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  Support groups discuss for Democracy Dawn in Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Burma remains as one of the thirteen pariah states, along with Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan, which has been under the scrutiny of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights.
At a meeting with the UN Special Envoy for Burma in March 2001, the U.S. Secretary of State Colin Power said, “Although we are encouraged by this ongoing dialogue and recent release of political prisoners, we are mindful that the Burmese regime continues to systematically violate the fundamental basic human rights of its citizens.
Burma is a country situated in the Southeast Asia with an area of 676,551 square kilometers and the population of 50 millions.
www.mizzima.com /mizzima/seminars/2001/index.htm   (5954 words)

  
 Burma Profile
The Union of Myanmar, known as Burma until mid-1989, is the land of the great Irrawaddy, or Ayeyarwady, River.
Burma was granted independence from the British in 1948.
Burma's policy of neutrality and isolation in international relations was strained by Chinese pressures in the northeast.
members.tripod.com /Rbape/Bur_prof.htm   (1897 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948.
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation.
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html   (16146 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Economy - overview
Burma is a resource-rich country that suffers from abject rural poverty.
Burma is data poor, and official statistics are often dated and inaccurate.
Published estimates of Burma's foreign trade are greatly understated because of the size of the fl market and border trade - often estimated to be one to two times the official economy.
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2116.html   (16452 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - U Ne Win (Southeast Asia History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
After Burma's independence from Great Britain in 1948, he became Home and Defense minister.
By 1971, he had transformed Burma (now Myanmar) into a one-party police state led by the Myanmar Socialist Program party.
President (1974–81) under a constitution adopted in 1974, Ne Win remained party head until 1988, when he resigned, admitting to economic mismanagement.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NeWin-U.html   (316 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Prime Minister of Myanmar Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Prime Minister of Myanmar is a high-ranking official in the government of Myanmar (or Burma).
Due to the country's long period of military rule, it has not been uncommon for the Prime Minister to be a serving (or recently retired) military officer.
Military / Party of the Socialist Program of Burma
www.ipedia.com /prime_minister_of_myanmar.html   (227 words)

  
 JOSEF SILVERSTEIN
The Future of Burma in Perspective (op.cit.) pp.
The 1994 UN Resolution on Burma: What the Secretary General Can Do.
I lead discussion and offered a country report at the outset of the conference.
www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/J.Silverstein-bibliography.htm   (830 words)

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