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> Date: 10th April 2001
>
> Statement of the Sixth General Conference of the ABSDF
>
> The sixth general conference of the All Burma Students' Democratic Front
> was successfully convened in a liberated area on the Thai/Burma border
from
> March 23rd to April 10th 2001. At the conference 54 regional and unit
> representatives, observers and special guests reviewed and discussed the
> current situation. Discussion focussed on the local and international
> political climate, the peoples' movements inside Burma and the guiding
> principles and future plans of the organisation.
>
> Since the ABSDF was founded in 1988, we have been striving for our common
> national cause, regardless of race, gender or ideology, to achieve the
> following four objectives:
>
> a. to liberate all nationalities from under the military dictatorship
> b. to attain democracy and human rights
> c. to restore internal peace and
> d. to encourage the emergence of a federal union in Burma.
>
> We, the ABSDF restate our commitment to these goals and to our continuing
> strategy of armed resistance in combination with other political
> activities; education initiatives, health care programmes, research and
> documentation and public information.
>
> At the ABSDF's Sixth General Conference, 17 Central Committee members were
> elected to implement the political and military tasks of the organisation.
> Of these, the leading Central Executive Committee members are:
>
> Than Khe (Chairperson)
> Kyaw Ko (Vice-chairperson)
> Myo Win (General Secretary)
> Wai Lin Zin (Joint General Secretary 1)
> Thein San (Joint General Secretary 2)
> Sonny Mahinder (Foreign Affairs)
> Lwun Ni (Organising and Information)
>
> The accomplishment of democracy and human rights, fulfillment of ethnic
> rights and national reconciliation are essential to the development and
> prosperity of Burmese society. At present, the armed resistance movement
is
> a vital component in the struggle to improve the political situation of
> Burma. The ABSDF, in co-operation with all oppressed groups of Burma, will
> continue our stand against the military regime.
>
> With serious analysis of the recent dialogue between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,
> General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, and the State
Peace
> and Development Council, we strongly believe that to develop political
> dialogue properly the SPDC must recognise the peoples' mandate of the 1990
> general election. In order to tackle all political problems in Burma this
> bilateral dialogue must develop into tripartite dialogue involving leaders
> representing ethnic groups in Burma.
>
> After extensive consideration of the present circumstances, we call on the
> SPDC:
>
> a. to hold a series of comprehensive dialogues on an equal political basis
> b. to publicly release information about the progress of the current
> dialogue between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the SPDC
> c. to release all political prisoners unconditionally
> d. to allow the free organisation and movement of political parties.
>
> In tribute to the memory of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the
> struggle for independence, anti-fascism and democracy, the ABSDF will work
> together with other allied resistance groups until our four major
> objectives are achieved.
>
> Sixth General Conference
> All Burma Students' Democratic Front
>
> For more information, please contact 01 961 2383.
>
>
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