USA
BURMA-SPECIFIC
East Coast
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY FREE BURMA COALITION
Kay Spiritual Life Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016-8010
Jeremy Woodrum, jw1970a@american.edu
Sapna Chhatpar, sc9517a@american.edu
FREE BURMA COALITION
P.O. Box 19405
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202)-777-6007
zni@students.wisc.edu
http://www.freeburmacoalition.org ; http://www.freeburma.org
BURMA PEACE FOUNDATION
Moved to Geneva more than 2 years ago(See Switzerland)
BURMA ROUND TABLE, NEW ENGLAND
c/o Simon Billenness,
Franklin Research & Development, 711Atlantic Ave, Boston MA
02111, USA
Tel (+1-617) 423 6655; (1-800) 548 5684.
Fax (+1-617) 482 6179;
Email sbillenness@frdc.com
BURMA ROUND TABLE, NEW YORK
Human Rights Watch/Asia, 485, 5th Avenue, New York, New York
10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 972 8400 (ext.290);
Fax (+1-212) 687 9786, 972 0905;
Email hrwnyc@hrw.org
BURMA ROUND TABLE, WASHINGTON DC
c/o Refugees International,
2639 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20008, USA
Tel (+1-202) 828 0110;
Fax (+1-202) 828 0819
burmad@clark.net
or c/o US Committee for Refugees,
Tel (+1-202) 347 3507;
Fax (+1-202) 347 3418;
BURMA SONG
Wrightson S. Tongue, Jr.
117 North Main Street, Post Office Box 236, Naples, NY
14512-0236, USA
Tel (+1-716) 374 8174
Email wtongue@earthlink.net
URL http://users.imagiware.com/wtongue
BURMA UN SERVICE OFFICE
Dr Thaung Htun,
777, UN Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel (+1-212) 338 0048;
Fax (+1-212) 338 0049;
Email burma1un@igc.apc.org
BURMESE WOMEN'S UNION New York
Ma May Pyone Aung
Tel/Fax (+1-718) 672 6941
Email burmesewu@aol.com>
CANTABRIGIANS FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
61 Pearl St #1 Cambridge MA 02139, USA
Tel (+1-617) 547-6261
Email cambridge-burma@bigfoot.com
CHIN NATIONAL COUNCIL-USA CHAPTER
FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
Dr Vum Son,
5809 Burgundy St, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, USA.
Tel/Fax (+1-301) 499 0499
Email suantak@us.net
(Information on the Chin)
CIVIL SOCIETY FOR BURMA
426, Winthrop Drive, Apt.6, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Tel/Fax: (+1-607) 266-8942
E Mail: hag2@cornell.edu
URL http://www.csburma.org/
Civil Society for Burma (CSB)
COALITION FOR CORPORATE WITHDRAWAL FROM BURMA
c/o Simon Billenness, Franklin Research & Development,
711 Atlantic Ave, Boston MA 02111, USA
Tel (+1-617) 423 6655;
Fax (+1-617) 482 6179;
Email sbillenness@frdc.com
(Organizes shareholder resolutions at various companies
involved in Burma)
COMMITTEE FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
Tin Maung Thaw,
100, Almey Ct, Sterling VA 20164, USA.
Tel/Fax (+1-703) 834 5670.
BURMA INFORMATION GROUP
PO Box 14154, Silver Spring, MA 20911, USA
Publishes the "Irrawaddy"
DEMOCRATIC BURMESE STUDENTS' ORGANIZATION (USA)
PO Box 91, Rockville, MD 20851, USA
Tel/Fax (+1-219) 456-9573
email: dbsousa@aol.com
FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS - BURMA (FTUB)
815 15th Street NW, Suite 910,
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Tel: (202) 393-7342
Fax: (202) 393-7343
Email ftubus1@ibm.net
HARVARD BURMA ACTION GROUP
URL http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~burma
Email dcschind@fas.harvard.edu
INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
1518 K St NW, Suite 201/202, Washington DC
20005, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 737 4101;
Fax (+1-202) 232 0427;
Email 76513.1112@compuserve.com
(Good contacts with US senators and congresspeople).
KARUNA CENTER
49, Richardson St, Leverett, MA 01054, USA
Tel (+1-413) 367 9520,
Fax (+1-413) 773 7507
(Good on Burmese monks)
LIAN UK (elected Chin parliamentarian)
Email c/o flehman@uiuc.edu
NORTH CAROLINA FREE BURMA CAMPAIGN
Tel: (+1-919) 9632-1606
Email: asilver@email.unc.edu
OHIANS FOR A FREE BURMA (OFFBURMA)
8 North Court St. #309 Athens, OH 45701, USA
Tel (+1-614) 448 4894
Email: lb252689@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
OHMAR KHIN & ZAW ZAW
1001 Rockville Pike, Apt # 1318, Rockville, MD 20852
Tel: (301) 424-6009
Fax: (301) 424-1984
Email freeburma@ibm.net
OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (BURMA PROJECT)
400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA;
Tel (+212) 548-0632;
Fax: (+212) 548-4655
Email burma@sorosny.org
URL http://www.soros.org/burma.html
RAINFOREST RELIEF
P.O. Box 150566, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA
Tel/Fax (+1-718) 398 3760.
relief@igc.org
(Rainforest Relief coordinates the teak-from-Burma boycott and
works on Burma forest issues.)
Wetlands Preserve, New York
Mark Goldberg (+1-212) 966-5244
RESEARCH GROUP FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BURMA
Columbia University, PO Box 250071, New York, NY 10025
tel: (718) 639-8627
fax: (718) 672-0684
email: coordinator@burma-vision.org
http://www.burma-vision.org
SHAN STATE ORGANISATION (USA)
PO Box 1144, Washington Grove, MD 20880-1144, USA
Fax (+1-301)208 8012
THE BRACKETT FOUNDATION
PO Box 8, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA
Tel (+1-315) 824 3435,
Fax (+1-315) 824 4910
Developing programs to support education at all levels to
Burmese refugees.
WEST COAST
THE BURMESE REFUGEE CARE PROJECT
Ben Brown, MD
P.O. Box 1774, Sebastopol, CA 95473
Tel (+1-707) 522-9701
("Non-profit organization supporting medical and humanitarian
efforts for Burmese refugees on the Thai-Burma border")
AMERICAN KAREN AGENCY
P.O. Box 608, Bakersfield, CA 93303, USA
Tel (+1-415) 334 9224;
Fax (+1-805) 397 9242
Email 76613.2262@compuserve.com
kyousa@compuserve.com
BAY AREA BURMA ROUND TABLE
c/o Jane Jerome,
Tel (+1-415) 967 3457;
Email jjerome@igc.apc.org
or c/o Pam Wellner <freeburma@irn.org
BURMA FORUM, LOS ANGELES
2118, Wilshire Bvd. No. 383, Santa Monica CA 90403, USA.
Tel (+1-310) 399-0703
Fax (+1-310) 393 3407;
Email bfla@freeburma.org
73030.64@compuserve.com
(Focus on corporate responsibility, human rights and democracy
in Burma)
BURMA PROJECT USA
10, Robertson Terrace, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA.
Tel (+1-415 381 6905;
Fax (+1-415) 381 1326
BURMA ROUND TABLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fax:(+1-714) 6357266, (+1-818) 349-6827
E-Mail: Pepper4336@aol.com
("A Watchdog for truthful reporting of events at the
Burma-Thailand border since 1988")
FREE BURMA-NO PETRODOLLARS FOR SLORC
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703, USA
Tel (+1-510) 848 1155;
Fax (+1-510) 848 1008;
Email freeburma@irn.org
URL http://www.irn.org
(Campaigns on Total, Unocal et al)
KAREN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
c/o Bill Gardner, 2611 NW, 54th St, Seattle, WA 98107, USA
Tel (+1-206 784 0854, 499 5289 (mobile);
Fax (+1-206) 784 1120
(North American distribution of the KHRG reports, which
comprise high quality human rights
information including interviews, especially on the Eastern
part of Burma)
KAREN NATIONAL LEAGUE (KNL)
Department of Communication and Information
Email KNLcomm@aol.com
KAREN YOUTH ORGANIZATION-USA
P.O. Box 256, Bakersfield CA 93303, USA
Tel (+1-805) 322 0739;
Fax (+1-805) 397 9242;
Email 76613.2262@compuserve.com
kyousa@compuserve.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KYOUSA
CHIN NATIONAL FRONT
Rollin VanVick
Berkeley
Tel: (+1-510) 845-1568
KACHINLAND RESTORATION PROJECT
Dr. La Raw Maran, Director
Email KachinUSA@aol.com
MONLAND RESTORATION COUNCIL
Pon Nya
2807 Westbrook Dr. Apt. 102, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Tel: (+1-219) 471-3961
Email honsawatoi@aol.com
LOS ANGELES CAMPAIGN FOR A FREE BURMA
11800 Avon Way 2, Los Angeles 90066, USA
Tel (+1-310) 391 7788;
Fax (+ 1-310) 393 3407;
Email karens@igc.org
Focus on corporate responsibility, boycott campaigns, and
democracy in Burma. (Unocal, Total)
NORTHWEST COALITION FOR A FREE BURMA
Pwint Htun
1024 W 13th Ave, Spokane, WA 99204
Htun@spk.hp.com
PROJECT MAJE,
0104, SW Lane St, Portland OR 97201 USA.
Tel/Fax (+1-503) 226 2189;
Email maje@hevanet.com
(Long-term Burma specialist. Wide general knowledge.
Especially good on investment,
ecological devastation, non-burman ethnic groups and women's
issues)
SEATTLE CAMPAIGN FOR A FREE BURMA
Tel (+1-206) 784 5742;
Fax (+1-206) 784 8150;
Email dohrs@u.washington.edu
(Working on corporate withdrawal, selective purchasing
legislation and media outreach)
STUDENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AT STANFORD (SEAS)
Haas Center
558 Salvatierra Walkway
Stanford, CA 94305
USA
tel: (650) 723-3307
fax:(650) 725-7339
email: seas@seas.stanford.edu
http://www.seas.stanford.edu
Other parts of USA
CHICAGO COALITION FOR A DEMOCRATIC BURMA
c/o Synapses, 1821 W. Cullerton, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Tel (+1-312) 421 5513;
Fax (+1-312) 421-5513.
Email synapses@igc.apc.org
FREE BURMA COALITION, ARIZONA
Naing Naing
546 S Country Club #3137, Mesa, AZ 85201, USA
60296@ef.ev.maricopa.com
(OHIO) WESTERVILLE SOCIAL ACTION
816 Coss Circle, Westerville, OH 43081, USA
Tel (+1-614) 882 7168
FREE BURMA COALITION
225 North Mill Street, Dept of Curriculum and Instruction,
Madison, WI 53706, USA
Tel: (+1-608)-827-7734
Fax: (+1-608)-263-9992
Email zni@students.wisc.edu
URL http://freeburma.org
http://wicip.org/fbc/
THERE ARE A LOT MORE BURMA GROUPS IN THE USA WHICH ARE NOT ON
THIS LIST. MOST ARE STUDENT GROUPS. A GOOD WAY OF FINDING THEM
IS TO CONTACT THE FREE BURMA COALITION, LISTED IMMEDIATELY
ABOVE:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS
New York
CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY
PO Box 1640, Cathedral Station, NY NY 10025, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 666 5924,
Fax (+1-212) 662 5892.
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED
475, Riverside Drive (Room 812), NY, NY 10115, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 870 2347,
Fax (+1-212) 870 2338.
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF) (CS)
6 East 39th Street, 8th F.
New York, NY 10016
tel: (212) 679 6800
fax: (212) 679 7016
email: dwb@newyork.msf.org
http://www.msf.org
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION
Richard Deats,
PO Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960, USA.
Tel (+1-914) 358 4601,
Fax (+1-914) 358 4924;
Email fornatl@igc.apc.org
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA, (CS)
485, 5th Avenue, NY NY 10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 972 8400 (ext 290),
Fax (+1-212) 972 0905, 687 9786;
Email hrwnyc@hrw.org
(Publishes reports on Burma, also convenes NY Burma Round
Table)
Human Rights Watch/Women's Rights Project
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY
10118-3299 USA
tel: (212) 290-4700
fax: (212) 736-1300
hrwnyc@hrw.org
INTERFAITH CENTER ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
475, Riverside Drive, Room 566 NY, NY 10115-0050, USA
Tel (+1-212) 870 2928;
Fax (+1-212) 870 2023
Email info@iccr.org
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LAW IN DEVELOPMENT, (CS)
7th Floor, 777, UN Plaza, NY, NY 10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 687 0036,
Fax (+1-212) 972 9878.
(Good knowledge of Asian NGOs)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION (IIE) (CS)
Betsy Glans,
809 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580, USA
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (CS)
432, Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 684 1221;
Fax (+1-212) 684 1696
Email ilhr@perfekt.net
(Puts out concise, high-quality briefing sheets on Burma,
especially focussing on briefing diplomats at the UN. Working
on issues of religious intolerance, in Burma and elsewhere))
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE,
122, E 42nd St, NY, NY 10168, USA
Heidi Wagner,
Tel (+1-212) 551 3000;
Fax (+1-212) 551 3185;
Email heidi@irc.com
http://www.intrescom.org
(Has projects on the Thai/Burmese border, especially with the
Karenni)
MARYKNOLL FATHERS AND BROTHERS
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0306
Tel:(+1- 914) 941-7590 Ext. 2516
Fax: 914-941-2411
Email: mklcsr@igc.org
WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR REFUGEE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
c/o International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd St, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10168-1289
tel 212 551 3000
(Dispatches fact-finding delegations of distinguished women to
refugee areas, then presents findings to US State Dept,
Congress, UN, other govts.)
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TRIBUNE CENTER (CS)
Anne Walker,
3rd Floor, 777, UN Plaza, NY NY 10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 687 8633,
Fax (+1-212) 661 2704.
iwtc@igc.apc.org
http://www.womeninc
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (CS)
Asia coordinator
333, 7th Avenue, 13th Floor, NY NY 10001-5004, USA
Tel (+1-212) 845 5200
Fax (+1-212) 845 5299.
Email lchr@igc.apc.org
URL http://www.lchr.org
(Produced good reports when they had a Burma program, which
might possibly be renewed)
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES USA
1) Human Rights Office,
c/o World Community,
Room 670, 475, Riverside Drive, NY NY 10115, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 870 2377,
Fax (+1-212) 870 2055.
2) Southern Asia Office,
475, Riverside Drive, NY NY 10115, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 870 2074/5,
Fax (+1-212) 870 2055.
3) Ecumenical Networks,
475, Riverside Drive, NY, NY 10115, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 870 2157,
Fax (+1-212) 870 2158.
PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION (CS)
211East 43rd St, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel (+1-212) 687 7755
Fax (+1-212) 687 8409
Email parlglobal@aol.com
PEACE ACTION INTERNATIONAL
866, UN Plaza (Room 4053), NY, NY 10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 750 5795;
Fax (+1-212) 750 5849
PEN AMERICAN CENTER (CS)
568 Broadway, Rm. 401, New York, NY 10012, USA
Tel: (212) 334-1660
Fax: (212) 334-2181
Email pen@echo.nyc.com
URL http://www.pen.org
(Freedom of information and expression)
UNITED CHURCH BOARD FOR WORLD MINISTRIES
(Southern Asia Office)
475, Riverside Drive, NY, NY 10115, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 870 2837, 2838,
Fax (+1-212) 932 1236
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE
339, Lafayette St, NY, NY 10012, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 228 0450,
Fax (+1-212) 228 6193.
Email wrl@igc.org
WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND PEACE (CS)
9th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, NY NY 10017, USA.
Tel (+1-212) 687 2163,
Fax (+1-212) 983 0566.
Washington DC
AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations) International Dept
815, Sixteenth St, NW, Washington DC 20006, USA
Tel (+1-202) 637 5074; 637 5050
Fax (+1-202) 637 5325.
URL http://www.afl-cio.org
(Labour issues)
SOLIDARITY CENTER, AFL-CIO
1925 K. Street, N.W., Suite 301, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Tel (+1-202) 778-4500
Fax (+1-202) 778-4525 (fax)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, (CS)
304, Penn Ave SE, Washington DC 20002, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 544 0200,
Fax (+1-202) 546 7142.
Email admin-us@aiusa.org
http://www.amnesty.org
ASIA-PACIFIC CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
110, Maryland Avenue NE, Box 70, Washington DC 20002, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 543 1094;
Fax (+1-202) 546 5103;
Email apcjp@igc.apc.org
GRAY PANTHERS
Sylvia Kleinman,
1424. 16th St, NW, Suite 602, Washington DC 20036, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 387 3111,
Fax (+1-202) 387 2492.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA (CS)
1522 K St, NW Suite 910, Washington DC., USA
Tel (+1-202) 371 6592;
Fax (+1-202) 371 0124;
Email hrwdc@hrw.org
http://www.hrw.org/about/divisions/asia.html
(Good general information on human rights in Burma. Publishes
reports)
Human Rights Watch/Women's Rights Project
1522 K Street, N.W., #910
Washington, DC
20005-1202
tel: (202) 371-6592
fax: (202) 371-0124
hrwdc@hrw.org
INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
1518 K St NW, Suite 201/202, Washington DC 20005, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 737 4101;
Fax (+1-202) 232 0427;
Email 76513.1112@compuserve.com
(Good contacts with US senators and congresspeople).
DRUG STRATEGIES
2445 M St., NW, Suite 480, Washington DC 20037, USA
tel: (202) 663-6090
fax: (202) 663-6110
dspolicy@aol.com
http://www.drugstrategies.org
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP (CS)
1601, Conn. Ave NW, Suite 700,Washington DC 20009, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 232 8500,
Fax (+1-202) 232 6731
(Especially good on constitutional and international law.
Publishes reports)
INVESTOR RESONSIBILITY RESEARCH CENTER
1350 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 700,
Washington DC 20036-1701
tel: (202) 833 0700
fax: (202) 833 3555
irrc@aol.com
http://www.irrc.org
REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL
2639 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
tel: (202) 828-0100
fax: (202) 828-0819
burmad@clark.net
http://www.refintl.org
(Also edits "Burma Debate" and convenes Washington DC Burma
Round Table)
SOJOURNERS
PO Box 29272, Washington DC 20017, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 636 3637;
Fax (+1-202) 636 3643.
US COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES
1717, Massachussetts Ave, Suite 701, Washington DC
20005, USA. Tel (+1-202) 347 3507,
Fax 347 3418.
http://www.irsa-uscr.org
(General expertise, with specialised knowledge of refugee
issues)
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
(WORLD BANK)
1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 U.S.A.
tel: (202) 458-1122
fax: (202) 522-3264
Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala
(+1-202) 473-2888
Fax 522-1659.
Other parts of the East Coast
ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUTION
Gene Sharp
50, Church St, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
Tel (+1-617) 876 0311
Fax (+1-617) 876 0837
Email einstein@igc.apc.org
CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC
215 First Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
tel 617 621 3818
fax 617 621 3814
(Research and analysis concerning the survival of indegenous
peoples and ethnic groups, including ethnic persecution as a
cause of refugee flows).
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (CS)
1501, Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Tel (+1-215) 241 7000, 241 7026
Fax (+1-215) 864 0104, 241 7026.
AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE (ARC)
(1) 317 Howeard St, Evanston, IL 60202, USA
(2) 2344 Nicollet Ave, Room 350, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
Tel (+1-612 0 872 7060
(Provides medical volunteers for refugee camps in Thailand,
for direct care, medical training, child survival programs)
INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR
(CS)
21, Longwood Ave, Brookline, MA 02146. USA.
Tel (+1-617) 732 1318,
Fax (+1-212) 734 5763.
MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
21, South 12th Street, PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501-0500, USA.
Tel (+1-717) 859 1151,
Fax (+1-717) 859 2171.
PAX CHRISTI (CS)
348, East 10th St, Eirie, PA 16503-1110, USA.
Tel (+1-814) 453 4955,
Fax (+1-814) 452 4784.
PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
100 Boylston Street, Suite 702,
Boston, MA 02116 USA
tel: (617) 695 0041
fax:(617) 695 0307
email: phrusa@phrusa.org
http://www.phrusa.org
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM USA (CS)
1213, Race St, Philadelphia PA 19107, USA.
Tel (+1-215) 563 7110,
Fax (+1-215) 564 2880.
Ruth Cadwalleder
514, Watkins Dr, Pendleton, SC 29670, USA.
Tel (+1-202) 544 8446 (office) (1-803) 646 7530 (home),
Fax (1-202) 675 1010.
West Coast
BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP
PO Box 4650, Berkeley CA 94704, USA.
Tel (+1-510) 655-6169,
Fax (+1-510) 655-1369.
Email bpf@bpf.org
URL: www.bpf.org/bpf/
GLOBAL EXCHANGE
2017 Mission Street #303, San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415-255-7296
Fax: 415-255-7498
Email: gx-info@globalexchange.org
http://www.globalexchange.org
PROJECT UNDERGROUND
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703, USA
Tel (+1-510) 705 8981
Fax (+1-510) 705 8983
Email shanna@moles.org
URL http://www.moles.org
("Exposing corporate human rights and environmental abuses,
Supporting communities facing the mining and oil
industries").
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK
221 Pine Street, Ste. 500
San Francisco CA 94104 USA
tel: (415) 398 4404
fax: (415) 398 2732
boycottmc@ran.org
http://www.ran.org/
(Ecological issues. Action Alerts on Burma; calling for
corporate withdrawal, especially oil Cos.)
UCLA RAINFOREST ACTION GROUP
c/o Dang Ngo,
Tel (+1-310) 208 5978;
Email dang@xap.com
(University-based tourism)
UCLA ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION
308 Westwood Plaza/ 300 KH Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
Tel (+1-310) 206-4438;
Email: yuki@asucla.ucla.edu
Environmental/corporate/human rights issues. Texaco, Pepsico,
Unocal
UCLA Envronmental Coalition
300 Kerckhoff Hall
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
tel (+1-310) 206 4438
Other parts of the USA
BAPTIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP
499, South Patterson, Memphis TN 38111, USA.
Tel (+1-901) 324 7675,
Fax (+1-901) 324 5921
CARTER PRESIDENTIAL CENTER
Susan Palmer,
1, Copen Hill, Atlanta GA 30307, USA
Tel (+1-404) 420 5151;
Fax (+1-404) 420 5196
(Organises conferences on Burma and has an interest in
mediating)
OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS (OCAW) INTERNATIONAL. AFL-CIO
Joe Drexler, Special Projects Director
International Office, 255 Union Blvd.Lakewood, CO 80228
Tel: (+1-303)-987-2229
Email: UMWAJD@aol.com
STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SEAC)
Chris Ford, National Council Coordinator
P.O. Box 248 Tucson, AZ 85702-0248
Tel/Fax: (+1-520) 903-0128
Email: seac@seac.org
US GOVERNMENT
President William Clinton
The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500, USA
Tel (+1-202) 456 1414
White House comment line: Tel (+1-202) 456 1111;
Fax(+1-202) 456-2461;
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
DEFENSE
Secretary of Defense William Cohen
Room 3E880, Pentagon, 20301-1000, Department of Defense:
(+1-703)-695-5261,
Fax: (+1-703)-697-9080
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL,
National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger
National Security Council, The White House, 1600, Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500.
Tel (Fax?) (+1-202) 456 9481
Eric Schwartz,
Tel (+1-202) 456 9351.
Fax (+1-202) 456 9140
(phone Nos. changed every 3 months
STATE DEPARTMENT
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
2201 C Street Washington, DC 20520
Tel (+202) 647-4000
Fax: (+202) 647 6434;
Email usdosweb@uic.edu
Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
Stanley Roth
Tel (+1-202) 647 9596
Fax:
Burma desk officer: Chris Krafft
Room 4312 Dept of State, 2201 C St NW, Washington DC 20520,
USA.
Tel (+1-202) 647 7108;
Fax (+1-202) 647 6820
Burma Desk
EAT/BCL TV, Rm. 5206, US Department of State, 2201 C Street,
NW, Washington DC
20520, USA
Tel (+1-202) 647-3132
Fax (+1-202) 647-3069
http://www.state.gov
Human Rights advisor (previously Bruce Malkin)
Rm 5313, Dept of State, 2201 C St NW,
Washington DC 20520,USA.
Tel (+1-202) 647 2722;
Fax (+1-202) 647 7388
Assistant Secretary for Human Rights, Democracy and Labor
John Shattuck,
Room 7802, Dept of State, 2201 C St NW,
Washington DC 20520,USA.
Tel (+1-202) 647 2126; 647-2264
Fax (+1-202) 647 9519
http://www.state.gov
Deputy Assistant Secretaries
Gare Smith and Steve Coffey
Tel (+1-202) 647 1780
Fax (+1-202) 647 5283
Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
PRM/AAA
Southeast Asia Program Officer
US Department of State
Washington, DC
USA
(202) 663-1012
(202) 663-1530
http://www.state.gov
US Department of State
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Office of Asian Programs
2201 C Street, NW, Rm. 5206
Washington DC 20520 USA
tel: (202) 736-8797
http://www.state.gov/www/policy.html
US MISSIONS TO THE UN
US Mission to the UN, New York
799 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Seth Winnick (Political Office)
Tel (+1-212) 415 4280
Fax (+1-212) 415 4299
Peter Londono (Human Rights)
Tel (+1-212) 415 4277
Fax (+1-212) 415 4299
US Mission to the UN, Geneva
11, Route de Pregny 1292, Geneva, Switzerland
Robert Loftus (Political Office)
Tel (+41-22) 749 4717
Fax (+41-22) 749 4671
Craig Kuehl (Human Rights)
Tel (+41-22) 749 4620
Fax (+41-22) 749 4671
US DEPT OF LABOR
200, Constitution Ave, NW, Washington DC 20210, USA.
Andrew Samet
Tel. (+1-202) 219 6043;
Fax (+1-202) 219 5980
Julie Meisner
Tel (+1-202) 219 6241;
Fax (+1-202) 219 9074
US CONGRESS
Congressional switchboard: 202-224-3121
Congressional e-mail addresses can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1007/
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UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, KOFI ANNAN
38th Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA.
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS (ASIA-PACIFIC)
Francesc Vendrell,
32nd Floor, UN Secretariat, New York, New York 10017, USA.
Fax (+1-212) 963 1395
Burma Desk Officer
Tel 963 0162
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
Gregoire de Brancovan
Fax (+1-212) 963 1314
UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP)
Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
1 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
tel: (212) 906 5828
fax: (212) 906 5825
email: shantiballoo@undp.org
http://www.undp.org
UNICEF
Rebeca Rios-Kohn,
Three, UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel (+1-212) 326 7303;
Fax (+1-212) 326 7260
(Child rights and public policy section)
Asia Section, Programme Division
3 UN Plaza #3, New York, NY 10017, USA
tel: (212) 326 7218
fax: (212) 888 7465
http://www.unicef.org
FAX NUMBERS OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT MISSIONS
TO THE UN IN NEW YORK
(Chosen because they are Burma's neighbours, important
players in the world, their blocs or regions, or for other
reasons.)
ALGERIA:
(+1-212) 759 9538
ARGENTINA:
(+1-212) 980 8395
AUSTRALIA:
(+1-212) 836 4110, 4104
AUSTRIA
(+1-212) 953 1302
(NB AUSTRIA WILL HAVE THE EU PRESIDENCY AT THE 1998 GENERAL
ASEMBLY)
BANGLADESH:
(+1-212) 972 4038
BRUNEI
(+1-212) 980 6478
CANADA:
(+1-212) 596 1640
CHILE:
(+1-212) 972 9875
CHINA:
(+1-212) 870 0333
COSTA RICA:
(+1-212) 986 6842
CZECH REPUBLIC:
(+1-212) 772 0586
FRANCE:
(+1-212) 421 6889
GERMANY:
Mr Jan Kleffel, Dr Michael Feiner
(+1-212) 856 6280
HUNGARY:
(+1-212) 755 5395
INDIA:
(+1-212) 490 9656
INDONESIA:
(+1-212) 972 8333
IRELAND:
(+1-212) 752 4726
(Strong on freedom of religion)
JAPAN:
(+1-212) 751 1966
LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:
(+1-212) 750 0039
LUXEMBOOURG
(+1-212) 935 5896
MALAYSIA:
Ambassador Razali, Ms Nafisah Mohamed
(+1-212) 490 8576
MYANMAR:
Ambassador H.E. Mr Wim Mra
(+1-212) 737 2421
NEW ZEALAND:
(+1-212) 758 0827
NORWAY: Mr Terje Nervik
(+1-212) 688 0554
PAKISTAN:
(+1-212) 744 7348
PHILIPPINES:
(+1-212) 840 8602
POLAND:
(+1-212) 517 6771
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
(+1-212) 371 8873
RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
(+1-212) 628 0252
SINGAPORE:
Ms Vijayalakshmi Menon
(+1-212) 826 2964
SOUTH AFRICA:
(+1-212) 692 2498
SWEDEN:
Mr Anders Ronquist
(+1-212) 832 0389
(Sweden is the main drafter of the Burma Resolution at the UN
General Assembly which meets in New York from September to
December every year)
THAILAND:
Dr Charivat Santaputra
(+1-212) 754 2535, 688 3029
UK:
(+1-212) 745 9316
USA:
Peter Londono (Human Rights)
Fax (+1-212) 415 4299
VIETNAM
(+1-212) 686 8534
ZIMBABWE:
(+1-212) 755 4188
US MEDIA CONTACTS
US PRINT MEDIA
WIRE SERVICES
AP (NY)
Fax (+1-212) 759 2514
AP (LA)
Fax (+1-213) 748.9836
INTER PRESS SERVICE (NY)
(+1-212) 754 2791
REUTERS (NY)
Tel (+1-212) 698 4520
(+1-212) 355 0143
REUTERS (LA)
(+1-213) 622.0056
UPI (LA)
(+1-213) 620.1237
DAILIES
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 200 Liberty Street, New York, NY
10281
Editorial Page Editor Robert L. Bartley
Tel (+1-212) 416-2550;
Fax (+1-212) 416-2658
Foreign Desk
Tel. (+1-212) 416 2210
Fax (+1-212) 416-2658
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The Christian Science Publishing Society, One Norway Street,
Boston, MA 02115,
Editor: David T. Cook
Tel. (+617) 450 2301;
Fax: (+1-617) 450 7575
Op-ed page oped@rachel.csps.com
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES,
The Times Mirror Company, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles,
CA 90053
Op-Ed Page Editor, Robert Berger
Tel:(+1-213) 237 6958;
Fax (+1-213) 237 7968
Foreign Desk.
Tel (+1-213) 237 7302;
Fax (+1-213) 237-4712
E-mail:op-ed@latimes.com
Washington Bureau.
Tel. 202-293-4650;
Fax. 202-887-1050
THE NEW YORK TIMES,
229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
Op-Ed Page Editor Katherine J. Roberts
Tel:(+1-212) 556-3652;
Fax:(+1-212)556-3690
Op-Ed Page Editor (?) David Unger
Tel (+1-212) 556 7159;
Fax (+1-212) 556 3815
Foreign Desk: Tel (+1-212) 556 7415;
Fax (+1-212) 556 3690.
UN Correspondant, Barbara Crossette
Tel (+1-212) 556 7161
Fax (+1-212) 888 1421
USA TODAY
Gannet Co., Inc., 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22229
Op-Ed Editor Glen Nishimura
Tel (+1-703) 276 4588;
Fax (+1-703) 247 3108
World Desk
Tel (+1-703) 276 3626;
Fax (+1-703) 276 5527
THE WASHINGTON POST
1150 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20071-0070
Editorial Page Editor: Meg Greenfield
(+1-202) 334 7473;
Fax (+1-202) 334 7502
Foreign News Desk
Tel. (+1-202)334 7400;
Fax. (+1-202) 334 6097
Op-ed page: Ken Ikenberry
Tel (+1-202) 334 5269;
Fax (+1-202) 334 5120
WASHINGTON TIMES
Tel (+1-202) 636 3000
THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
1150 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20071
Tel (+1-202) 334 7418;
Fax (+1-(202) 496 3102
E-mail:iht @iht.com
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
National/Foreign Desk
Tel (+1-312) 222 2408;
Fax (+1-312) 222-3143
Letters: tribletter@aol.com
BOSTON GLOBE
National/Foreign Desk
Tel (+1-617) 929 3008;
Fax (+1-617) 929 3186
Story Ideas
Email news@globe.com
Letters to the Editor
Email letter@globe.com
Religion Editor
Email religion@globe.com
BOSTON HERALD
Political comments:
Email heraldpol@delphi.com
Other op-ed comments:
Email heraldedit@delphi.com
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
International Desk
Tel.(+1- 415) 777 7066;
Fax (+1-415) 512 8196
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
Email sfexaminer@aol.com
SEATTLE TIMES
Op-Ed:
Email opinion@seatimes.com
PERIODICALS
ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL WEEKLY
Washington Bureau
Tel. (+1-202) 862 9274;
Fax. (+1-202) 862 9266
TIME
Fax (+1-212)-522-0601
Email timeletter@aol
NEWSWEEK
Fax (+1-212)-350-4120
Letters to the editor:
Email letters@newsweek.com
NEW YORKER
(+1-212)-302 9627
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE
Email 3123728@mcimail.com
Email 3133729@mcimail.com
THE NEW REPUBLIC, Inc.
Email tnr.com
Email editors@tnr.com
POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY NY
Email psq123@aol.com
ROLLING STONE, New York
Email rollingstone@echonyc.com
U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
Email 71154.1006@compuserve.com
NEW YORK PRESS
Email 381-5247@mcimail.com
BROADCAST MEDIA
RADIO
BBC UN New York
(Rob Watson)
Fax (+1-212) 421 4841
VOA UN-New York
Fax (+1-212) 826 4540
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
Foreign Desk
Tel. (+1202) 414 2299;
Fax. (+1-202) 414 3329
Email atc@npr.org,
Email wsat@npr.org,
Email wesun@npr.org,
Email morning@npr.org,
Email watc@npr.org)
BURMESE LANGUAGE RADIO
RADIO FREE ASIA
Tel (+1-202) 530 4995 or 4981
Fax (+1-202) 530 7798 (Attn: U Soe Thinn)
Email kaungk@rfa.org
Email soek@rfa.org
Email theinm@rfa.org
Email thinns@rfa.org
VOICE OF AMERICA
Burmese Service General Number
Tel/Fax (+1-202) 619 1417
Fax (+1-202) 619 1840)
Email: burmese_service@eap.VOA.GOV
URL http://www.voa.gov/burmese/
Sr Editor: U Khin Maung Win
Fax ?(+1-202) 619 1418
Chief: Daniel A. Robinson
Fax? (+1-202) 619 1416
Email drnlr2ar@his.com
Central Newsroom
Tel (+1-202) 619 2702,
Fax (+1-202) 619 2400
Central Newsroom East Asia Desk:
Fax? (+1-202) 619 0711
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TELEVISION
ABC NEWS
Foreign Desk
Tel (+1-212) 456 2800;
Fax (+1-212) 456 2795
Washington Bureau
Tel (+1- 202) 222 7777;
Fax (+1-202) 222 7684
ABC TV ( Los Angeles)
Fax? (+1-213) 557 5210
ABC Prime Time NY
Fax? (+1-212).580.2427
ABC Am Agenda NY
Fax? (+1- 212).751.0479
ABC World NY
Fax? (+1-212) 887.2795
ABC 20/20 NY
Fax? (+1-212) 887.2969
CBS NEWS
Foreign Desk
Tel. (+1-212)-975-3019;
Fax. (+1-212)-245-7560
Washington Bureau
Tel. (+1-202) 457 4321;
Fax (+1- 202) 659-2586
CBS -
David Hawkins
Tel (+1-212) 975 1998
CBS NY,
Fax? (+1-212).975.1519
CBS Eve News NY
Fax? (+1-212).975.2115
CBS TV LA
Fax? (+1-213).651.0321
CNN
International Desk
Tel. (+1-404)-827 1519;
Fax. 404-827-3134
Washington Bureau
Tel. (+1-202) 898 7911;
Fax. 202-898-7565
CNN (Atlanta)
Fax? (+1-404) 827 3015
CNN
Fax? (+1-404) 827 3134
CNN Environmental
Fax? (+1-404) 827 4292
CNN (Los Angeles)
Fax? (+1-213) 460.5081
CNN - Pam Hill
Tel (+1-212) 714 7840
C-SPAN
Assignment Desk
Tel (+1-202) 626 7965;
Fax. (+1-202) 737 6226
NBC NEWS
Foreign Desk
Tel.(+1- 212) 664 4691
Washington Bureau
Tel (+1-202) 885 4200;
Fax (+1-202) 362 2009
NBC Nightly NY
Fax (+1-212).765.8447
NBC TV LA
Fax (+1-818).840.4275
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS)
Tel. (+1-703) 739 5000;
Fax (+1-703) 739 0775
DATELINE NBC (Neil Shapiro)
Tel (+1-212)664 3888
PRIME TIME LIVE
(Philis McGrady)
Tel (+1-212) 456 1000
WGBH Boston -
David Fanning
Tel (+1-617) 492 2777
Public Television
Fred Noriega,
Tel (+1-212) 560 2000,
John Santos (Channel 13)
Tel (+1-212) 560 2000
"60 Minutes" - Phil Scheffer
Tel (+1-212) 975 2831
MacNeil/Lehrer New York
Fax ?(+1-212).581.7553
Good Morning New York
Fax? (+1-212).887.4724
EMBASSY OF MYANMAR
2300 S Street, N.W.
Washington D.C.20008
Tel: (202) 332-9044
Telex: 248310 MYAN UR
Fax: (202) 332-9046