SWITZERLAND
BURMA SPECIALIST ORGANISATIONS
BURMA PEACE FOUNDATION
85, Rue de Montbrillant, 1202, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 733 2040;
Fax (+41-22) 733 2040
Email darnott@iprolink.ch
(Collects, organises and distributes documents on Burma,
particularly to decision-makers at the UN and other
international organisations, governments etc.. Manages the
Burma Action Directory - BAD)
ASSOCIATION SUISSE-BIRMANIE
CP 42, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 733 0741
Fax (+41-22) 733 0741
Email asb@birmanie.inet.ch
URL http://www.birmanie.int.ch
( Produces material on Burma in French)
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE OF BURMA
Swiss rep
Tel/Fax (+41-21) 691 1972
HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS
ACTIONAID
Tel (+41-22) 979 9534;
Fax (+41-22) 979 9001
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (CS)
Route de Morillons 15, Grand Saconnex, 1218, Geneva,
Switzerland
Tel (+41-22) 798 2500;
Fax (+41-22) 791 0390
ANTI-RACISM INFORMATION SERVICE (ARIS)
14 Avenue Trembley, 1209, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 740 3530;
Fax (+41-22) 440 3565
Email 73747.1664@compuserve.com
ARBEITSKREIS TOURISMUS UND ENTWICKLUNG
Missionstrasse 21, 4003 Basel, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-61) 261 4742;
Fax (+41-61) 261 4721
Email info@akte.ch
(Expert group on tourism. Campaigned against "Visit Myanmar
1996")
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE (APT) (CS)
Route de Ferney 10, CH 1211, CP 2267, Geneva
Tel (+41-22) 734 2088
Fax (+41-22) 734 5649
Email apt@apt.ch
CENTRE EUROPE-TIERS MONDE (CS)
6 Rue Amat, 1202, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 731 5963;
Fax (+41-22) 731 9152
(Works on Economic, Social and Cultural rights)
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL COALITION (CS)
8, Rue Gustav Moynier, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel (+41-22) 738 8167
Fax (+41-22) 738 8167
(works on forced evictions)
COHRE (CENTRE ON HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTIONS)
83, Rue de Montbrillant, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel/Fax (+41-22) 734 1028
Email sleckie@ibm.net
(works on forced evictions)
DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (CS)
PO Box 88, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
Tel (+41-22) 734 0558;
Fax (+41-22) 740 1145
(NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Focal point on the sexual exploitation of children)
doCip (INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION, RESEARCH
AND INFORMATION) (CS)
14, Ave de Trembley, CH 1209, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 740 3433;
Fax (+41-22) 740 3454;
Email docip@iprolink.ch
URL: http://www.docip.org
SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES-SWITZERLAND (CS)
Sennweg 1 (Langasse), CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
Tel (+41-31) 302 8555
Fax (+41-31) 302 8555
COMMISSION OF THE CHURCHES ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (CS)
Asia Dept, 150, Route de Ferney, P.O Box 2100, 1211, Geneva,
2, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 791 6218;
Fax (+41-22) 791 0361
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (CS)
81A, Ave de Chatelaine, 1219, Chatelaine, Geneva
Tel (+41-22 979 3800
Fax (+41-22) 979 3801
Email icjch@gn.apc.org
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU) (CS)
Place du Petit Saconnex, BP 438, CH 1211 Geneva 19.
Tel (+41-22) 734 4150;
Fax (+41-22) 733 3141;
email is@mail.ipu.org
(Particularly involved in working for imprisoned Burmese
parliamentarians, as well as constitutional issues and the
independence of the judiciary)
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
19, Ave de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 730 2277;
Fax (+41-22) 733 2057
Email monod.gva@gwn.icrc.org
URL http://www.icrc.ch
INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU) (CS)
46, Ave Blanc, 1202 Geneve, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 738 4202,
Fax (+41-22) 738 1082.)
Email icftu@geneva.icftu.org
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES (ICVA) (CS)
13, Rue Gautier, PO Box 216, 1211, Geneva 21.
Tel (+41-22) 732 6600;
Fax (+41-22) 738 9904
(ICVA did a mission and wrote a report on options for NGO
programmes in Burma)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH) (CS)
CP 6477-CH 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 700 1288
Fax (+41-22) 735 0653
Email fidh.ge@worldcom.ch
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION TERRE DES HOMMES (CS)
31, Chemin Frank Thomas, 1208, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 736 3636;
Fax (+41-22) 736 1510
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE RIGHTS AND LIBERATION OF PEOPLES
(CS)
P.O. Box 357, CH-1211 Geneva 13.
Tel (+41-22) 798 7707
Fax (+41-22) 788 0277
Email lidlip@span.ch
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
AND
RACISM (IMADR) (CS)
150, Route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, 1211, Geneva 2,
Switzerland
Tel (+41-22) 791 6263;
Fax (+41-22) 791 6480
INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU (CS)
Rue de Zurich 41, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 731 6429;
Fax (+41-22) 738 9419;
Email ipb@gn.apc.org
URL http://www.itu.ch/ipb
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (CS)
CP 16, 1211 Geneva 20.
Tel (+41-22) 733 5123;
Fax (+41-22) 733 0826
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS' ASSOCIATIONS
(CS)
General Secretary
8, Rampe du Pont-Rouge, 1213, Petit Lancy, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 793 2233 (-37);
Fax (+41-22) 793 2238. Elisabeth Janz Mayer-Rieckh
Ave. Soret 29
1203 Geneva
Switzerland
Email iuf@iuf.org
URL www.iuf.org
(A long-term interest in Burma, active in the ILO and elsewhere)
JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE-GENEVA (CS)
Ave. Soret 29
1203 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: (0)22-940 2260
Fax: (0)22-940 2261
Email janz@iprolink.ch
NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL, GENEVA OFFICE
Tel (+41-22) 788 8085;
Fax (+41-22) 788 8086
PAX ROMANA (MIC/ICMICA) (CS)
15, Rue du Grand Bureau, CP 315, CH 1211,
Geneva 24, Switzerland;
Tel (+41-22) 823 0707;
Fax (+41-22) 823 0708;
Email miicmica@paxromana.int.ch
POSTAL, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE INTERNATIONAL (PTTI) (CS)
38, Ave de Lignon, CH 1219-Le Lignon/Geneve, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 796 8311,
Fax (+41-22) 796 3975.
QUAKER UN OFFICE, (CS)
Ave de Mervelet 13, 1209, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 748 4800
Fax (+41-22) 748 4819
Email quno@pop.unicc.org
(QUNO has done a lot of work on child soldiers).
REFUGEE POLICY GROUP (CS)
7, Rue Gautier, 1201, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 731 3360;
Fax (+41-22) 738 9268
SOS TORTURE (WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE) (CS)
Rue de Vermont 37-39, CP 1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland
Tel (+41-22) 733 3140
Fax (+41-22) 733 1051
Email omct@iprolink.ch
"TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES",
Case Postale 161, 1211 Geneva 16, Switzerland. .
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (CS)
1, Rue de Varembe, 1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland. .
Tel (+41-22) 733 6175;
Fax (+41-22) 740 1063
Email womensleague@gn.apc.org
UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA
A) OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Palais des Nations, 8-14, Avenue de la Paix, 1211, Geneva,
Switzerland
HIGH COMMISSIONER Mary Robinson,
Tel (+41-22) 917 3134
Fax (+41-22) 917 0245
Email mrobinson.hchr@unog.ch
URGENT ACTION
Specific requests for urgent interventions on Myanmar should
be addressed to Mr Karim Ghezraoui (Asia Desk),
Tel (+41-22) 917 1529
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092
Email kghezraoui.hchr@unog.ch
and to the special rapporteur or working group concerned
(see below for list)
The text "For Urgent Action" should be indicated at the
beginning of your communication in order to facilitate its
urgent transmission to the respective mandate(s).
SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS/ REPRESENTATIVES/ WORKING GROUPS ON:
MYANMAR
Assistant, Mr Karim Ghezraoui,
Tel (+41-22) 917 1529
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092
Email kghezraoui.hchr@unog.ch
The Special Rapporteur on Myanmar is Mr Rajsoomer Lallah
EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY AND ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
Assistant Ms Imma Guerras-Delgado
Tel (+41-22) 917 3353
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092
Email iguerras-delgado.hchr@unog.ch
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL INHUMAN OR
DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Assistant Mr Alan Parra,
Tel (+41-22) 917 2276,
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092
Email aparra.hchr@unog.ch
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY
Assistant Mr Alan Parra,
Tel (+41-22) 917 2276,
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092
Email aparra.hchr@unog.ch
WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
Assistant Ms Tamara Kunanayakam
Tel (+41-22) 917 3958
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212
Email tkunanayakam.hchr@unog.ch
WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
Assistant Mr Markus Schmidt
Tel (+41-22) 917 3372
Fax (+41-22) 917 0111
Email mschmidt.hchr@unog.ch
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
Assistant Mr Patrick Gillibert;
Tel (+41-22) 917 1315;
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212;
Email pgillibert.hchr@unog.ch
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Assistant Ms Isabelle Dupuy,
Tel (+41-22) 917 4326;
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212;
Email idupuy.hchr@unog.ch
THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY
Assistant, Ms Jennifer Philpot;
Tel (+41-22) 917 1530;
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212;
Email jphilpot.hchr@unog.ch
EFFECTS OF ARMED CONFLICT ON CHILDREN
Assistants Ms Jennifer Philpot;
Tel (+41-22) 917 1530;
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212;
Email jphilpot.hchr@unog.ch
CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE
Assistant Mr Daniel Atchebro,
Tel (+41-22) 917 3410
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212
Email datchebro.hchr@unog.ch
FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION
Assistant Ms Martine Anstett
Tel (+411-22) 917 1200
Fax (+41-22) 917 0406
Email manstett.hchr@unog.ch
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Assistant Ms Erin Mooney
Tel (+41-22) 917 3528;
Fax (+41-22) 917 0092;
Email emooney.hchr@unog.ch
OTHER RELEVANT PROCEDURES, TREATY BODIES, INDIVIDUALS ETC.
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Secretary, Ms Soussan Raadi-Azarakhchi
Tel (+41-22) 917 3359
Fax (+41-22) 917 0099
Email sraadi-azarakhchi.hchr@unog.ch
Secretary, Pre-sessional meeting, Paolo David
Tel (+41-22) 917 3937
Fax (+41-22) 917 0099
Email pdavid.hchr@unog.ch
UN DECADE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Mr Daniel Premont
Tel (+41-22) 917 3394
Fax (+41-22) 917 0465
Email dpremont.hchr@unog.ch
WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
Mr Julian Burger,
Tel (+41-22) 917 3413
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212
Email jburger.hchr@unog.ch
WORKING GROUP ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
Ms Myriam Tebourbi
Tel (+41-22) 917 4303
Fax (+41-22) 917 0212
Email mtebourbi.hchr@unog.ch
B) OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)
94 Rue de Montbrillant,1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
HIGH COMMISSIONER Mrs Sadako Ogata
Tel (+41-22) 739 8111;
Fax (+41-22)731-9546
Email ogata@unhcr.ch
Dennis McNamara (Division of Protection)
Tel (+41-22) 739 8039;
Fax (+41-22) 739 7367
Email mcnamara@unhcr.ch
Kirsten Young, (Division of Protection)
Tel (+41-22) 739 8718;
Fax (+41-22) 739 8691;
Email young@unhcr.ch
Johannes Stuurwold (Bangladesh/Myanmar Repatriation Unit)
Tel (+41-22) 739 8741
Fax (+41-22) 739 7335
Email stuurwold@unhcr.ch
Rajiv Kapur (India/Myanmar border)
Tel (+41-22) 739 8393
Fax (+41-22) 739 7335
Email kapur@unhcr.ch
Reuven Menikdewela (Senior Legal Advisor) - Thai border
Tel (+41-22) 739 8416, 8405
Fax (+41-22) 739 7335
Email menikdiw@unhcr.ch
Richard Towle (Senior Human Rights Liason Officer)
Tel (+41-22) 739 7989
Fax (+41-22) 739 7354
Email towle@unhcr.ch
Carol Batchelor (Specialist on statelessness)
Tel (+41-22) 739 7717
Fax (+41-22) 739 7354
Email batchelo@unhcr.ch
Centre for Documentation on Refugees,UNHCR/CDR,
Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Geneve 2 Depot, Switzerland.
Udo Janz,
Tel (+41-22) 739 8555;
Fax (+41-22) 739 8682;
Email janz@unhcr.ch
C) DEPT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (DHA)
Palais des Nations, 1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland.
Poul Brandrup
Tel (+41-22) 788 1406;
Fax (+41-22) 788 6389;
Email poul.brandrup@dha.unicc.org
(Poul Brandrup chairs the Inter-agency Taskforce on Internal
Displacement, which is watching Burma)
D) INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)
4, Route des Morillons, CH-1211, Geneva 22, Switzerland.
Lee Swepston (human rights)
Tel (+41-22) 799 7151;
Fax (+41-22) 799 6926
Max Kern (Forced Labour)
Tel (+41-22) 799 7106
Fax (+41-22) 799 6731
Chandra K Roy, (Indigenous peoples)
Tel 799 6543;
Fax 799 6926
ILO COMMISION OF INQUIRY ON FORCED LABOUR IN BURMA
Max Kern
Tel (+41-22) 799 7106
Fax (+41-22) 799 6731
Sharon Gibbons
Tel (+41-22) 799 6871
Fax (+41-22) 799 6731
Email gibbons@ilo.com
E) INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Route des Morillons 17, Case Postale, 1211, Geneva 19,
Switzerland.
Andrew Bruce
Tel (+41-22) 717 9345;
Fax (+41-22) 798 6150
F) WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
20, Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr Shibeb (Field Support and Logistics -- Asia)
Tel (+41-22) 791 2988;
Fax (+41-22) 791 2111;
SELECTED GOVERNMENT MISSIONS TO THE UN IN GENEVA
(Chosen because they are Burma's neighbours, important
players in the world, their blocs or regions, or for other
reasons. Names are given of diplomats working on Burma, where
known)
AUSTRALIA:
Tel (+41-22) 918 2900;
Fax (+41-22) 733 6586
BRUNEI
Tel (+41-22) 929 8240
Fax 788 5230
CANADA:
Peter Splinter (hr), Denis Potvin (refugees)
Tel (+41-22) 919 9200;
Fax (+41-22) 919 9233
CHILE:
Tel (+41-22) 734 5130;
Fax (+41-22) 734 4194
CZECH REPUBLIC:
Tel (+41-22) 740 3888, 3638, 3661;
Fax (+41-22) 740 3662
DENMARK:
Dan Frederiksen
Tel (+41-22) 733 7150;
Fax (+41-22) 733 2917
EUROPEAN COMMISSION:
Mme Jacob, M. Molard
Tel (+41-22) 918 2211;
Fax (+41-22) 734 2236
FINLAND:
Tel (+41-22) 919 4242;
Fax (+41-22) 740 0287
FRANCE:
Mme Marion Paradas-Bouveau,
Tel (+41-22) 758 9111;
Fax (+41-22) 758 9137, 758 2449;
GERMANY:
Mr. Michael Schaeffer
Tel (+41-22) 730 1111;
Fax (+41-22) 734 3043, 730 1295
HOLY SEE:
Tel (+41-22) 758 1728;
Fax (+41-22) 758 1729
INDIA:
Tel (+41-22) 732 0859;
Fax (+41-22) 731 5471, 738 4548
INDONESIA
Tel (+41-22) 345 3350, 345 3359
Fax (+41-22) 345 5733
IRELAND:
Tel (+41-22) 732 8550;
Fax (+41-22) 732 8106, 731 4365
ITALY:
Mme Carla Zuppetti Marini,
Tel (+41-22) 918 0810;
Fax (+41-22) 734 6702, 733 0783
JAPAN:
Mr Masaki Wada (human rights), Hajime Hayashi (refugees)
Tel (+41-22) 717 3111;
Fax (+41-22) 788 3811
MALAYSIA:
Tel (+41-22) 788 1504;
Fax (+41-22) 788 0492
MYANMAR:
H.E. U Aye Ambassador,
Avenue Blanc 47, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 731 7540, 731 7549;
Fax (+41-22) 738 4882
NETHERLANDS:
Peter v Wufften Palthe, Richard v Rijssen,
Tel (+41-22) 797 5030;
Fax (+41-22) 797 5129
NEW ZEALAND:
Tel (+41-22) 734 9530;
Fax (+41-22) 734 3062
NORWAY:
Peter Wille
Tel (+41-22) 734 9730;
Fax (+41-22) 733 9979
ORGANISATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE:
Dr Tarzi,
Tel (+41-22) 788 6000;
Fax (+41-22) 788 6003
PHILIPPINES:
Tel (+41-22) 731 8320, 731 8329;
Fax (+41-22) 731 6888
SINGAPORE:
Tel (+41-22) 929 6655;
Fax (+41-22) 929 6658
SOUTH AFRICA:
Tel (+41-22) 849 5454;
Fax (+41-22) 849 5432
SWEDEN:
Mme Anne Dismorr (human rights), M. Per Sjogren (refugees)
Tel (+41-22) 908 0800;
Fax (+41-22) 908 0810
SWITZERLAND:
Tel (+41-22) 749 2424;
Fax (+41-22) 733 7985, 734 4431
THAILAND:
Tel (+41-22) 734 2010, 2018, 2020;
Fax (+41-22) 733 3678
UNITED KINGDOM:
Sarah Foulds, Colin Wells (human rights),
Jill Helke (refugees)
Tel (+41-22) 918 2300;
Fax (+41-22) 918 2333
USA:
Robert Loftus, Craig Kuehl
Tel (+41-22) 749 4111;
Fax (+41-22) 749 4671
VIETNAM
Tel (+41-22) 798 2485
Fax (+41-22) 798 0724
MEDIA
BBC WORLD SERVICE
Claire Doole,
Palais des Nations, Salle de Presse 1, 1211, Geneva 10,
Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 733 4538; 907 3082
Fax (+41-22) 733 7988
VOICE OF AMERICA
Lisa Schlein
Palais des Nations, Salle de Presse 1, 1211, Geneva 10,
Switzerland.
Tel (+41-22) 734 1382
Fax (+41-22) 740 0360
KYODO NEWS SERVICE, GENEVA
Hiro-Tsugu Aida,
Tel (+41-22) 734 3856, 734 7048, 734 6011 (ext 4127);
Fax (+41-22) 734 9669
ASAHI SHIMBUM, GENEVA
M. Katsuhiko Futamura,
Tel (+41-22) 917 3760; 774 3151;
Fax (+41-22) 774 3166
MAINICHI
Mr Naoki Fukuhara
Tel (+41-22) 798 5824, 734 0588
Fax (+41-22) 7989140
LE MONDE etc.
Claude Levenson, Jean-Claude Buhrer,
51, Ave de Rumine, 1005, Lausanne.
Tel (+41-21) 323 1118
Fax (+41-21) 323 1118
NOUVEAU QUOTIDIEN
Jean-Claude Peclet
Tel (+41-21) 626 2524;
Fax (+41-21) 626 2523
NOUVEAU QUOTIEDIEN, LIBERATION
Pierre Hazan
Tel (+41-22) 321 2828;
Fax (+41-22) 321 2833
BERNARD GENIER
Tel (+1-41-22) 708 9070(w);
Tel/fax (+33-50) 350 610(h);
(+33) 07 26 76 89 (mobile)
(knows about the Shan and Wa)
REUTERS
Philippe Naughton,
Palais des Nations, Bureau 70, 1211, Geneva 10.
Tel (+41-22) 733 3831; 917 3780
Fax (+41-22) 234 8760
TELEVISION SUISSE-ROMANDE
Eric Burnand,
20, Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva.
Tel (+41-22) 708 9911;
Fax (+41-22) 781 2692
L'HEBDO
Chantal Thevenoz,
Pont Bessieres 3, CH 1005, Lausanne.
Tel (+41-21) 320 3611;
Fax (+41-21) 320 3617