February 23: Sai Tha Aye, an elected Member of Parliament of NamKham township of Shan State, early yesterday, succumbed to his prolonged illness and passed away.
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February 21-27: Health Ministry officials emphasised the importance of financial resources management in helping to achieve the United Nations’ millennium development goals at a symposium on January 17 held as part of the Myanmar Health Research Congress.
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The United States and China plan to boost cooperation in drug enforcement amid concerns that traffickers are using Chinese routes to haul heroin and other drugs from neighboring Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
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State-owned refiner Indian Oil Corp and its exploration partner Oil India Ltd plan to bid for two onshore oil and gas exploration blocks in Myanmar.
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The remaining Rohinga refugees in Bangladesh will be taken back to Myanmar with the cooperation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR).
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United Nations: The Security Council on Wednesday said it had begun looking at UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s proposal to monitor the use of child soldiers and other violations of children’s rights in conflict.
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February 2005: Most people think the atrocities in Burma should not be called genocide. Guy Horton is on a quest to prove them wrong.
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February 23: The mandate which had been entrusted to the vHLT by the Governing Body of the ILO at its 291st Session (November 2004) was to evaluate the attitude of the Myanmar authorities at the highest level to the elimination of forced labour and assess their determination to continue their cooperation with the ILO in this regard. (more…)

Yangon: A high-level team sent by the UN’s International Labour Organisation on Wednesday cut short its mission to Myanmar, after failing to meet top generals to assess the junta’s commitment to fighting forced labour.
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February 22: Failing to make a progress after attacking Karenni rebels for over a month, the government troops have changed the operation code name and will re-launch fresh attacks.
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Kunming: A source with the Yunnan Provincial Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation (YMEIEC) of China said here recentlythat the plant’s last generating unit has been successfully installed this month. It will be in service with the other three generating units next month.
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Guwahati: Burma Foreign Minister Nyan Win will pay three days visit to Bangladesh from tomorrow, according to a source closed to Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh.
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London: French oil company Total has come under renewed pressure to withdraw from Myanmar in a new report by the Burma Campaign UK, which claims that Total has helped finance the country’s brutal military dictatorship.
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February 21: Political refugees from Burma celebrate at middle school with songs, dances and speeches.
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We can insist on unbridled sovereignty or we can promote widespread stability and prosperity but we cannot, it now appears, do both. The difficulty lies with failing or failed states – countries that are unable, unwilling or, more often, both, to provide their people with the core functions of a state: security, protection of property, basic public services and essential infrastructure. Such failed states are, it should be stressed, actual or potential sources of terrorism, organised crime, drugs, disease and refugees.
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February 24: Frustrated by Burma’s procrastination over his repeated requests to enter the country, UN Special Envoy Razali Ismail on Tuesday accused the Rangoon junta of ignoring his efforts to bring about national reconciliation with the opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A delegation from the International Labor Organization, long a critic of Myanmar for its inaction against forced labor, arrived here Monday to determine if the country’s military rulers have taken steps to curb the practice.
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February 21: Bangkok: Hundreds of military intelligence officers who served under deposed Myanmese prime minister General Khin Nyunt are expected to be handed stiff jail terms for corruption this week, sending fresh shockwaves through the ruling armed forces.
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February 21: Yangon: Myanmar recorded more than 656,000 foreign visitors last year, a rise of about 10 percent from 2003, a report said Monday citing official figures.
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February 21: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo expressed concern over detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s condition during talks Monday with Burma’s visiting premier and hoped democratic reforms would take place “as soon as possible,” officials said.
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