" The ICFTU sincerely hoped that, as a combined result of the Resolution on Burma adopted by the 88th Session of the International Labour Conference (Geneva, June 2000) and of the ILO's success in restoring a climate of dialogue with the authorities, the use of forced labour would significantly decrease in intensity and, in time, even be eradicated. In fact, nothing of the sort has happened and, as a result, the ICFTU is compelled to continue to supply up-to-date evidence thereof to the Committee of Experts. It does so with regret, and with increasing frustration at the authorities' lack of sincerity and commitment to eliminating forced labour. In spite of their denials, alleged efforts to suppress the practice, professed good will and spirit of co-operation with the ILO, the military authorities of Burma have continued to resort to forced labour on a massive scale. Senior, middle and low-ranking army officers and rank-and-file soldiers, as well as civilian authorities, have continued to exact forced labour in all areas of activity previously identified by the ILO. In support of its claims, the ICFTU encloses nearly 30 reports and other documents, totalling over one hundred pages. They provide detailed evidence, from the same sources and of the same quality as the hundreds of reports examined over the last 5 years by the ILO and found to be credible and authentic..."