U.S. Support for Human Rights and D (r)

[moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear Netters,
                        The following is the U.S. government's policy
statement regarding SPDC's continuous human rights abuses.

Sincerely,

Julien Moe
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U.S. Support for Human Rights and
                                      Democracy in Burma 
  
                                     Reviewed 2 March 1998


     The United States condemns in the strongest terms efforts by the State
Law and Order Restoration
     Council (SLORC), recently renamed the State Peace and Development
Council (SPDC), to prevent the
     citizens of Burma from exercising their basic political rights. The
United States wants an end to human
     rights abuses and the installation of a democratically elected
government in Rangoon, and supports the
     aspirations of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the people
of Burma, who desire what so
     many others around the world now take for granted: the chance to freely
express their views and to be
     represented by leaders of their choosing.

     Burma cannot fully rejoin the international community and gain the
assistance it needs until
     fundamental changes are made. The United States maintains its position
that a meaningful political
     dialogue between the Burmese authorities and the democratic opposition
leaders and representatives of
     the ethnic groups is the only path to a solution of Burma's crisis.