Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Burma notes

Thanks for this.That's a complex issue. I work for...

2008-05-10T12:06:00.000Z

Thanks for this.

That's a complex issue. I work for an NGO (as it happens) and the nuts and bolts of these issues are difficult in practice.

We'll be working with the Libya and Tanzanian governments soon (around education) and we certainly are strenthening the state's infrastructure. We have to make a decision if that crosses any ethical boundaries.

The practicalities of the situation are that you need the cooperation of the local government - no matter how vile - otherwise the job simply cannot be done.

Hi JimI have recently see this show at the Unity T...

2008-05-10T10:48:00.000Z

Hi Jim

I have recently see this show at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. If it comes close to you, I highly recommend it:
http://www.ladyofburma.com/index2.html

There is one point that you do not discuss. Most NGOs, as a matter of principle, will not let their aid be used as a tool for coercition and consolidation of tyrannical regime. This seems to me to be a legitimate position to take. The fact that some of the opposition to the regime occurs in the affected areas only makes this position more important.