HRDU Yearbook 2006 | Footnotes

2. There have been regular resolutions passed in the UNGA in favour of the total ban on antipersonnel mines annually since the introduction of the MBT. These resolutions include: UNGA Res 52/38 (1997), UNGA Res 53/77 N (1998), UNGA Res 54/54 B (1999), UNGA Res 55/33V (2000) UNGA Res 56/24M (2001), UNGA Res 57/74 (2002), UNGA Res 58/53 (2003), UNGA Res 59/84 (2004), UNGA Res 60/80 (2005), and UNGA Res 61/84 (2006).

3. Source: Analysis of the Impact of Landmines in Burma, Non-Violence International, 2002.

4. Source: “Burmese Army’s Karen attacks ‘worst since 1997’”, Irrawaddy, 25 April 2006.

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

6. Source: “Burma: Landmines Kill, Maim and Starve Civilians,” Human Rights Watch, 20 December 2006.

7. Source: Hunger Wielded as a Weapon in Thaton District, KHRG, 20 September 2006.

8. Source: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 1997.

9. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

10. Source: Ibid.

11. Source: Ibid.

12. Source: “CNF Ratifies Anti-Landmine Treaty,” Chinland Guardian, 9 August 2006.

13. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

14. Source: Ibid.

15. Source: “Landmines”, in KHRG Photo Set 2005-A, KHRG, 27 May 2005.

16. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

17. Source: “Burma Army Launches New Attacks in Western and Northern Karen States”, FBR, 15 May 2006.

18. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.

19. Source: “Images Of New Burma Army Landmines,” FBR, 5 February 2006.

20. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

21. Source: Ibid.

22. Source: Ibid.

23. Source: Ibid.

24. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.

25. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

26. Source: Internal Displacement and Protection in Eastern Burma, TBBC, October 2005.

27. Source: “Press Release No. 48/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

28. Source: “Press Release No. 51/06”, KNU, 14 February 2007.

29. Source: “Burma: Landmines Kill, Maim and Starve Civilians,” Human Rights Watch, 20 December 2006.

30. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

31. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Thailand Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

32. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

33. Source: Landmines in Burma/Myanmar: Cause of Displacement, Obstacle to Return, Nonviolence International,15 June 2005.

34. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

35. Source: “Burma Army landmine/IED Kills Three and Wounds Eight in Mon Township," FBR, 8 December 2006.

36. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 12 June 2006.

37. Source: “Three more Ambush Letters Found with Landmines”, FBR, 11 May 2006.

38. Source: Forced Relocation, Restrictions and Abuses in Nyaunglebin District, KHRG, 10 July 2006; Nyaunglebin district: SPDC operations along the Shwegyin River, and the villagers' response, KHRG, 9 December 2005.

39. Prior to August 2006 when their political wing, the CNF, signed the Deed of Commitment.

40. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

41. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 12 June 2006.

42. Source: Armed Non-State Actors and Landmines; Volume II: A Global report of NSA mine action, Geneva Call, November 2006.

43. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 12 June 2006; “Press Release No. 2/06”, KNU, 6 January 2006.

44. Source: Ibid.

45. Source: Ibid.

46. Source: Ibid.

47. Source: Ibid.

48. Source: “Press Release No. 3/06”, KNU, 7 January 2006.

49. Source: “Press Release No. 4/06”, KNU, 7 January 2006.

50. Source: “Press Release No. 3/06”, KNU, 7 January 2006.

51. Source: “Update From Northern Karen State, Burma,” FBR, 24 January 2006.

52. Source: “Press Release No. 4/06”, KNU, 7 January 2006.

53. Source: “SPDC Plants Landmines in Taungoo District”, KTWG, 20 January 2006.

54. Source: “Press Release No. 5/06”, KNU, 21 February 2006.

55. Source: Ibid.

56. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

57. Source: “Burma Junta Plants More Landmines to ‘Protect’ New Capital," DVB, 1 February 2006.

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

59. Source: Without Respite: Renewed Attacks on Villages and Internal Displacement in Toungoo District, KHRG, 12 June 2006.

60. Source: “Forced Labor in Taungoo District”, KTWG, 1 March 2006.

61. Source: “Press Release No. 7/06”, KNU, 13 March 2006.

62. Source: “Press Release No. 9/06”, KNU, 13 March 2006.

63. Source: “Press Release No. 34/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

64. Source: “Press Release No. 13/06”, KNU, 26 August 2006.

65. Source: “Military Authorities Warns Villagers of Landmine Blasts near Explosion Site,” IMNA, 2 May 2006.

66. Source: “Karen Relief Worker Killed by Landmine,” Mizzima News, 8 May 2006.

67. Source: “Thai Engineer Wounded by Landmine Planted by Burmese Soldiers,” DVB, 5 May 2006.

68. Source: “Press Release No. 16/06”, KNU, 27 August 2006.

69. Source: “Sign and Landmine Placed to Terrorize Displaced Villagers,” FBR, 7 May 2006.

70. Source: “Landmines Claim More Victims as Myanmar Fighting Rages,” AFP, 15 May 2006.

71. Source: “Three More Ambush Letters Found with Landmines,” FBR, 11 May 2006.

72. Source: “Myanmar Man Killed in Landmine Blast near Convoy,” AFP, 15 May 2006.

73. Source: “Landmines Claim More Victims as Myanmar Fighting Rages,” AFP, 15 May 2006.

74. Source: “New Attacks by the Burma Army,” FBR, 1 June 2006.

75. Source: “Press Release No. 27/06”, KNU, June 2006.

76. Source: Oppression by proxy in Thaton District, KHRG, 21 December 2006.

77. Source: “Press Release No. 29/06”, KNU, June 2006.

78. Source: Oppression by proxy in Thaton District, KHRG, 21 December 2006.

79. Source: “Press Release No. 31/06”, KNU, June 2006.

80. Source: “Landmine Blast Kills Sergeant on Front Lines,” Narinjara News, 9 July 2006.

81. Source: Forced Relocation, Restrictions and Abuses in Nyaunglebin District, KHRG, 10 July 2006.

82. Source: “Press Release No. 36/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

83. Source: “Press Release No. 35/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

84. Source: “Burma Army attacks IDPs in Mergui-Tavoy District, Southern Karen State,” FBR, 25 August 2006.

85. Source: One Year On: Continuing abuses in Toungoo District, KHRG, 17 November 2006.

86. Source: “Burma Army Abuses During Current Offensive in Toungoo District,” FBR, 13 November 2006.

87. Source: “Five Villagers Killed and Three Wounded in Continuing Burma Army Attacks,” FBR, 2 November 2006; “Press Release No. 44/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

88. Source: “Press Release No. 46/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

89. Source: “Update on Attacks in Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State,” FBR, 13 November 2006.

90. Source: Ibid.

91. Source: Ibid.

92. Source: “Press Release No. 47/06”, KNU, 12 February 2007.

93. Source: “Press Release No. 50/06”, KNU, 14 February 2007.

94. Source: Ibid.

95. Source: “Burma: Landmines Kill, Maim and Starve Civilians," Human Rights Watch, 20 December 2006.

96. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Thailand Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

97. Source: Ibid.

98. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

99. Source: “2,000 refugees from Myanmar flee to Thailand after renewed conflict,” UNHCR, 24 May 2006.

100. Source: Annual Report 2006, Mae Tao Clinic, January 2007.

101. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Thailand Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

102. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Bangladesh Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

103. Source: Ibid.

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

105. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Bangladesh Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

106. Source: Ibid.

107. Source: Statement by Muktesh K. Pardeshi, Counsellor (Disarmament), Permanent Mission of India to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, Zagreb, Croatia, 28 November 2005.

108. Source: Ibid.

109. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 India Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

110. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 Burma/Myanmar Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006.

111. Source: “CNF Ratifies Anti-Landmine Treaty,” Chinland Guardian, 9 August 2006; “Chin Rebels Agree Not to Use Landmines,” Mizzima News, 10 August 2006.

112. Source: “Chin Rebels Agree Not to Use Landmines,” Mizzima News, 10 August 2006.

113. Source: Landmine Monitor 2006 India Report, ICBL, 17 October 2006. Though the Landmine Monitor credits this information to an article entitled “Woman killed by landmine on India-Burma border”, by the Mizzima News on 20 March 2006, the is no record of this report on the Mizzima News website.