Agenda Item 10: Economic, scial and cultural rights. "... I would like to call upon the Commission to pay special attention, especially on the escalating use of forced labor... the practice of forced labor has been continued throughout Burma, particularly in the Karen, Karenni and Shan States where the Burmese army is deployed in strength ... We are gravely concerned about the ongoing military operations in the Shan, Karen and Karenni States. In these areas, the SPDC has continued the systematic campaign of forced relocation. Massive internal displacement and, destruction of crops and live stocks by the Burmese army has made the livelihood of villagers impossible. Starvation, malnutrition and deaths from contagious diseases continue in these non-Burman ethnic areas, where international relief organizations and media are not accessible..."