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Footnotes - Chapter 9: Rights to Education and Health

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

2. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

3. Source: “Engaging Burma with Funds for HIV, TB, Malaria,” IPS, 19 October 2006.

4. Source: “The Junta’s Educational Mandate,” Irrawaddy, 8 September 2006.

5. Source: Ibid.

6. Source: “Barriers to Education for Poor Families in Southern Burma,” Kaowao News, 26 June 2006.

7. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

8. Source: “Unfair Tuition Fees Demanded,” Rhododendron News, CHRO, July-August 2006.

9. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

10. Source: “Dismay over National Library Move,” Irrawaddy, 10 August 2006.

11. Source: “American Center Library Opened in Rangoon,” DVB, 21 January 2006.

12. Source: “Parents in Burma’s Pegu Forced to Sign Pledge on Behalf of Children,” DVB, 9 August 2006.

13. Source: “Teachers Collect Money from Students in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 30 January 2006.

14. Source: “School Children Injured During Forced Labour in Burma,” DVB, 8 January 2006.

15. Source: “Education Officer Extorts Money from Teachers,” Narinjara News, 10 March 2006.

16. Source: “Head of Military College Arrested,” Irrawaddy, 15 November 2006.

17. Source: “Burmese Villagers Sued for Reporting Corruption in Magwe,” DVB, 23 January 2006.

18. Source: “Burmese Teachers Banned From Giving Private Tuition,” DVB, 19 May 2006.

19. Source: “New Private Tuition Law Takes Effect,” Irrawaddy, 26 May 2006.

20. Source: “Burmese Pupils Barred from Taking Exams,” DVB, 13 March 2006.

21. Source: “New Private Tuition Law Takes Effect,” Irrawaddy, 26 May 2006.

22. Sources: “Private Tuition Classes and Boarding Schools Ordered to Close in Rangoon,” DVB, 22 May 2006; “Private Tuition School Forced to Close Down by Burmese Authorities,” DVB, 6 February 2006.

23. Source: “Burmese Teachers Banned From Giving Private Tuition,” DVB, 19 May 2006.

24. Source: “Salaries Of Primary Teachers Stopped For Absenteeism,” Narinjara News, 27 February 2006.

25. Source: “Shan Students Fail Exams after Cheating Banned in Schools,” Mizzima News, 31 July 2006.

26. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, US Department of State, 8 March 2006.

27. Source: “UN Food Programme Boosts Girls’ Schooling in Burma’s Arakan State,” Myanmar Times via BBC, 18 January 2006.

28. Source: “Army Arrests and Tortures Schoolteacher,” Kaladan News, 4 June 2006.

29. Source: “Several Primary Schools Closed as Buildings Collapse,” Narinjara News, 15 September 2006.

30. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

31. Source: “Authority Orders Villagers to Pay Salaries and Rations for Government Teachers,” Kaladan News, 15 March 2006.

32. Source: “Several Primary Schools Closed as Buildings Collapse,” Narinjara News, 15 September 2006.

33. Source: “SPDC Authorities Close Down Orphanage School,” Rhododendron News, CHRO, July-August 2006.

34. Source: “Junta Orders Closure and Destruction of Orphan School,” Khonumthung, 22 November 2006.

35. Source: “SPDC Ordered Village Self Supported Middle School to Close,” Rhododendron News, CHRO, July-August 2006.

36. Source: Toungoo District: The Civilian Response to Human Rights Violations, KHRG, 15 August 2006.

37. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

38. Source: Toungoo District: The Civilian Response to Human Rights Violations, KHRG, 15 August 2006.

39. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

40. Source: Toungoo District: The Civilian Response to Human Rights Violations, KHRG, 15 August 2006.

41. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

42. Source: “Student Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Petition Drive,” Narinjara News, 21 October 2006.

43. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

44. Source: “Education Ministry Clamps Down on Post-grad Burma Research,” Mizzima News, 5 June 2006.

45. Source: “Yangon Times Publish Messages from 1988 Student Leaders,” DVB, 6 January 2006.

46. Source: “Rangoon University Students Forced to Sign Anti-Political Agreements,” Mizzima News, 17 July 2006.

47. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

48. Source: “Bus Fare Too Expensive for Burmese Students,” DVB, 12 June 2006.

49. Source: “Magwe Students Demonstrate Over Bus Fare Hike,” Mizzima News, 10 May 2006.

50. Source: “Burma’s Myinggyan College Students Forced to Join USDA,” DVB, 15 August 2006.

51. Source: “Rangoon University Students Forced to Sign Anti-Political Agreements,” Mizzima News, 17 July 2006.

52. Source: “University Student Beaten by Military Official’s Cronies in Myingyan,” ABFSU Foreign Affairs Committee, 27 July 2006.

53. Source: Ibid.

54. Source: “Students Demonstrate at Myingyan Degree College in Central Burma,” DVB, 20 September 2006.

55. Source: “Security Tightened at Rangoon Dagon Area for Fear of Upheaval,” DVB, 23 January 2006.

56. Source: “University Student Beaten by Military Official’s Cronies in Myingyan,” ABFSU Foreign Affairs Committee, 27 July 2006.

57. Source: “Singapore institute to conduct tourism diploma course in Myanmar,” Xinhua, 6 July 2006.

58. Source: “S. Korea to set up technological education center in Myanmar,” Xinhua, 10 July 2006.

59. Source: Year 2004 Education Report, ABFSU Foreign Affairs Committee, February 2005.

60. Source: Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2005, HRDU, July 2006.

61. Source: Ibid.

62. Source: “Children of Armed Forces Personnel in Arakan to Get Education Stipend,” Narinjara News, 9 June 2006.

63. Source: “SPDC Harassment of Mon Ethnic Rights Continues,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 30 April 2006.

64. Source: Ibid.

65. Sources: “Illiteracy Rate High Among Mon Children in Thailand and Burma,” Kaowao News, 15 January 2006; “More Children in Burma’s Mon State Unable to Attend School,” DVB, 16 June 2006.

66. Source: “Mon Monks and Cultural Committees Creating Educational Opportunities,” Kaowao News, 15 March 2006.

67. Source: “SPDC Harassment of Mon Ethnic Rights Continues,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 30 April 2006.

68. Source: “Mon Summer School Examination Investigated by Sa Ya Pa,” IMNA, 18 June 2006.

69. Source: “SPDC Harassment of Mon Ethnic Rights Continues,” The Mon Forum, HURFOM, 30 April 2006.

70. Source: “University students banned from wearing Mon traditional clothes,” IMNA, 5 Sep 2006.

71. Source: “SPDC Authorities Deceive Rohingya Students,” Kaladan News, 18 January 2006.

72. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

73. Source: One Year On: Continuing Abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.

74. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

75. Source: One Year On: Continuing Abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.

76. Source: Ibid.

77. Source: Shoot on Sight, Burma Issues, December 2006.

78. Sources: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006; Oppression by Proxy in Thaton District, KHRG, 21 December2006.

79. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

80. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, A Report by Back Pack Health Worker Team, 2006.

81. Source: Country Health Profile: Myanmar, WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia, 2004.

82. Source: Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, A Report by Back Pack Health Worker Team, 2006.

83. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

84. Source: “Rare Glimpse Into Burma’s ‘Heart Of Darkness’ Details A Human Rights Catastrophe - Jon Ungphakorn,” The Nation, 7 September 2006.

85. Source: Ibid.

86. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

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

88. Source: “Myanmar in Health Crisis after Decades of Civil War: Leading Doctor,” AFP, 7 September 2006.

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

90. Sources: “Myanmar in Health Crisis after Decades of Civil War: Leading Doctor,” AFP, 7 September 2006; Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma, BPHWT, September 2006.

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

92. Source: Shoot on Sight, Burma Issues, December 2006.

93. Source: Surviving In Shadow: Widespread Militarization and the Systematic Use of Forced Labour in the Campaign for Control of Thaton District, KHRG, 17 January 2006.

94. Source: “Antimony Production Plant Shut Down Following Community Protest,” Kaowao News, 26 January 2006.

95. Source: “Factory Wastes in Rangoon Damage Health of Local Residents,” DVB, 5 October 2006.

96. Source: “Health Education Training for Arakanese Health Workers Concluded Yesterday,” Narinjara News, 23 September 2006.

97. Source: “Myanmar Leprosy Prevalent Rate Continues To Drop,” Xinhua, 9 February 2006.

98. Sources: “Killer Bans Killer: Burma Junta Bans Smoking in Public Places,” DVB, 5 May 2006; “Myanmar Bans Smoking in Public Places,” AFP, 5 May 2006.

99. Source: “Chin State’s Indo-Burma Border Suffers from Medical Neglect,” Khonumthung, 30 April 2006.

100. Source: “Rohingya Woman Dies from Lack of Treatment in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 9 August 2006.

101. Source: “Rohingya Village Doctor Fined kyat 70,000 in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 9 August 2006.

102. Source: “Rohingya Woman Dies from Lack of Treatment in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 9 August 2006.

103. Source: “US Medical Experts Say Restrictions in Burma Worsen Disease Spread,” DVB, 28 March 2006.

104. Source: “No Mercy: Burmese Doctor at Magwe Pauk Township Seeks Only Profits,” DVB, 11 August 2006.

105. Source: “Fake Medicine Enters Burma from Neighbours,” Narinjara News, 29 April 2006.

106. Source: “As Scrutiny Grows, Burma Moves Its Capital,” Washington Post, 3 January 2006

107. Source: “AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Avian Influenza Spreading Unchecked In Burma,” AIDS Weekly, 17 April 2006.

108. Source: “Burmese Junta Responding Too Slowly On HIV, TB, Malaria and Avian Flu,” PLoS Medicine, 12 October 2006.

109. Source: “Burma Says It’s Winning HIV/AIDS Fight,” Irrawaddy, 30 November 2006.

110. Source: Ibid.

111. Source: “Myanmar Heading Towards Full-Blown AIDS Epidemic,” AsiaNews, 6 December 2006.

112. Source: “Myanmar Junta Denies HIV on the Rise in the Country,” AP, 4 December 2006.

113. Source: “Engaging Burma with Funds for HIV, TB, Malaria,” IPS, 19 October 2006.

114. Source: “Hopes in Myanmar for New Fund to Fight Deadly Diseases,” AFP, 11 October 2006.

115. Source: “Skepticism Over UK’s £20 Million Aid for AIDS, TB and Malaria,” Mizzima News, 11 August 2006.

116. Source: “Engaging Burma with Funds for HIV, TB, Malaria,” IPS, 19 October 2006.

117. Source: “Myanmar’s HIV/AIDS Security Threat,” Asia Times, 1 December 2006.

118. Source: “Regime resists HIV/AIDS programmes,” IPS, 15 Aug 2006.

119. Source: “Burma To Tackle Sex Education In School,” Irrawaddy, 25 January 2006.

120. Source: “UNFPA Happy with Health Movie,” Myanmar Times, 26 October 2006.

121. Source: “No Hospitals for AIDS Patients in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 14 July 2006.

122. Source: “Myanmar’s Hidden AIDS Epidemic,” Frontline/The World, 26 April 2006.

123. Source: “Health Workers Call for Greater Media Focus on HIV/AIDS,” Irrawaddy, 24 November 2006.

124. Source: “Desperate HIV Sufferers in Myanmar Turn to Weeds for Cure,” AFP, 1 September 2006.

125. Source: “A Chameleon Enlists in War on Aids,” Financial Times, 21 February 2006.

126. Source: Ibid.

127. Source: Ibid.

128. Sources: “A Tarnished Red Ribbon,” Irrawaddy, 17 August 2006; “Burma Authorities Arrest Helpers Assisting AIDS Sufferers’ Service,” DVB, 13 August 2006.

129. Source: Ibid.

130. Source: “Criticism over Arrest of HIV Workers,” Irrawaddy, 15 August 2006.

131. Sources: “A Tarnished Red Ribbon,” Irrawaddy, 17 August 2006; “Burma Authorities Arrest Helpers Assisting AIDS Sufferers’ Service,” DVB, 13 August 2006.

132. Source: “Burmese Authorities Harass AIDS Victim’s Family,” DVB, 16 August 2006.

133. Source: “Burmese Authority Changes Tone on HIV/AIDS Sufferers,” DVB, 20 August 2006.

134. Source: “Burmese Authorities Disrupting AIDS Project in Rangoon,” DVB, 19 May 2006.

135. Source: “Burmese HIV/AIDS Patients Must Register as Guests in Rangoon,” DVB, 24 August 2006.

136. Source: “Inhumane: More Pressure on AIDS Victims and Those Who Help Them in Burma,” DVB, 17 August 2006.

137. Source: “Monk Pressured and Intimidated for Helping AIDS Patients in Burma,” DVB, 26 August 2006.

138. Source: “Harassment of AIDS Patients by Burma Junta Is Violation of Rights – NLD,” DVB, 21 August 2006. The report actually stated that the matter would be reported to the Human Rights Commission, although this body was replaced by the Human Rights Council on 15 March 2006 following the adoption of UNGA Resolution 60/251.

139. Source: “The Myanmese HIV Victims Finding Hope in India,” South China Morning Post, 5 December 2006.

140. Source: “Myanmar Says WHO Approved National Bird Flu Plan, But Found Lab Shortages,” AP, 25 January 2006.

141. Source: “Experts Fear Burma Is Ill-Equipped To Handle Bird Flu,” Washington Post, 17 January 2006.

142. Source: “Burma’s Health Situation a Regional Problem – Says Report,” Irrawaddy, 28 March 2006.

143. Source: “Bird Flu Found in Burma! Would Be Hard to Contain, Warn Experts,” DVB, 13 March 2006.

144. Source: Ibid.

145. Source: “Mountains Too High to Fly Over: Wild Bird Falls Down From the Sky in Burma’s Pegu,” DVB, 26 January 2006.

146. Source: “Myanmar Battles First Bird Flu Outbreak,” AFP, 13 March 2006.

147. Source: “Myanmar Calls For International Help after First Bird Flu Outbreak,” AFP, 14 March 2006.

148. Source: “Chicken Curry Goes Underground As Myanmar Battles Bird Flu,” AFP, 20 March 2006.

149. Source: “Burma’s Bird Flu More Serious than Initially Thought,” Irrawaddy, 10 April 2006.

150. Source: “Mandalay Struggles to Contain Bird Flu,” Irrawaddy, 21 March 2006.

151. Source: “Burmese Vets Say Avian Flu Spreads to Kantbalu and Taungtha,” DVB, 21 March 2006.

152. Source: “Bird Flu Virus Spreads from Mandalay to Neighbouring Areas,” DVB, 21 March 2006.

153. Source: “Avian Flu Could Spread to Burmese Refugee Camps in Thailand,” DVB, 28 March 2006.

154. Source: “ADB Willing to Help Burma Fight Bird Flu,” Mizzima News, 21 March 2006.

155. Source: “Burma’s Bird Flu More Serious than Initially Thought,” Irrawaddy, 10 April 2006.

156. Source: “Caught between Bird Flu and Burma’s Junta,” IPS, 18 April 2006.

157. Source: “Bird Flu in Myanmar under Control – Report,” Xinhua, 3 April 2006.

158. Source: “Bird Flu under Control in Burma – WHO, FAO,” Mizzima News, 18 April 2006.

159. Source: “Bird Flu Experts to Help Combat Virus in Myanmar,” AFP, 8 May 2006.

160. Source: “Myanmar to Lift Restrictions on Bird-Flu-Affected Areas,” Xinhua, 25 April 2006.

161. Source: “Burma Plans Compensation after Bird Flu Outbreak,” Irrawaddy, 23 June 2006.

162. Source: “Bird Flu Experts to Help Combat Virus in Myanmar,” AFP, 8 May 2006.

163. Source: “Burma Plans Compensation after Bird Flu Outbreak,” Irrawaddy, 23 June 2006.

164. Source: “Myanmar Declares Itself Free of Bird Flu,” AP, 6 September 2006.

165. Source: “Burma Declares Itself Bird Flu Free,” Irrawaddy, 6 September 2006.

166. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

167. Source: Ibid.

168. Source: Ibid.

169. Source: Ibid.

170. Source: “IDPs at High Risk of Malaria Affliction,” IMNA, 30 June 2006.

171. Source: “Malaria, Dysentery and Hepatitis Common in Chin State Border,” Khonumthung, 6 March 2006.

172. Source: “Malaria Deaths on the Rise in Burmese Army,” Narinjara News, 22 April 2006.

173. Source: “Northern Arakan in the Grip of Malaria and Other Diseases,” Kaladan News, 9 May 2006.

174. Source: Ibid.

175. Source: Ibid.

176. Source: “Malaria Kills Three Children in Northern Arakan,” Kaladan News, 10 June 2006.

177. Source: “Malaria Warning on Thai-Burmese Border,” Irawaddy, 26 June 2006.

178. Source: “Malaria Break-Out in Remote Arakan,” Narinjara News, 30 August 2006.

179. Source: Ibid.

180. Sources: “Dengue Fever Outbreak Kills One Child in Burma’s Yenanggyaung,” DVB, 8 July 2006; “Dengue Fever Outbreak Kills Another Child in Central Burma,” DVB, 9 July 2006.

181. Source: “Dengue Fever Outbreak Kills Another Child in Central Burma,” DVB, 9 July 2006.

182. Source: “Dengue Fever Outbreak in Rangoon Division,” DVB, 18 July 2006.

183. Source: “Dengue Fever Outbreak in Central Burma’s Schwebo,” DVB, 13 August 2006.

184. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

185. Source: “New Fund Created to Help Burma Fight 3 Killer Diseases,” Irrawaddy, 13 October 2006.

186. Source: “Norway to Aid Myanmar Fight Three Diseases,” Xinhua, 1 December 2006.

187. Source: “Skepticism Over UK’s £20 Million Aid for Aids, TB and Malaria,” Mizzima News, 11 August 2006.

188. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

189. Source: “Engaging Burma with Funds for HIV, TB, Malaria,” IPS, 19 October 2006.

190. Source: “AIDS, TB, Malaria, and Avian Influenza Spreading Unchecked In Burma,” AIDS Weekly, 17 April 2006.

191. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

192. Source: “Myanmar Parents Worry Over Shortage Of TB Drug,” AFP, 9 January 2006.

193. Source: “41 Children Perish in Diarrhea Outbreak in Arakan,” Narinjara News, 24 October 2006.

194. Source: “Rohingya Youth Dies of Diarrhoea in Arakan,” Kaladan News, 20 August 2006.

195. Source: “Severe Diarrhoea Attacks in Northern Arakan Kill Two,” Kaladan News, 4 May 2006.

196. Source: “Poor Sanitation A Killer of Burma’s Children: UNICEF,” Mizzima News, 28 February 2006.

197. Sources: “Cholera outbreaks in upper Burma kill at least four,” DVB, 8 December 2005; “Cholera outbreak in burma tharawaddy latest: 40 dead within one day,” DVB, 30 September 2005.

198. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

199. Sources: “Cholera outbreaks in upper Burma kill at least four,” DVB, 8 December 2005; “Cholera outbreak in Burma Tharawaddy latest: 40 dead within one day” DVB, 30 September 2005.

200. Source: “Cholera Outbreak in Maungdaw,” Narinjara News, 17 May 2006.

201. Source: “Cholera Outbreak at Paungde in Central Burma Kills One,” DVB, 22 September 2006.

202. Source: “More Than 5 Children Die from Typhoid in Burma’s Pegu,” DVB, 2 July 2006.

203. Source: Responding to AIDS, TB, Malaria and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Burma: Dilemmas of Policy and Practice, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA), March 2006.

204. Source: Ibid.

205. Sources: “Burma Records First Polio Case in Six Years,” Mizzima News, 20 November 2006; “Myanmar, Bangladesh Report New Polio Cases This Year, First Since 2000,” AP, 5 June 2006.

206. Source: “Myanmar to Vaccinate 7 Mln Children against Measles,” Xinhua, 7 December 2006.

207. Source: “Foot and Mouth disease kills Mithuns in Chin State,” Khonumthung, 7 August 2006.

208. Source: “Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Burma’s Karen State,” DVB, 14 February 2006.

209. Source: Burma Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, U.S. Department of State, 8 March 2006.

210. Source: Ibid.

211. Source: Ibid.

212. Source: Interview with representatives of ICRC, HRDU, 1 February 2007.

213. Source: Myanmar: New Threats to Humanitarian Aid;Asia Briefing No. 58, International Crisis Group, Yangon/Brussels, 8 December 2006.

214. Source: “EC Confirms New Humanitarian Program for Burma,” Irrawaddy, 16 June 2006.

215. Source: Myanmar: New Threats to Humanitarian Aid;Asia Briefing No. 58, International Crisis Group, Yangon/Brussels, 8 December 2006.

216. Source: Ibid.

217. Source: Northern Arakan/RakhineState: a Chronic Emergency, Chris Lewa, Coordinator of the Arakan Project, 29 March 2006.

218. Source: Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement – Position Paper on Humanitarian Aid to Burma, Produced by the Burma Campaign UK, July 2006.

219. Source: Ibid.

220. Source: “Comments on Why MSF-France withdrew from Burma by a Staff,” DVB, 30 March 2006.

221. Source: “Mon Health Workers Struggle After MSF Withdrawal,” Mizzima News, 26 January 2006.

222. Source: “MSF-France Pulls Out of Burma,” DVB, 30 March 2006.

223. Source: “Dilemma in Funding Burmese NGOs,” Kaowao News, 16 April 2006.

224. Source: “EC Confirms New Humanitarian Program for Burma,” Irrawaddy, 16 June 2006.

225. Source: “European Donors Plan To Restore AIDS Help To Myanmar: Diplomats,” AFP, Burma Net, 24 January 2006.

226. Source: Ibid.

227. Source: “Burma Junta Will Utilise Humanitarian Aid to Further Its Policies - Ethnic Leader,” DVB, 12 August 2006.

228. Source: “European Donors Plan To Restore AIDS Help To Myanmar: Diplomats,” AFP, Burma Net, 24 January 2006.

229. Source: “Norway to Aid Myanmar Fight Three Diseases,” Xinhua, 1 December 2006.

230. Source: “Germany funds HIV/AIDS project in Myanmar,” Japan Economic Newswire, 8 May 2006.

231. Source: “Myanmar, UNICEF to cooperate in multi-sector country program,” Xinhua, 18 August 2006.

232. Source: “Japan Grants Aid for A Local Hospital in Burma,” Irrawaddy, 8 September 2006.

233. Source: “Japan gives 2.8 million dollars aid to Myanmar,” AFP, 17 August 2006.

234. Source: “Japan Donates Drug Counselling Centre to Burma,” Kyodo News via BBC, 31 May 2006.

235. “Burn Patients Allowed into Thailand for Treatment after One Dies,” NMG, 18 April 2006.