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Myanmar

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Non State Parties	-All Burma Students Democratic Front -United Wa State Army (UWSA) -Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) -Mong Thai Army (MTA) -Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) -Palaung State Liberation Army (PSLA) -Kachin Independence Army (KIA) -Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) -Karen National Union (KNU) -Karenni National Progressive Party Army -Shan State Army - South (SSA- South) -Chin National Army (CNA) -Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)

State Parties	-Myanmar (gov of)

Type	Internal Armed Conflict

Political Status	Active

Fatalities	>13,790 since 1985

Refugees	178,845

IDPs	451,000

Weapons:

Non State Parties	MANPADS, Mines and improvised explosive devices (IED), mortars, Rotary-wing aviation, Small arms and light weapons (SALW)

State Parties	Armoured vehicles, Artillery, Mines and improvised explosive devices (IED), mortars, Small arms and light weapons (SALW)

Myanmar 2008

Conflict Summary

The conflict between the Myanmar government and the six rebel groups that are yet to sign a ceasefire – the Karen National Union (KNU) and its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Shan State Army-south (SSA-south), the Chin National Front (CNF), Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA) and the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) – continues. Myanmar’s complex conflict revolves around the dissatisfaction of ethnic minorities with their treatment by the military government. Various armed groups exist within the border areas of Myanmar, each claiming to represent a minority group. Lack of funding, however, combined with the military’s strategy of strict repression, means that their low-level war has had little impact. Although, international economic sanctions have been imposed against the country’s unelected government, narcotics production and opium processing helps to fund the rebels.