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BURMA ACTION CALENDAR
BURMA INTERNATIONAL ACTION CALENDAR -- draft June 97
(Variable or one-off events are in lower case)
PLEASE CORRECT AND ADD AND SEND UPDATES TO darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
PLEASE ADD MEETINGS OF ADB, IMF, WORLD BANK, ARF, ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETINGS OF DELINQUENT CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING
JAPANESE, ANY MISSING NATIONAL DAYS ETC.ETC.
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DATE EVENT
1997
JUNE
2-6 UNICEF Executive Board, NY
2-11 UN Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
(Geneva)
2-13 (UN) Committee on the peaceful uses of outer space,
40th session, Vienna (draft resolution regarding
certain generals)
3-19 ILO General Conference (Geneva)
14 KAW THOO LEI DAY
14 Asean Economic Minister's Retreat, Jakarta
19 DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S BIRTHDAY. BURMA WOMEN'S DAY
21 KARENNI NATIONAL DAY
23-27 General Assembly Special Session on Agenda 21, NY
JULY
5 KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY DAY
7 COMMEMORATION OF THE BOMBING OF THE STUDENT UNION
AND SHOOTING OF STUDENTS IN 1926 BY SECURITY FORCES
IN RANGOON
8- 10 Asean-EU Business Conference, Jakarta.
19 MARTYRS DAY (official)
21-27 ASEAN Summit in KL.
(21-22: Asean Snr Officers Mtg,
24-25: Ministerial Meeting,
27: Asean Regional Forum).
28-1 Aug UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations (Geneva)
AUGUST
4-29 UN Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and
Protection of Minorities, 49th session (Geneva)
8 ANNIVERSARY OF 8.8.88 AND ASEAN BANGKOK DECLARATION
DECLARATION (1967).
9 KARENNI RESISTANCE DAY
10 KAREN MARTYRS DAY
17 KARENNI ARMY DAY
18 - 21 Meeting of the Asean Senior Officials on Drug
Matters(ASOD), Bandar Seri Begawan.
SEPTEMBER
3 -5 Mtg of Asean Senior Officials on Environment,
Davao, Philippines.(tentative)
8 KARENNI MARTYRS DAY
9-12 UNICEF Executive Board, NY
9 - 10 ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Environment, Manado,
Indonesia (tentative.)
16 General Assembly begins -- to mid December -- NY
18 ANNIVERSARY OF SLORC COUP, 1988
24 NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY FORMED 1988
OCTOBER
UNHCR Executive Committee (Geneva)
16 - 18 Asean Economic Ministers Meeting, Petaling
Jaya.(Malaysia)
Mtg of Asean Task Force on AIDS (tentative).
22 SHAN NEW YEAR
NOVEMBER
6-20 ILO Governing Body (Geneva)
APEC Meeting, Vancouver.
Mid Nov. (ANTI) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INTERNATIONAL DAY
DECEMBER
1 WORLD AIDS DAY. Slorc brutality, corruption
and involvement in drug and flesh trade makes
situation worse.
8 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL
COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA, IN 1990
IN MANERPLAW
10 WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
14-16 Informal ASEAN summit in KL and celebration of
Asean's 30th Anniversary
31 KAREN REVOLUTION DAY
1998
JANUARY
4 INDEPENDENCE DAY IN BURMA (OFFICIAL).
12 KAREN NEW YEAR
FEBRUARY
5 KAREN NATIONAL UNION DAY
7 SHAN NATIONAL DAY
11 KAREN NATIONAL DAY
12 NATIONAL UNION DAY IN BURMA (OFFICIAL) FOCUS ON
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF BURMA
15 MON NATIONAL DAY
MARCH
2 ANNIVERSARY OF 1962 COUP AND FARMERS DAY
8 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
13 BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS DAY (UNOFFICIAL)
18 "BLOODY FRIDAY" (1988)
27 RESISTANCE DAY IN BURMA
March-
April Commission on Human Rights, 54th session (Geneva)
APRIL
5 KAREN WOMEN'S ORGANISATION DAY
17 UNITED WA STATE PARTY REVOLUTION DAY
MAY
23 KAREN YOUTH ORGANISATION DAY
24 U NE WIN'S BIRTHDAY (1911)
27 ANNIVERSARY OF 1990 ELECTIONS