Calendar of Burma Related Events See also: The Burma Project of the Open Society Institute's calendar |
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"Attention to calendar" October 2000 : 104th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Jakarta April/May 2000 : 103rd Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Amman January 2000 : 88th session of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Tuesday 7th December, 1999 David Sayers
speaks at the British-Burma
Society on The Botany of Burma. BBS
meetings held at Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, LONDON W1.
Admission is £5.00 per person. November 8-11th, 1999 Nordic Council 51st session, Stockholm On Sunday 8th November from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m.Burmese Fashion Through the Ages with traditional music and dancing at the Winston Churchill Hall, Pinn Way, Ruislip, Middlesex , Tickets £10 and £15 from Brenda Stanley - Tel in UK 01895 633838. Thursday, November 4th, Dr Sun Myint at the British-Burma Society speaks "On Burmese Painting." BBS meetings held at Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, LONDON W1. Admission is £5.00 per person. October 27 November 28, 1999, Photo exhibition by
Joey Bieber, La Birmanie - Un Peuple Courageux. October 24, 1999, Full Moon of Thadingyut. Public holiday in Burma. October 8-16th : The 102nd Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Berlin September 28, 1999, A celebration of
the life and work of Michael Vaillancourt Aris, The Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street,
Oxford, UK. 8 pm. Those wishing to attend are invited to apply for tickets to: Anna
McMahon, c/o The Development Office August 8th : 11th Anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising August 12-13th : The 3rd Annual Meeting for PD Burma, Bangkok August 5-6, 1999, Burma Update Conference, Brings together members of academic and non-academic communities that are interested in a substantive examination of the contemporary issues facing Burma. The conference is focused on current developments and future prospects in Burmese politics. All are welcome. July 27, 1999, Full Moon of Waso. Public holiday in Burma. July 26th : 6th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), Singapore July 26 - 31st : Meeting of IPU National Groups from the Asia-Pacific Region, with IPU sponsorship July 24-25, 1999, 9-9-99 Planning Conference, London July 23-24th : 32nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Singapore July 20-21st 6th Meeting of the 32nd ASEAN Standing Committee, Singapore July 19, 1999, Azarni Day (Martyr's Day). Public holiday in Burma. June 23-25, 1999, "New Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Strategy For Burmese Democratization" conference to be held in Seoul, South Korea. June 24, 1999. Women of Burma day event honoring Aung San Suu Kyi at US Capitol. 10:am to noon. Rayburn House Office Building, C Street and Independence Avenue, NW. Washington, DC. June 23, 1999, DC-Ban at Hootie and the Blowfish concert, Merriwether Post Pavilion. The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) June 20, 1999, The Burmese Association of California (Northern) potluck picnic to celebrate Burmese Womens' Day. Place: Lake Elizabeth Park, Stevenson & Paseo Padre Fremont, CA, Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Event honors Daw Aung San Suu Kyi - whose birthday is June 19th and will be used to form a Burmese Womens' Support Group. Contact information: TEL: (510) 4 94-1666 June 19, 1999, Women of Burma day June 6, 1999, Demonstration: Labor Rights in Burma, Burma Embassy, Washington, DC. The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) June 4, 1999, 6:30PM-8:00PM, DC Burma Activist Meeting Non Violence International office, 4545 42nd St. #209. The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) May 27, 1999, 4:30-6:30PM, Demonstration: Stop oppressing Muslims of Burma, Malaysian Embassy, S St. and Mass. Ave., Washington, DC, (at 5:30PM, walk to Burma Embassy for demonstration supporting 1990 elections). The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) May 27-June 3, 1999: Human Rights Action Camp. The Ruckus Society. Middleburg Virginia. Training for Burma activists. Sunday, May 23, 1999: Burmese Benefit Dinner ninth anniversary of the 1990 elections, Kyoto Japan. Kyoto Coop Shimogamo Center 2F, 37 Takagicho, Shimogamo, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan. For reservations contact: Burmese Relief Center, 26627 Ozukucho Kashihara, Nara 6340846, Tel: (0744) 228236, Fax: (0744) 246254, email: brelief@gol.com. May 14, 1999, 4:30PM, Demonstration: Stop supporting Burma's drug dealers, Singapore Embassy, 3501 International Place, Washington, DC. The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) May 12, 1999, 5:30-7:30PM, BURMA DISCUSSION FORUM: BURMA AND THE GLOBAL DRUG TRADE, Dr A D Gordon: "The Global Drug Trade", Professor Desmond Ball: "The Complicity of the Regime in the Global Drug, Trade" Session chaired by Professor Anthony Milner. Location: Humanities Research Centre, A D Hope Building, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. All welcome. For more information, contact: emily.rudland@coombs.anu.edu.au May 12, 1999, Rep. Tony Hall will speak at
the US Asean Business Council on Burma, Cambodia and Thailand. Contact Frances
Zwenig, US-ASEAN Business Council, Tel (202) 289-1911 ext 242 May 7, 1999, 6:30-8:00PM, DC Burma Activist Meeting May 5,1999, 5:00PM, Demonstration: Burn the Kyat notes Burmese Embassy (Wear yellow). The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) April 30, 1999, 4:30-6:00PM, Demonstration: Stop
Raping Burma, Japanese Embassy, 2320 Massachusetts Avenue, NW April 24, 1999, 3-5PM, DC Burma Activist Meeting, Rockville, MD. The Burma Activist Network, DC (DC-BAN) April 17, 1999, evening. Burma Freedom Dinner, American University. This is the raindate as the event had to be rescheduled due to snow. Tueday, April 13, 1999. Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma testifies before the Human Rights Committee of the InterParliamentary Union. 11:00AM. Geneva. There will also be a special Burma briefing that afternoon, probably at 3:00PM or 3:30PM. Contact Dr. Thaung Htun: thhtun@ibm.net April 2-4, 1999: Memorial services for Dr. Michael Aris, various cities. March 23, 1999: Conference:
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