BURMA/THAILAND/REFUGEES

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The Humanitarian Times
                                                           July 30, 1999

- THAI POLICY TO FORCE REPATRIATION OF 250,000 REFUGEES BACK TO BURMA
working with UNHCR over the next 3 years, said Thai National Security 
Council chief Kajadpai Burutpai this month.   Also this month
the International Labor Organization expelled Burma from ILO 
participation until it reforms its practice of forced labor.

- CHILD LABOR PROHIBITED UNDER NEW INTL LABOR ORGANIZATION TREATY
signed in June by 174 ILO country delegates, specifically prohibiting 
forced recruitment of children in armed conflict.