo, Norway Tel (+47-22) 567 910; Fax 567 920 The Danish Burma Committee Anton Johannsen, NNF, C.F. Richs Vej 103, Postboks 79, DK-2000 Fredriksberg, Denmark Tel (?) (+45) 21 29 60 66/62 19; Fax 31 87 20 03 (Strong links with the trade union movemnet) HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN BURMA (Many publish reports on Burma. Some may be in need of information) ASIA/PACIFIC Asian Human Rights Commission, Wong Kai Shing, 4E, 57 Peking Rd, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel (+852) 368 3874; Fax 369 9895 (Active campaigns, especially in the region) Asian Students' Association, Steven Gan, 511 Nathan Rd, 1/F, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel (+852) 388 0515, Fax 782 5535. Jesuit Refugee Service Edie Bowles, 24/1 Soi Aree 4 (South) Phaholyothin Rd (7) Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Tel (+66-2) 279 1817; Fax 271 3632 (Well-informed on Burmese students and events along the Thai/Burmese border) Medecins Sans Fronti res Gilles Delmas, 211/3 Soi Hutayana, off Soi Suan Phlu, Sathorn Tai Rd, Bangkok 10120, Thailand. Tel (+66-2) 287 3435; Fax 287 3436 International Network of Engaged Buddhists Information Service, G.P.O. 1960, Bangkok, Thailand. Tel (+66-2) 437 9445; Fax 437 9450; email: ken@ipied.tu.ac.th Project for Ecological Recovery 77/3 Soi Nomchit, Nares Rd, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand Tel (+66-2) 236 1462; Fax 234 5363; E-Mail per@peg.apc.org (Ecological issues, particularly the proposed Burmese/Thai dams on Salween and Moei) International Rescue Committee Jennie McCann, 19 Soi 33, Sukhumvit Rd, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Tel (+66-2) 260 2870-1; Fax 258 5653 (Information on the Karenni) Tribal Refugee Welfare in South East Asia, C.V. Allmark, P.O. Box 215, Mirrabooka, Western Australia 6061. Tel (+61) 349 4073, 342 5729 (Especially on non-burman ethnic groups) NORTH AMERICA Asiawatch, Sidney Jones, Therese Caouette, Asiawatch, 485, 5th Avenue, NY NY 10017, USA. Tel (+1-212) 972 8400, Fax 972 0905. Mike Jendrzejczyk, Asiawatch, 1522 K St, NW Suite 910, Washington DC, USA Tel (+1-202) 371 6592; Fax 371 0124 (Good general information on human rights in Burma. Publishes reports) International Human Rights Law Group, Janelle Diller, 1601, Conn. Ave NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20009, USA. Tel (+1-202) 232 8500, Fax 232 6731. (Especially good on constitutional and international law. Publishes reports) Refugees International Mary Pack, 21, Dupont Circle NW Washington DC 20036, USA Tel (+1-202) 828 0110; Fax 828 0819 US Committee for Refugees, Hiram Ruiz, 1717, Massachussets Ave, Suite 701, Washington DC 20005, USA. Tel (+1-202) 347 3507, Fax 347 3418. (General expertise, with specialised knowlege of refugee issues) International Center, Ginny Foote, 731, 8th St SE, Washington DC 20003, USA. Tel (+1-202) 547 3800, Fax 546 4784 Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 330, 7th Avenue, NY NY 10001, USA Tel (+1-212) 629 6170, Fax 967 0916; Email lchr@igc.apc.org (Has produced several good reports on Burma) International League for Human Rights Charles Norchi, 432, Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, USA Tel (+1-212) 684 1221; Fax 684 1696 (Puts out consise, high-quality briefing sheets on Burma, especially focussing on briefing diplomats at the UN. Working on issues of religious intolerance, in Burma and elsewhere)) PEN American Center, Siobhan Dowd, 568, Broadway, Suite 401, NY, NY 10012, USA. Tel (+1-212) 334 1660, Fax 334 2181. (Freedom of information and expression) Greenpeace, Jane Jerome, P.O. Box 775, Palo Alto, CA 94302, E-mail: "jjerome@igc.apc.org" Rainforest Action Network, 490, Sansome St, Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94111, USA Tel (+1-415) 398 4404; Fax 398 2732; E-Mail rainforest@igc.apc.org (Ecological issues. Publishes Action Alerts on Burma; calling for corporate withdrawal, especially oil companies) Coalition for Corporate Withdrawal From Burma Simon Billeness, Franklin Research & Development Corporation 711, Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA 02111, USA Tel (+1-617) 423 6655; Fax 482 6179 (Is organizing shareholder resolutions at various companies involved in Burma) Asia Resource Center, Roger Rumpf, Kumar Ramanathan, P.O. Box 15275, Washington DC 20003, USA. Tel (+1-202) 547 1114, Fax 543 7891. International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Carole Samdup, Peter Globensky, 63, Rue de Brsoles, Montral, Qubec, Canada H2Y 1V7 Tel (+1-514) 283 6073; Fax 283 3792 (Has organised various missions on Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma with Nobel Peace Laureates) EUROPE Agir ici Martial Cozette, 14, Passage Dubail, F-75010 Paris, France. Tel (+33-1) 4035 0700; Fax 4035 0620 (North-South pressure group. Part of the emerging campaign to get Total to pull out of Burma) Observatoire Geopolitique de la Drogue, Francis Christophe, Alain Labrousse B.P. No. 190, 75463 Paris Cedex 10, France Tel (+33-1) 4036 6381. Fax 4038 1165; Mdicins Sans Fronti res Jean-Herv Bradol, 8, Rue St Sabin, 75544 Paris Cedex 11, France. Tel (+33-1) 40 21 29 29; Fax 48 06 68 68 Federation Internationale des Droits de l'Homme: Olivier Monange, 8, Ave Bertie Albrecht, Paris 8e, France Tel 1-4563 4570; Fax 1-4563 9392 (Particularly effective in the human rights forums in Geneva. Is working on forced relocations) Reporteurs sans Frontieres, Jean-Louis Donnadieu, Gil Gonzalez-Foerster (Yves Gemain) Tel 6779 8182; Fax 6779 6080 (Freedom of information, protection of journalists) Index on Censorship Judith Vidal-Hall, 33 Islington High St, London N1 9LH, England Tel (+44-71) 278 2313; Fax 278 1878 (Freedom of information and expression; publishes a magazine and reports) Article 19, Frances D'Souza, 33 Islington High St, London N1 9LH, England. Tel (+44-71) 278 9292; Fax 713 1356. (Specialises on freedom of information and expression. Publishes reports) Amnesty International, Burma Researcher, 1, Easton St, London WC1, England Tel (+44-71) 413 5500, Fax 956 1157. (Good on political prisoners, forced labour and human rights in general. Effective in the human rights forums in Geneva. Publishes reports) International Fellowship of Reconciliation Shelley Anderson, Spoorstraat 38, 1811 BK Alkmaar, Netherlands Tel (+31-72) 123 014; Fax 151 102 Rene Wadlow, C.P. 161, 1211 Geneva 16, Switzerland. Tel (+33-50) 047 406; Fax 047 452 (Working on Burma at the UN Human Rights Commission and Sub-Commission) International Commission of Jurists, Dilbur Parakh, 26, Chemin de Joinville, CH-1216, Cointrin, Geneva, Switzerland Tel (+41-22) 788 4747; Fax 788 4880 (Good information on human rights in Burma, with special interest in constitutional and legal issues. Publishes reports) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Ingeborg Schwarz (Human Rights) Place du Petit Saconnex, BP 438, CH 1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland Tel (+41-22) 734 4150; Fax 733 3141 (Particularly involved in working for imprisoned Burmese parliamentarians, as well as constitutional issues) International Committee of the Red Cross Jean-Michel Monod, 19, Ave de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland Tel (+41-22) 730 2277; Fax 733 2057 International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) Delmar Blasco, PO Box 216, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland. Tel (+41-22) 732 6600; Fax 738 9904 (Did a mission and wrote a report on the possibilities of NGO programmes in Burma) International Peace Bureau, Colin Archer, Rue de Zurich 41, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland. Tel 731 6429; Fax 738 9419; email GreenNet:ipb Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Clement John, 150, Route de Ferney, 1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland Tel (+41-22) 791 6111 (check); Fax 791 0361 Swissaid, Hanspeter Finger, Case Postale CH-3000, Jubilaumstr 60, Bern 6, Switzerland Tel (+41-31) 351 3311; Fax 351 2783 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions George Martens, 155, Boulevard Emile Jacqmain, B-1210, Brussels, Belgium Tel (+32-2) 224 0211; Fax 218 8415, 219 7503; Email GEO2:ICFTU (Has been active on Burma for several years, particularly in the International Labour Organisation) International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations, Dan Gallin, 8, Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 1213, Petit Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland. Tel (+41-22) 793 2233 (-37), Fax 793 2238. (A long-term interest in Burma, active in the ILO and elsewhere) International Federation of Journalists, Aidan White, Boulevard Charlemagne 1, Bte 5, B1041, Brussels, Belgium. Tel (+32-2) 238 0942, Fax 230 3633. Email GEO2:IFJOURNALISTS (Protection of journalists, freedim of expression. Convenes the Human Rights Forum of the International Trade Secretariats ) International Federation of Chemical, Energy and General Workers' Unions Victor Thorpe, Ian Graham, 109, Avenue Emile de Bco, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel (+32-2) 647 0235; Fax 648 4316 (Some of their members are involved in oil and gas exploitation in Burma. They are in the process of merging with the miners' International Trade Secretariat) International Transport Workers' Federation, David Cockroft, 133-135, Great Suffolk St, London SE1 1PD, UK. Tel (+44-71) 403 2733, Fax 357 7871; Email GEO2:ITF (Has worked particularly to protect Burmese seamen) OVERSEAS BURMESE ORGANISATIONS National Council of the Union of Burma, General Bo Mya, President, PO Box 22, Mae Sod, Tak, Thailand National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma Dr Sein Win (Prime Minister) currently in exile in the USA with some of his colleagues. Tel (+1-202) 393 7342; Fax 373 7343 NCGUB Office, Bangkok Tel/Fax (+66-2) 591 5839 Democratic Alliance of Burma c/o Dr Em Marta, PO Box 22, Mae Sod, Tak, Thailand Louisa Benson, (USA rep) 708, Kingman Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90402, USA Tel (+1-310) 454 3123; Fax 459 8263 All Burma Student Democratic Front c/o Khin Than (Thailand) Tel/Fax (+66-2) 379 6678 Dr Thaung Htun (USA) Tel (+1-202) 393 7342; Fax 373 7343 Federation of Trade Unions (Burma) c/o Maung Maung, P.O. Box 1270, GPO Bangkok 10500, Thailand Tel/Fax (+66-2) 300 0123 (in USA on (+1-202) 393 7342; Fax 373 7343) (Particularly for labour issues) All Burma Student Democratic Front (Europe Office) Publishes "Burma Focus" Democratic Voice of Burma (Broadcasts Burmese language programmes into Burma.) PO Box 6720, St Olav's Plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway. Tel/Fax (+47-22) 41 41 43; Email absdf@pns.apc.org ORGANISATIONS OF THE NON-BURMAN NATIONALITIES Karen National Union Dr Em Marta, Arthur Shwe, PO Box 22, Mae Sod, Tak, Thailand Kachin Independence Organisation Seng Raw, Bangkok, Thailand Tel (+66-2) 300 1949; Fax 300 1972 Mon New State Party Nai Shwe Kyin, GPO Box 1983, Bangkok 10501, Thailand. Tel/Fax (+66-34) 595 080 Mon National Refugee Committee, PO Box 1, Sankhlaburi 71240, Thailand. Tel/Fax (+66-34) 595 080) Karenni National Progressive Party Aung Than Lay, Abel Tweed, (PO Box 707) P.O. Box 19 Mae Hong Son 58000, Thailand. Tel (+66-53) 611 691; Fax 612 469 Pa-O People's Liberation Organization Khun Okker (Arkar Thainurak), P.O. Box 30 Mae Hong Son 58000 Thailand Fax (+66-53) 611 303) Shan Shan Human Rights Foundation, P.O. Box 41, Mae Hong Son, 58000, Thailand BURMA ROUND TABLES (periodic meeting of Burma-interested groups) Burma Meeting, Bangkok c/o Jack Dunford, CCT Tel (+66-2) 2360 211 Fax 236 7000 Burma Briefing UK c/o Ed McGovern, 18 Victoria Rd, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0EU, Devon, England Tel (+44-392) 875 095; Fax 876 525 Burma Round Table, Washington DC c/o Mary Pack, Refugees International, Tel (+1-202) 828 0110; Fax 828 0819 Burma Round Table, San Francisco c/o Pam Wellner, Greenpeace, 4th Floor, 139, Townsend St, San Francisco 94107, USA Tel (+1-415) 512 9025; Fax 512 8699 Burma Round Table, Massachussetts c/o Simon Billeness, Franklin Research & Development, 711 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA 02111, USA Tel (+1-617) 423 6655; Fax 482 6179 Burma Round Table, New York c/o Sidney Jones, Asiawatch, 485, 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Tel (+1-212) 972 8400 (ext.290); Fax 972 0905, 687 9786 INDIVIDUAL BURMA WATCHERS Dr Michael Baumann, (Germany) Tel (+49-221) 43 56 60; (228) 165 705; Fax 168 6063 Josef Silverstein (Rutgers University, Dept of Political Science) 93, Overbrook Drive, Princeton New Jersey 08540, USA Tel (+1-609) 924 7654; Fax (+1-908) 932 7170 Bernard Genier (France/Geneva) (+1-41-22) 708 9070; Tel/fax (+33-50) 350 610 (knows about the Shan and Wa) David Steinberg, (School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University) 6207, Goodview St, Bethesda MD 20817, USA. Tel (+1-202) 687 8987; Fax 687 1431. Tel/Fax (+1-301) 320 3319(h) UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General, Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali, 38th Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA Department of Political Affairs Francesc Vendrell, 32nd Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA Tel (+1-212) 963 5122; Fax 963 1395 Department of Humanitarian Affairs Linda Hazou, 36th Floor, , UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA Tel (+1-212) 963 4632; Fax 963 9489 UN Development Program (UNDP) Shanti Balloo, East Asia Division, One UN Plaza, NY, NY 10017, USA Tel (+1-212) 906 5829; Fax 906 5825 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 154 Rue de Lausanne, CH 1202, Geneva, Switzerland Patrick de Souza (Western border) Tel (+41-22) 739 8195 Mr C.G. Lennart Hansson (Eastern border) Tel (+41-22) 739 8695 International Labour Organisation Lee Swepston, Tel (+41-22) 799 7151; Fax 798 8685 UN International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) Nobuko Horibe, UNDCP, PO Box 500, Vienna International Centre, A-1400, Vienna, Austria Tel (+43-1) 21131 4011; Fax (+43-1) 230 7002 UN Human Rights Special Procedures System Special Rapporteurs on: * Myanmar * Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions * Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment * Religious Intolerance * The sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography * Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance * Freedom of opinion and expression * Violence against women * Internally displaced persons * Independence of the judiciary * Use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self- determination Chairmen of: * The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; * The Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearences Communications for all of these c/o UN Centre for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Fax (+41-22) 917 0123 GOVERNMENTS State Law and Order Restoration Council, Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Ministry of Defence, Signal Pagoda Rd, Yangon, Myanmar Ministre des Affaires trangres (France) Quai d'Orsay, Paris, France M. Claude Blanche-Maison Tel (+33-1) 4753 4600; Fax 4753 4644 Chantal de Bourmont Tel (+33-1) 4753 4630; Fax 4753 4644 French Mission to the UN (Geneva) Batrice Le Fraper Tel (+41-22) 758 9111; Fax 758 2449 (France is the main drafter of the Burma resolution at the Commission on Human Rights, which meets every yearin Geneva throughout February and the first part of March) Swedish Mission to the UN (New York) Ulla Str m, 885, 2nd Avenue, NY, NY 10017-2201, USA Tel (+1-212) 751 5900 (ext. 3205; Fax 832 0389 (Sweden is the main drafter of the Burma Resolution at the UN General Assembly w hich meets in New York from September to December every year) UK Mission to the UN Rob Vaughn Fenn, 885, 2nd Avenue, 28th Floor, NY, NY 10017-2201, USA Tel (+1-212) 745 9366; Fax 745 9316 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) Carole Robson Tel (+44-71) 270 2449 UK Mission to the UN (Geneva) Tel (+41-22) 734 3804; Fax 734 5254 US National Security Council, Eric Schwartz, NSC, White House, Washington DC 20506, USA Tel (+1-202) 395 3736. fax 395 1199 US State Department (East Asia and Pacific) John Finney, Room 4312 Dept of State, 2201 C St NW, Washington DC 20520, USA Tel (+1-202) 647 7108; Fax 647 6820 Bruce Malkin, Rm 5313, Dept of State, 2201 C St NW, Washington DC 20520, USA Tel (+1-202) 647 2722; Fax 647 7388 US State Department (Human Rights) John Shattuck, Room 7802, Dept of State, 2201 C St NW, Washington DC 20520, USA Tel (+1-202) 647 2126; Fax 647 9519 European Commission Balthasar A. Benz Directorate-General 1, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel (+32-2) 299 0677, 296 2971; Fax 299 1061 (Thailand and Burma Desk Officer) European Parliament Rue Belliard 97-113, 1047 Brussels, Belgium Lydia L. van de Fliert, Tel (+32-2) 284 5297; Fax 284 9297 (Assistant to Ken Coates -- Socialist Group -- Chair of European Parliament Hum an Rights Group) Dick Gupwell Tel (+32-2) 284 3065; Fax 284 3068 (Socialist Group) Richard Moore, Tel (+32-2) 284 2077, 2767 (Assistant); Fax 284 230 2485 (Liberal Group; knows more about Burma than anyone else in the Parliament) Sabine Meyer Tel (+32-2) 284 3353; Fax 284 9141 (Green Group; specialises on development issues. Possesses the best- arranged Bu rma files in the European Parliament ) PUBLICATIONS, WIRE SERVICES ETC Reuters, IPS, AFP, UPI etc cover Burma. The Daily Reports, published by the US Govt. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) are good on political and military information, while the BBC's Summary of World Broadcasts (SWB) tends to have better econo mic and company material. The Far Eastern Economic Review, the Bangkok Post and The Nation (Bangkok) frequently carry news and articles about Burma. The New Light of Myanmar, published in Rangoon (from Burmese embassies, or by subscription), is an important source of information, particularly on foreign companies interested in investing in Burma. Kiscadale Publications, Murray House, Main Street, Gartmore, Stirlingshire, FK8 3RJ, Scotland/U.K. Tel (+44-8) 772 776; Fax 772 778 publishes books on Burma Le Mekong, Jean-Christophe Mikhailoff, 129 bis Bvd Murat, 7516, Paris, Tel (+33-1) 4050 1565 NB the Internet/PeaceNet conference REG.BURMA This already has several hundred news stories, articles etc on Burma. It is also a place to request information, publicise Burma events, campaign on Suu Kyi and contact others. For further information contact: Email strider@igc.apc.org Please send corrections and additions to this dossier to: Burma Peace Foundation, 6th Floor, 777, UN Plaza, NY, NY 10017, USA Tel (+1-212) 338 0048; Fax 692 9748; Email darnott@igc.org 26 September 1994 ************************************************************** NEWS SOURCES REGULARLY COVERED/ABBREVIATIONS USED BY BURMANET: ABSDF: ALL BURMA STUDENT'S DEMOCRATIC FRONT AP: ASSOCIATED PRESS AFP: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AW: ASIAWEEK AWSJ: ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL Bt.: THAI BAHT; 25 Bt.3 DUS$1 (APPROX), BBC: BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION BI: BURMA ISSUES BKK POST: BANGKOK POST (DAILY NEWSPAPER, BANGKOK) BRC-CM: BURMESE RELIEF CENTER-CHIANG MAI BRC-J: BURMESE RELIEF CENTER-JAPAN CPPSM: C'TEE FOR PUBLICITY OF THE PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE IN MONLAND FEER: FAR EAST ECONOMIC REVIEW IRRAWADDY: NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY BURMA INFORMATION GROUP KHRG: KAREN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP KNU: KAREN NATIONAL UNION Kt. BURMESE KYAT; UP TO 150 KYAT-US$1 BLACK MARKET 106 KYAT US$1-SEMI-OFFICIAL 6 KYAT-US$1 OFFICIAL MOA: MIRROR OF ARAKAN MNA: MYANMAR NEWS AGENCY (SLORC) NATION: THE NATION (DAILY NEWSPAPER, BANGKOK) NCGUB: NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA NLM: NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (DAILY STATE-RUN NEWSPAPER, RANGOON) NMSP: NEW MON STATE PARTY RTA.:REC.TRAVEL.ASIA NEWSGROUP SCB.:SOC.CULTURE.BURMA NEWSGROUP SCT.:SOC.CULTURE.THAI NEWSGROUP SEASIA-L: S.E.ASIA BITNET MAILING LIST SLORC: STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL USG: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT XNA: XINHUA NEWS AGENCY **************************************************************