Myanmar's Long Road to National Reconciliation (62 page)

rice consumption,
107

support for insurgent groups,
52

Thakin
movement,
234

Thaksin Shinawatra,
9

Than Shwe, Senior General,
xix
,
xxiii
,
15
,
17
,
21
,
23
,
33
,
34
,
36

as speaker of English,
34

and Aung San Suu Kyi,
29–30
,
31

ceasefire policy,
40

ethnic groups,
35

and Internet,
34

and Khin Nyunt,
29
,
30
,
32

meeting with Bo Mya,
7

and NLD,
31

visit to India,
69 n. 3

Thanlwin (Salween) River,
107

The Millenium Poll on Corporate Social Responsibility,
177

The Mystery of Capital,
88

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations,
92

Thein Sein, Lt General,
8
,
34
,
35
,
62

Thirty Comrades,
234
,
236

Tiananmen Square massacre,
255 n. 19
, n.
20

tiger reserve, Hukawng Valley,
58

Tin Hlaing, Colonel,
27 n. 29

Tin Oo (NLD Vice Chairman),
xxxiii
,
5
,
10
,
11
,
31

Tin Oo, General
(not
Tin Oo of the NLD), sacking of by Ne Win,
16
,
33

Tin Winn,
27 n. 29

Tomorrow is Another Country,
222

tourism,
xxiv
,
246–47

Track II diplomacy,
164

training and education programmes,
58

Transfer of Immoveable Property (Restrictions) Law, 1987,
95 n. 27

transfer of power in military forces,
36

transition to civilian rule,
xxii
,
xxiii
,
280
,
281
,
284

“transnational networks”,
243

Trans-National Institute (TNI),
192

transparency,
209

“tri-partite” formulation for national reconciliation,
40

Triumph International,
xxv
,
246

trust within society,
150
,
209
,
219

in rule of law,
218
“truth commission”,
161

Tu Ja, Doctor,
46

Tun Aung Chain, Professor,
71 n. 33

Tun Myint,
252

Turnell, Sean,
xxxi

U Ba Tin,
105

U Myint,
xxix

U Nu,
234
,
235

participation in insurgency,
43–44

U Than,
13

U Thaung,
27 n. 29

U Tin Htut Oo,
124

UNA,
see
United Nationalities Alliance

UNCTAD,
see
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

underemployment, as macroeconomic problem,
85

UNDP,
see
United Nations Development Programme

UNHCR,
see
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF,
see
United Nations Children’s Fund

“union” system, proposals to National Convention,
65

Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA),
13
,
152
,
194
,
200

“unitary” system, proposals to National Convention,
65

United Kingdom,
xxiv
,
6

Department for International Development (DFID),
56

United Nationalities Alliance (UNA),
50

and National Convention,
46
,
63
,
66

United Nationalities League for Democracy,
66

United Nations,
xxv
,
40
,
55
,
56
,
61
,
279

anti-UN sentiment of SPDC,
xxviii

collaboration with NGOs,
195

least developed country status for Myanmar,
22
,
44
,
106
,
265

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
117
,
133
,
197
,
204

Child Risk Index,
57

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development,
122

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
264

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
56
,
57
,
111
,
112
,
114
,
145

Human Development Index,
106

Human Development Initiative Project,
133

Human Development Report,
106

and international NGOs,
157

and Yezin Agricultural University,
109–10

United Nations General Assembly, resolutions on Myanmar,
46
,
250

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
133

United Nations Human Rights Commission,
68
,
250

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
56
,
57
,
58

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights (Paolo Sergio Pinheiro),
60
,
68

United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
265

United States,
23

Bangkok meeting,
6

and Kuomintang forces,
43

and refugees,
xxiv
,
239
,
240–41

relations with Myanmar,
159

sanctions,
20

United Wa State Party (UWSP),
4

ceasefire movement,
45
,
53
,
54

and National Convention,
64

Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
184

University of Queensland,
142

University of Western Sydney,
xxx

University of Wisconsin,
244

USAID,
see
United States Agency for International Development

USDA,
see
Union Solidarity and Development Association

UNODC,
see
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Usenet newsgroups,
249–50

UWSP,
see
United Wa State Party

Vaccine Production Unit,
143

Varshney, A.,
221

Vegetable and Fruit Research and Development Centre (VFRDC),
101
,
111

Vietnam,
107
,
134

“Visit Myanmar Year”,
246

vocational agricultural education,
100

Voice of America,
241
,
242

Wa ethnic groups, and civil society,
165

conflict with Shan,
42

CPB,
44

effect of opium ban,
5

and National Convention,
45

“Wa-Kokang-Mongla” groups,
64
,
65

warlordism,
54

Warwick University,
xxx

water resources,
99
,
107
,
117
,
130

degradation of,
118–19

efficiency of use,
121

Western countries, and military regime,
20–21
,
277
,
284
,
289

Western Sydney, University of,
xxx

White, G.,
191

Wildlife Conservation Society,
58

Wilson, Trevor,
124

Win Aung,
31
,
32

Wisconsin, University of,
244

World Bank,
21
,
274

Report,
Assessing Aid: What Works, What doesn’t, and Why,
265

World Fish Centre (WFC),
135

WFP,
see
World Food Programme

World Food Programme (WFP),
41
,
133
,
145

World Trade Organization (WTO),
119

World Vision Myanmar,
199
,
200
,
201ff
,
214

Area Development Program (ADP),
201

HIV/AIDS,
206

www.ncgub.net
,
249

Yezin Agricultural University (YAU),
xxxii
,
100
,
101
,
102
,
109
,
110
,
111
,
116
,
121

and Charles Sturt University
120

collaboration on agricultural projects,
123

collaboration with international institutions,
101

rodent control project,
139

Yi Yi Myint, Professor,
124

Young Men’s Buddhist Association,
155

Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA),
155–56

Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA),
155

Zarni,
xxxiii n. 6
,
244

Zaw Oo,
xxviii