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Yadana, sanctions, human rights
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This article, written in 2001, discusses the debate over the use of sanctions versus constructive engagement in Burma. First, it summarises the activities of Burma support groups to lobby businesses and call for consumer boycotts. Consumer boycotts led Levi Strauss, Heineken and Pepsi-cola, among other companies, to pull out of Burma. The article then looks at Burma’s political situation and its impact on the country’s economy, and whether or not current investment in Burma would bring wealth to the country. In discussing the Yadana and Yetagun pipelines the article asks whether businesses investing in Burma should be directly or indirectly implicated in human rights abuses by Burmese security forces. The article also considers the dilemma of development agencies and NGOs considering working in Burma.
John Bray
The Royal Institute of International Affairs / Chatham House
United Kingdom
NGO/CSO
The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading organizations for the analysis of international issues. It is membership-based and aims to help individuals and organizations to be at the forefront of developments in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world.
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