Statements and press releases 1995-1999; copies of Daung O-way 1989-1998 and of other ABSDF publications 1988-1997; copies of Dawn Gwin Studio News 1989-1997 and of news bulletins of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which is broadcasting from Oslo 1998; documents concerning the National League for Democracy (NLD) 1988-1998 and the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCUB) 1990-1999; reports, copies of periodicals, clippings and other documents on refugees, drugs, international relations, foreign investments, the ASEAN, the position of Burmese women, the social and political situation in Burma and other subjects (1962-) 1988-1999. Reports of and other documents relating to meetings of the Central Committee and the Central Executive Committee 1990-1996; documents relating to conferences of the ABSDF 1991-1996; documents on the political and military policy of the ABSDF; orders by the ABSDF head quarters 1990-1997; statements; documents on the organization of the ABSDF, including the financial department and the health care department; documents on refugees, the Rodhengar problem, women, human rights violations, the SLORC and other subjects; copies of research papers and other publications by the ABSDF Documentation and Research Centre; news bulletins of the Democratic Voice of Birma (DVB) 1992-1999; printed material. Background of the collection and its content: Among the democratic organizations along the Thai-Burma border, the ABSDF is the only organization that has a systematic Documentation and Research Center from which first-hand documents to democratic forces in the liberated areas are provided, including the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB). Despite the lack of material, qualified members, human resources and safety ABSDF managed to set up a documentation and research center with the following objectives: to collect information about Burma and disseminate it to both the international and domestic communities. - to disseminate information about human rights abuses, excessive destruction of the environment, and the political situation in Burma which goes unnoticed by the majority of the world's population. - to provide international and domestic communities with information on actual developments in Burma, and the situation of the Burmese people as they live today under the military regime. - to strengthen the research and data collection of the department: data in the field of economics, environment, human rights abuses and politics. Documents on human rights violations, environmental destruction and deforestation problems inside Burma and along the border, economics, politics and international relationship are regularly circulated to the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) based in Oslo, BBC and other international news agencies, United Nations, international human rights organizations, respective governments, information departments of allied organizations and NGO's world-wide, as well as being published in ABSDF's bi-monthly Dawn news bulletin and Dawn O-Wey (Voice of the Peacock) magazine. Dawn O-Wey (Voice of the Peacock) is mainly focusing on activities of the democratic forces and on response of the international community to the Burmese struggle, by means of poetry and literature which reflects the voice of the students in the jungle, articles on democracy, human rights, federalism, political analysis on the current political situation in Burma. 1,500 copies are published bi-monthly and distributed among our members, ethnic organizations, villagers and some secret flow inside Burma through the underground network. Dawn news bulletin has 1,500 copies every two months and covers news on activities of the democratic forces, responses from the international community, human rights violations, civil war, foreign investments in Burma, drugs and environmental issues, the AIDS problem and analysis on the political situation in the country. Dawn is distributed to human rights and peace groups, church organizations, political parties, governments, news agencies, embassies, environmental groups and various solidarity groups all over the world. Burma Focus, from the ABSDF Europe Office, is published bi-weekly and gathers the latest Burma-related articles from news magazines, journals, newspapers and other media as well as some statements by the democratic forces. 1,000 copies are distributed to interest groups, individuals and governments around the globe. Moreover, books on democracy, human rights, federalism and other educational series, research papers, posters, postcards, calendars and other ad-hoc publications were published and distributed to the international community and also within Burma. In spite of technical and expertise problems, lack of material and human resources, ABSDF tried its best to provide news articles, news analysis, songs, stories and other necessary programs for the Democratic Voice of Burma. Members of ABSDF in Dawn Gwin have been involved in collecting the required information, facts and programming for broadcasting from the Democratic Voice of Burma, while other members assist in the broadcasting station in Norway.