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15/4/98:LETTER TO THE UN SECURITY C



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[To our friends on Internet, re: letter to the members of UN Security 
Council, I am urging UNSC to put pressure on Burmese military government
in order to get the Human Rights Special Rapporteur unrestricted access 
to Burma. Please help write letters/faxes to Security Council Members. 
Addresses of all permament members of UNSC are given below.-- U Ne Oo.]
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LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
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Dr  U Ne Oo
18 Shannon Place
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia.

April 15, 1998.

H.E. Sir John Weston, KCMG
United Kingdoms Ambassodor to the UN
UK Mission to the United Nations
P.O. Box 5238
New York, NY 10150-5238
United States of America
(FAX:+1-212-745-9316)

Your Excellency:

I am a Burmese national currently residing in Australia.  I call Your
Excellency's attention to the situation of human rights and the continuing
political and military conflicts in Burma.  In particular, the Burmese
military government has been refusing to undertake the terms of the United
Nations General Assembly Resolution A/52/137 of 12 December 1997. Since
1996, the Burmese military government do not allow the Human Rights
Special Rapporteur, Judge Rajsoomer Lallah, to visit Burma. In this
connection, I also enclosed my appeal letter to UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights. 

I also draw your attention to Burmese military government's unlawful
arrests and continued detention of political opponents, especially the
members and supporters of National League for Democracy(NLD) party. I
particularly like to note that despite such repressions upon its members
and supporters by the military, the National League for Democracy has
always been commited to the path of reconciliation with the military
authorities.  The sole obstacle to peaceful solution in Burma, therefore,
is the continuing refusal by Burmese military to enter a proper dialogue
with NLD. 

I also draw attention to the continuing cases of attack on unarmed Karen
refugees in Thailand by Democratic Karen Buddhist Army(DKBA)---a rebel
faction supported by the Burmese military. The DKBA in last month attacked
and burnt down a number of refugee camps, killing four people and making
thousands of refugees homeless. Such cases of attacks on refugees
repeatedly occur since 1995. Recently, the Royal Thai Government has been
seeking help from UNHCR for the refugee and displaced people from Burma.
Therefore, it is urgent to put pressure on all parties to the conflict in
Burma to end the military conflict. 

I therefore urge the United Nations Security Council to (1) authorize an
unrestricted access for Human Rights Special Rapporteur, Judge Rajsoomer
Lallah, to Burma in order to implement his mandate; (2) to encourage all
parties in Burma to make political reconciliation and (3) to encourage
Burmese military and rebel group to implement a nation-wide cease-fire. 

Yours respectfully and sincerely,
Sd. U Ne Oo.

1. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UN, United Nations Headquarters,
United Nations New York N.Y. 10017, U.S.A.

PERMANENT MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
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H.E. Bill Richardson
United States Ambassador to the U.N.
U.S. Mission to the U.N.
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A
FAX:(+1 212)415 4443

H.E. Mr Qin Huasun
Permanent Representative of the
People's Republic of China to the United Nations
155 West 66th Street
New York N.Y. 10023, U.S.A.
FAX:(+1 212)870 0333

H.E. Mr Sergey V Labrov
Ambassador, Russian Federation
Mission to the UNited Nations
136 East 67th Street
New York N.Y. 10021, U.S.A.
FAX:(+1 212)628 0252

H.E. Mr Alan DEjammet
Permanent Representative of France
to the UNited Nations
One, DagHammerskjold Plaza
44th Floor, 245 East 47th Street
New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A.
FAX:(+1 212) 421 6889

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
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H.E. ABDOULIE MOMODOU SALLAH(GAMBIA)
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK N.Y. 10017, U.S.A

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