I T U C R e p o R T

"Burma’s Children: aGeneration Sacrifced"

"Overview o the impacto human and trade unionrights abuses on thesituation o children inBurma"

I T U C R e p o R T

I T U C , I n t  r n a t i  n a l T r a d  U n i  n C  n f  d  r a t i  n D  c  m b  r 2 0 0 9

The International Trade Union Conederation (ITUC) represents 175 million workers, 40percent o whom are women, in 155 countries and territories and has 311 national a-fliates.The ITUC is a conederation o national trade union centres, each o which links togetherthe trade unions o that particular country. Membership is open to all democratic, inde-pendent and representative national trade union centres.The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and deence o workers’ rights and inter-ests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning andadvocacy within the major global institutions. Its main areas o activity include tradeunion and human rights, the economy, society and the workplace, equality and non-discrimination as well as international solidarity. The ITUC adheres to the principles otrade union democracy and independence, as set out in its Constitution._ITUC5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, Bte 11210 BrusselsBelgiumPhone: +32 (0)2 224 0211Fax: +32 (0)2 201 5815E-mail: mailto:ino@ituc-csi.orgwww.ituc-csi.org