Fishery is very important for food security and poverty alleviation of Myanmar people. Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are very important for the rural people to fulfill the nutrition, their livelihood and their income generation. Myanmar is a country important in fish production that is not only marine fish production but also in inland fish production. Myanmar has been implementing to combat IUU fishing by the Myanmar marine Fisheries Laws (1990) and the Laws relating to the fishing right of foreign vessel (1989). These laws are based on the Territorial Sea and Maritime Zone Law which ...[more]

Description of Voluntary Commitment Fishery is very important for food security and poverty alleviation of Myanmar people. Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are very important for the rural people to fulfill the nutrition, their livelihood and their income generation. Myanmar is a country important in fish production that is not only marine fish production but also in inland fish production. Myanmar has been implementing to combat IUU fishing by the Myanmar marine Fisheries Laws (1990) and the Laws relating to the fishing right of foreign vessel (1989). These laws are based on the Territo...[more]

The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]

Myanmar commits to ensure 80% ante-natal care coverage; 80% of births attended by a skilled attendant; 70% access to emergency obstetric care; and 80% coverage for PMTCT as well as its integration with MCH. Myanmar will also ensure universal coverage for the expanded immunization; increase the proportion of newborn who receive essential newborn care at least two times within first week of life by 80%; increase contraception prevalence to 50%; reduce unmet need for contraception to under 10%; improve ratio of midwife to population from 1/5000 to 1/4000; and develop a new human resources for hea...[more]