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TO KOFI-ANNAN
Statement on UN Secretary General's Proposed Meer with
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SPDC.
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The news of Mr Kofi-Annan's proposed meeting with General
Than Shwe, Chairman of the military junta in Burma, at
Kualanpur, Malasia on 15 December 1997 is matter of great
intrigue for all Burma democratic forces. This will mark
the first meeting between the topest UNO diplomatic
official and the brutal, oppressive military junta, SPDC.
Since there is no clear agenda or policy statement, all
forces struggling for democracy and human rights in Burma
are in a state of animated suspension.
We, the All Burma Students League (ABSL), based in India
and Thailand, welcome Secretary-General Kofi-Annan
initiative with the hope that he will use his good offices
for the restoration of democracy in our motherland. We take
at as the United Nations greater concern for the suppression
of democracy in Burma. We welcome it as first direct
intervention of UN to resolve the crisis in our country.
However, we want to emphasize that this meeting between the
UN and the military junta must not end in diplomatic
hicenicies. It would be meaningless of the UN does not force
upon the military junta to put an end to the on going
butchering of democracy. If Mr Kofi-Annan does not do so
and make it transferent, the end result would he further
suppression of democracy. The SPDC, which is engaged in a
false propaganda warfare, will exploit this meeting to its
own tactical advantave, It will bargain credibility by
saying the it is moving towards democracy by meeting the
topest UN official. In practice the junta intensify
suppression of the democratic movement.
In the above context, we would request Mr Kofi-Annan to put
the following preconditions before General Than Shwe.
1. Respect the 1990 election verdict and transfer power to
the civilian government of NLD under the leadership of Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi, this can be achive only if the SLORC,
SPDC immediately start political negotiation with Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi honest and genuine manners, 2. Only a civilian
government would have the moral and political authority to
draft a new constitution of democratic Burma. 3. UN
officials as well as international Democratic/Human Rights
organization must be given free access to all areas and
sectors to investigate primary situation of forced labor,
illegal arrest and further, jail conditions etc; 4. All
political prisoners be released unconditionally and
immediately.
Unless these preconditions are met, the meeting between UN
Secretary General and the Chief of SPDC will result in
further suppression of democracy and violation of human
rights. We appeal to Mr Kofi-Annan to be sensitive to the
overt and convert consequences of his meeting with military
junta. If right steps in the right perspectives are taken,
all democratic forces of Burma will respect the UN's move
and work for international peace and justice.
Three cheers for Democracy and the United Nations.
Central Committee
All Burma Students League
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