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	SPDC Annual Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Recurrent expenditures such as salaries of SPDC staff, travel costs of the Co-ordinators, and administrative overheads for printing, postage, telecommunications, office supplies, leasing, equipment and auditing were financed from the SPDC core fund budget.
		SPDC will consult with IUFRO agroforestry experts in the development of the coordinated research project and will recommend developing-country institutions that may wish to participate in the five-year project.
		SPDC is indebted to the Japanese Foreign Ministry for their long-term support.
	www.gis.umn.edu /iufro/spdc/spdcar.htm (6803 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma: Let's Talk Page (English)
		SPDC has two ways to choose, chair the ASEAN in 2006 and release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners for the reconciliation OR relinquish the chairmanship of ASEAN and not release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners for holding the power forever.
		SPDC Generals compromise in terms of releasing political prisoners only when the pressure is unavoidable and when there is no pressure they tighten and arrest the politicians again.
		SPDC is cheating us and the internationals communities, bacause they are afraid of their own never changing morale.
	english.dvb.no /letstalk.php (1767 words)

	Content Protection FAQ
		SPDC is the only proposal for HD formats that solves player security flaws without revoking legitimate devices or affecting users.
		SPDC is a technical approach that does not require any new legislation.
		In fact, the SPDC VM core can be implemented in about one page of 'C' code (roughly 100 lines) or about 35K gates in silicon (minuscule compared with decoders and other components).
	www.cryptography.com /technology/spdc/faq.html (2499 words)

	Flight, Hunger and Survival
		However, with the SPDC becoming more successful this year at wiping out their food supplies and their ability to produce food, they are rapidly running out of options as their families go hungry and fall victim to disease.
		The official townships and village tracts used by the SPDC do not correspond to the Karen townships and village tracts; for example the three Karen townships of Papun District are all known as Papun township by the SPDC.
		While this continues, the SPDC is pushing in new roads and upgrading the existing ones to further solidify its control and to supply the new Army camps in the area.
	www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg2001/khrg0103a.html (4645 words)

	KNU talks with SPDC begin in Rangoon
		The SPDC has twenty representatives present at the talks, while some Kachin and Karen mediators are also participating in the meetings.
		KNU subsequently issued a press release claiming that SPDC troops have violated the International Human Rights Treaty in incidents that occurred in Taungoo, located in the middle of Burma, and at Tha-ton, in the south-east of the country.
		SPDC have not released news of their meeting with the KNU to media inside Burma.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2004/news-in-jan/16-jan04-14.htm (503 words)

	Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly Report-October 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The SPDC troops, from IB43, led by commander Myint Hla, the same patrol that had killed 3 innocent villagers the other day in the same village tract, seized the 2 women and gang-raped them in the farm until all the 30 troops were satisfied.
		When the SPDC troops left the farm, Naang Aam had to treat her sister, who had lost consciousness while being gang-raped, for a long while until she regained consciousness before they could return to their village which was about 2 miles from their farm.
		In June 2004, a woman was gang-raped by a patrol of 12 SPDC troops from IB43 while gathering bamboo for the military with her husband in the forest near Naa Khaw village in Murng Pu Awn village tract, Murng-Paeng township.
	www.unpo.org /news_detail.php?arg=47&par=1423 (3840 words)

	Unasylva - No. 177 - Forest research - IUFRO's special programme for developing countries
		One of the immediate tasks of the first SPDC coordinator was to evaluate the successes and failures in forestry and related research in developing countries by means of a desk study and a series of international consultations.
		The SPDC's programme is aimed at strengthening the research capability of forest scientists and technicians in developing and economically disadvantaged countries and at increasing the quality of research results obtained.
		The SPDC is developing a proposal to promote the establishment of a network of institutions in which collaboration and assistance could be implemented.
	www.fao.org /docrep/t2230E/t2230e06.htm (3020 words)

	UN Envoy Razali Ismail Brief meeting with Burmese SPDC Leaders fuels speculation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SPDC Secretary-1 Gen Khin Nyunt and Vice Sr Gen Maung Aye were also present at the meeting.
		A diplomat, who wished to remain anonymous, said that such a meeting should have at least taken about one or one-and-a-half hours and but he speculated that an unfavorable situation must have prompted the meeting to conclude within minutes.
		After his meeting with the top SPDC leaders, Razali met with leaders of the United Nationalities Alliance, UNA, in the afternoon.
	www.asiantribune.com /show_article.php?id=98 (1365 words)

	Shell Nigeria's Sustainability Report 2002 A Critical Review
		Given the global nature and sheer enormity of the scale of operations of SPDC, it is apt that the implications such operations have on the sustainability of resources, communities and the environment be reported upon from a global perspective.
		SPDC proves that information overload, especially when designed to carpet bomb the reader into oblivion, as a form of obsufication is every bit as effective as outright non disclosure or falsification of information
		This means that the public would be pleased to know exactly how much SPDC realized in earnings from their activities in the locality and how much of this was reinvested into the local economy.
	www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com /Articles/bankarow.html (2415 words)

	BPD Natural Resources Cluster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The overall process of EIA improvement started with recognition by SPDC that the existing EIA system0 was not fully effective as a basis for decision making, as a consultation tool, as a means for substantive social impact assessment, or a means for long term management within the ISO 14001 management system.
		This case-study examines the efforts of the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) in Nigeria to revitalise its environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures, with the aim of (a) improving the company’s informal social licence to operate, and (b) ‘fast-tracking’ environmental clearance.
		SPDC has adopted the proposed redevelopment of an oil and gas field in the Utapate Region of the Niger Delta as a pilot project to investigate the possibility of partnering in the EIA process.
	www.bpd-naturalresources.org /html/focus_spdc.html (981 words)

	IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC)
		SPDC, IUFRO's Special Programme for Developing Countries, was established in 1983 following a declaration of the 17th IUFRO World Congress in Kyoto, Japan, in 1981.
		SPDC aims to strengthen the capacity for forestry research in developing and economically disadvantaged countries in cooperation with forestry research institutes and donor agencies of the international community.
		The SPDC was the primary sponsor of this workshop, with the majority of funds coming from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
	www.metla.fi /iufro/iufro95/SPDC.htm (1360 words)

	SPDC MD resigning by year-end -DAWN - Business; 13 October, 2004
		In the latest publication that gave a detailed analysis of the 2004-05 federal budget, the SPDC document challenged and questioned government's claims of industrial growth and substantiated the assertion with facts.
		But the Board of Directors of the SPDC took a stand and refused to accept the new Executive Chief as it would have impaired the independent image of the SPDC.
		Researchers in SPDC say that Dr Bengali introduced many innovative systems in the SPDC and managed to bring down annual budget from Rs45 million a year to Rs36 million a year.
	www.dawn.com /2004/10/13/ebr9.htm (519 words)

	Shan: Over 1,600 Shan refugees fled to Thailand in April (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In February 2004, a 59-year-old villager was accused of being an agent of the Shan resistance and tortured to death by the SPDC troops of LIB332 in Murng-Pan township.
		As the SPDC Sergeant was about to shoot the other villagers, a group of SPDC troops came and controlled him, and took him to the base of LIB524.
		The SPDC troops stopped Na Kyaw and asked where she was going and she told them she was going to Murng Lung village to buy some food.
	www.unpo.org /news_detail.php?arg=47&par=719 (3549 words)

	SPDC & DKBA Orders to Villages: Set 2001-A
		Almost all of them were sent from SPDC military units and local SPDC authorities to village elders in Papun, Nyaunglebin, Pa’an, Thaton, Toungoo and Dooplaya Districts, which together cover almost all of Karen State and part of eastern Pegu Division (see Map 1 showing Burma or Map 2 showing Karen Districts).
		1999, which is when the SPDC leadership claims to have issued ‘Order 1/99’ to all of their military and administrative units to halt conscription of forced labour under the Villages Act and the Towns Act, colonial-era laws which allow authorities to press-gang labour under certain circumstances.
		In practice, most of the demands made by the military and SPDC authorities violate the conditions of these Acts (for example, that only able-bodied and unemployed men be conscripted and that conscripted labour should be paid), and when demanding forced labour the authorities almost never even make reference to the Acts.
	ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg2001/khrg0102.html (3730 words)

	SHELL AND THE WARRI CRISIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		OR, SPDC would want to resume operations by implementing an integrated surveillance programme based on communities such that under Divide and Rule the favoured communities are to be isolated from and pitched against the general Ijaw struggle.
		SPDC needs to replace all her pipelines and oil installations that are outdated to avoid further explosions such as the Jones Creek explosion 26th March, 1998, spilling well over 20,000 barrels of crude oil into the environment.
		SPDC needs to provide refugees/displaced ones (both Ijaw and Itsekiri) with relief materials as was done in the case of the Lagos (Ikeja) bomb explosion.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /sarticles/shell_and_the_warri_crisis.htm (1942 words)

	Two-Level Game: SPDC Divided on Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to sources, a senior official from the SPDC delegation confessed that it was “extremely difficult” to implement the peace initiative with the KNU because some elements, especially field commanders, seem to believe that the Burmese Army is capable of wiping out the ethnic insurgency.
		The SPDC delegation had to report to the War Office with the notes from each day’s meeting for further discussions and approval.
		Field commanders of the SPDC are defiant of Gen. Khin Nyunt at the operational level.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2004/news-in-jan/28-jan04-15.htm (1548 words)

	The Burmese military junta violates human rights (Monthly Report)
		On 28 October 2004, some SPDC troops, including private Maung Htwe, aged 21, told the villagers that 2 days ago they had killed 4 Shan rebels who were gathering Mai-Hawm wood in the forest to be sold in the town market, and had taken the Mai-Hawm wood for themselves.
		As Zaai Oo was resting in a deserted farm hut, a group of SPDC troops came and took his oxen away while one of the troops came into the hut and shot him dead.
		The SPDC troops accused Zin-Ta of being a Shan soldier who was hiding in the village and interrogated him, beat and tortured him to make him say where the other Shan soldiers were.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1351963/posts (3695 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Burma: Human Rights Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The SPDC continued to deny its citizens freedom of expression, association, assembly, and movement.
		The SPDC failed to put a stop to its use of forced labor for infrastructure development, the construction of Buddhist structures, maintenance of military camps, and portering for army patrols.
		In its report on the visit, the ILO again called for the SPDC to cease the use of forced labor, repeal or amend legal provisions for forced labor in the Village and Towns acts, monitor compliance, and penalize those who employed forced labor.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/asia/burma.html (1359 words)

	SPDC & DKBA Orders to Villages: Set 2003-A
		Additional details on the structure and details of the SPDC and DKBA Armies can be found in “Abuse Under Orders: The SPDC and DKBA Armies through the Eyes of their Soldiers” (KHRG #2001-01, 27/3/01).
		Some SPDC officers and officials assign responsibility for rounding up forced labour to their DKBA and KPA allies, so the orders do not originate from SPDC units; but when they arrive for work, the villagers find themselves working for the SPDC nonetheless.
		Set to a Village I: All of these orders were sent by SPDC and DKBA military units to a single village, ‘Village A’, in Papun District between August 2002 and October 2002.
	ibiblio.org /freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive/khrg2003/khrg0301.html (3642 words)

	Speed Controls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because it means the SPDC, is being forced to handle a large amount of current, for a much longer time period.......
		So the SPDC - has to be heavier and rated higher to handle extended periods of continuous use.
		Meaning Motor, drives, battery, SPDC - Etc. By asking him to run the model for a few moments - at slow speeds, bring it to the dock and check the heat on the SPDC.....By touching it.
	oldriverbillzumwalt.members.ktis.net /spdc.htm (3526 words)

	SPDC: Lying for a living
		SPDC: Lying for a living by Criticus (30-8-99) SPDC's malevolent intelligence service (MIS) led by Lt. General Khin Nyunt has created another front called Myanmar Institute of Strategic & International Studies whose acronym is officially written as "Myanmar-ISIS" (see Okkar66129@aol.com, 21-8-99).
		This may explain why the Japanese government, institutions and companies seem to be completely feel at ease with the MIS and SPDC.
		MIS-cum-diplomants run errands for U Ne Win, his daughter Sanda Win and her children, train their hanger-on like the dentist-thug of Hiratsuka-shi, Japan, to attack Burmese democrats, oppose UN resolutions comdemning SPDC, and put on a bold face as if nothing has happened.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/YANA/SPDC.html (635 words)

	KIO delegation return after talks with SPDC
		After talks and negotiations on the National Convention with the SPDC, members of the KIO delegation, led by President Gen. Too Jiang, returned to Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state.
		It is also known that U Sa Hkawn Thein Yeng of the National Democratic Army (NDA) and Gen. Too Jiang, President of KIO and commander in chief in Banla, held a meeting in connection to their visit to Rangoon.
		The SPDC, after laying down a road map for future governance in Burma, had summoned all ethnic cease-fire groups, pressuring them to join the National Convention.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2003/news-in-dec/4-Dec031.htm (225 words)

	PM Khin Nyunt will improve the image of the SPDC? - Speak out what's on your mind!
		Make no mistakes, most of the SPDC decisions are made on the wrong and inefficient data and inputs.
		New PM concept of the SPDC needs me while lacking strong support from the Tatmadaw; he has established his power base with the ceasefire and few army officers that may not work with SG than Shwe's one man show.
		If you can give the money that you, your SPDC, your relatives, your followers and your a handful of people are using to every ordinary soldiers in Burmese money, we will think whether we still should follow you or not.
	www.asiaobserver.com /ubb/Forum10/HTML/000870.html (2200 words)

	Amnesty International 1999 Annual Report on Myanmar (the Union of)
		In June the nld resolved to demand that the spdc convene in 60 days the parliament elected in May 1990 when the nld won almost 82 per cent of the seats.
		In August the spdc refused entry to a Special Envoy of the un Secretary-General in the midst of the ongoing confrontation between the nld and spdc.
		Later that month the knu, which was fighting against the spdc and the dkbo, launched an attack against a cinema in dkbo-controlled territory in the Kayin State, killing many Karen civilians.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar99/asa16.htm (1821 words)

	TO THTY re pro & anti spdc? - Speak out what's on your mind!
		if one asked what SPDC did for the country, wel in my view, their work to modernise Myanmar is ok. road/bridges n linking to frontier areas r good job.(method they use can be discussed seperately on ocassions but its controversial to engage).
		Yes I lov to c functioning democratic practice in Myanmar, I lov to c ordinary ppl can go about their daily business without fear for authority(except criminal activities of course), freedom of speech n most of all, all citizens hav the right to fight back if govt is unfair, by vote n other peaceful means.
		If you read widely (there are lots of investigative journalism out there if you care to explore) you will find that a very large sum of money was transfered by Khun Sa's daughter into the accounts of the SPDC generals to assure the safety of her father.
	www.asiaobserver.com /ubb/Forum10/HTML/000560.html (5048 words)

	Online Burma Library > Reading Room > Print and broadcast media produced by the SPDC
		SPDC (News and Periodicals Enterprise,Ministry of Information,Union of Myanmar)
		SPDC (News and Periodicals Enterprise,Ministry of Information,Union ofMyanmar)
		SPDC (News and Periodicals Enterprise,Ministry of Informaiton,Union of Myanmar)
	www.burmalibrary.org /show.php?cat=1449&lo=&sl=1 (1431 words)

	RIGZONE - Shell Appoints First Nigerian to Head SPDC
		He was appointed to the Board of SPDC in 1996, when he took up the position of General Manager, Relations and Environment.
		Omiyi said today: "I am delighted to be appointed Managing Director of SPDC and I am honored to be the first of what I expect will be many Nigerians to hold the post.
		He was first posted to Nigeria from 1992 to 1995, as SPDC Development Manager.
	www.rigzone.com /news/article.asp?a_id=14877 (402 words)

	Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003
		(5) The SPDC continues egregious human rights violations against Burmese citizens, uses rape as a weapon of intimidation and torture against women, and forcibly conscripts child-soldiers for the use in fighting indigenous ethnic groups.
		(6) The SPDC has demonstrably failed to cooperate with the United States in stopping the flood of heroin and methamphetamines being grown, refined, manufactured, and transported in areas under the control of the SPDC serving to flood the region and much of the world with these illicit drugs.
		(v) bringing to a conclusion an agreement between the SPDC and the democratic forces led by the NLD and Burma's ethnic nationalities on the transfer of power to a civilian government accountable to the Burmese people through democratic elections under the rule of law.
	www.theorator.com /bills108/hr2330.html (972 words)

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