To send a letter to UN General Asse (r)

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Subject: Re: To send a letter to UN General Assembly.(fwd)

At 01:14 AM 9/9/96, you wrote:
>From: Myo Aye <082903@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: To send a letter to UN General Assembly. 
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>			To send a letter to UN General Assembly
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>President
>General Assembly
>United Nations
>New York, NY USA
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>Dear sir:
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>The United Nations was founded to save succeeding generations from the scourge 
>of war, which twice in this century brought untold sorrow to mankind; to 
>reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of each 
>human being, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and 
>small; to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the 
>obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law
can be 
>maintained; and to promote social progress and better standards of living 
>together with greater freedom.  According to these concepts, the United
Nations 
>has solved not only international disputes but also its members' domestic 
>affairs.
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>In 1988, the pro democracy movement broke out in Burma (Myanmar) and the 
>military came to power after a bloody crackdown.  In 1990, the Burmese
military 
>junta, SLORC, held an election which the National League for Democracy
(NLD) won 
>by a landslide. For five years the Burmese military junta has ignored the 
>decision reached by UNGA Resolution 47/132 according to which the Government 
>of Myanmar assured the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies of its 
>intention to take all necessary steps toward democracy in light of the 
>elections held in 1990.
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>Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that the
will of 
>the people will be the basis of authority of government and that this will be 
>expressed in periodic and genuine elections which will be by universal and
equal 
>suffrage and will be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting 
>procedures.  As a result of the 1990 election, the people of Burma have 
>selected the NLD as their representatives.  Therefore, the representatives 
>of the SLORC attending the General Assembly do not represent the people of 
>Burma.
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>In recent years, the international community has joined together against
the use 
>of force and international terrorism.  Taking effective actions against the 
>Burmese military regime -- which has governed the people of Burma by force and 
>through violations of human rights such as execution, rape and torture -- will 
>promote world peace and justice.
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>We believe that justice among human beings can foster mutual understanding 
>and allow all to live in peace.  The reports from the Special Rapporteur of
the 
>Secretary General of the United Nations, Amnesty International and the 
>International Committee of the Red Cross show that the SLORC is tricking the 
>whole world.  So it is time for the United Nations to stand up firmly for the 
>truth.  Taking action against the Burmese military junta will show that the 
>United Nations will take such action against any of its members' governments 
>whose armed forces oppress and torture their own people.
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>For these reasons, we, the undersigned, hereby request that the United 
>Nations expel the representatives of the Burmese military junta from the 
>ongoing General Assembly.
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>Sincerely yours,
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