Japanese conquest of Burma main attack westward from Rahaeng in Thailand across the Kawkareik Pass. The 16th Indian Infantry Brigade of the 17th Indian Division guarding this approach retreated hastily westward. The Japanese division advanced to Moulmein at the mouth of the Salween River which was garrisoned by the 2nd Burma Infantry Brigade. The position was almost impossible to defend, and had the River Salween, almost wide, behind it. The 2nd Burma Brigade was squeezed into a progressively tighter perimeter, and eventually retreated over the river by ferry on 31 January after abandoning a large amount of supplies and equipment. Part of the force
Mekong River Commission including China, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. From its conception until 1995 the organization was under the leadership of an "executive agent". Since then it has had CEO's. The Mekong River Commission and its predecessors have never included the People's Republic of China (which was not a member of the United Nations in 1957) or Burma (which does not significantly rely on or tap the Mekong), whose territory contains the upper Basin of the Mekong. Although a New York-based organization called SERVIR has started a joint initiative project, SERVIR Mekong project, with five countries, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and