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FIET Resolution in Support of CRPP.



Free Burma Coalition, Australia

48th. APRO FIET EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
26 - 27 JULY 1999
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA


RESOLUTION ON BURMA


The 48th. Apro FIET Executive Committee meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on 26 
- 27 July 1999:

Welcomes the Resolution on Burma adopted at the 1999 ILO Conference in 
which the ILO is to refuse Burma all technical assistance and is to ban 
representatives of the Burmese regime from attending ILO meetings until 
such time when the military junta comply with the recommendations of the 
Commission of inquiry in its report on forced labour in Burma.

Condemns the SLORC - now SPDC military regime for the ongoing human rights 
abuses and slavery as spelled out by the ILO Report and for failing to:

 .	implement the recommendations and measures of the ILO Commission of 
Inquiry,
 .	hold substantial political dialogue with the National League of Democracy 
(NLD) and members of the non-Burmese ethnic groups.

Recognises the:

 .	The legal authority of the Committee to Represent the People's Parliament 
(CRPP), established by the NLD in 1998 as the genuine representative of 
peoples parliament in Burma;

 .	The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) as the 
provisional government in exile of Burma with the authority to speak on 
behalf of the people of Burma in the international arena;

 .	The Federation of Trade Unions, Burma as the Federation with the 
authority to speak on behalf of workers of Burma in the international arena 
until such time as the "right to association" is granted to the workers of 
Burma.

Demands the so called State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to respect 
the will of the Burmese people as clearly expressed by the results of the 
1990 elections by not obstructing the democratically elected 
representatives to convene their parliament without further delay.

Insists that SPDC release, without condition, all political prisoners and 
trade unionists such as U Khin Kyaw and U Myo Aung Thant of the FTUB who 
were arrested in June 1997.

Calls on the international community including the Asean to recognise the 
CRPP and the NCGUB as the genuine representatives of the Burmese people and 
to give both legal and political support to them.

Pledges FIET and its affiliates unstinted support to the Burmese people and 
workers in their struggle for human and trade union rights and for the 
restoration of democracy in Burma.









Working on behalf of the:
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
Federation of Trade Unions, Burma (FTUB)
Australia Burma Council (ABC)

PO Box 2024, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620
Tel: (612) 6297 7734	Fax: (612) 6297 7773