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People's Tribunal on Food Scarcity and
Militarization in Burma

October 15th, 1999

Voice of Hungry Nation

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INDEX

INTRODUCTION SCOPE OF INQUIRY SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE FINDINGS THE NEXUS RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDICES MAPS GLOSSARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX HOME

INTRODUCTION
What is the People’s Tribunal?
The Inquiry
Participants
Findings
SCOPE OF INQUIRY
The Right to Food
Rice
Militarization
Rise of the Tatmadaw
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE
Untold Sorrows: Food and War
- Food Under Fire
- To Live, to Work, To Eat
No War, No Peace
- Trouble in the Rice Bowl
- Hunger in the City
Government Response
FINDINGS
On the Right to Food
- The Right to Work
- Paddy Procurement
- Forced Labor
On Militarization
- Routine State Functions
- Militarization of Agriculture
- Military in the Media
- Popular Opinion
THE NEXUS
RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDICES
1: Letter to the Government of Myanma
2: Catalogue of Evidence
3: Depositions to the Tribunal
4. Testimonies Presented to theTribunal
5: Articles from New Light of Myanmar
6: Sample Military Orders
7: Bibliography
MAPS
1 Burma: States and Divisions
2: Irrawaddy (Ayeyawady) Division
3: Karen (Kayin) State
4: Mon State
5: Pegu (Bago) Division
6: Tenasserim (Taninthayi) Division
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS