Burma Fund WebIndex

Workshop on Humanitarian Aid to Burma

The Open Society Institute		The Burma Fund

This small, closed-door, workshop was held in Washington on May 24, 1999 at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington.  The workshop brought together practitioners, donors, experts and policy makers to examine issues involved in delivering humanitarian aid inside Burma and along the borders.   The workshop was sponsored by SAIS, The Open Society Institute's Burma Project and The Burma Fund.

Selected documents from the conference:

• Aung San Suu Kyi's foreword to the conference working paper

• The Humanitarian Crisis, Aid and Governance in Burma, a working paper for the Workshop

• Remarks of Eric Schwartz, Special Assistant to the President, on US policy on humanitarian aid to Burma

• Remarks of U Bo Hla Tint, NCGUB Minister for N. America on the government in exiles policy on humanitarian aid

UN Agencies in Burma