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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 200 

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the immediate and unconditional 

release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2007 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the immediate 

and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 

Whereas in 1990 the State Peace and Development Council 

(SPDC), a military junta in Burma, nullified the victory 

of the National League for Democracy (NLD); 

Whereas NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was not allowed to assume the office of Prime Minister and was 

subsequently placed under house arrest; 

Whereas Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released in July 1995, 

yet once again placed under house arrest in September 

2000; 

Whereas following a second release, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 

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ment-sponsored mob on May 6, 2002, and she was then 

imprisoned at Insein Prison in Yangon; 

Whereas on May 16, 2007, more than 50 world leaders released a letter demanding the release of Daw Aung San 

Suu Kyi, a demand repeated by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 14 United Nations human 

rights experts, the European Union, the United States, 

the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 

and the foreign ministers of three ASEAN member 

states, yet on May 27 her detention was extended; 

Whereas for her non-violent struggle for democracy and 

human rights, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received the 

Nobel Peace Prize in 1991; 

Whereas the ruling military junta in Burma continues to violate the human rights of Burmese citizens, including the 

systematic use of rape as a weapon of war and 

extrajudicial killings; 

Whereas the armed forces in Burma have been accused of 

large-scale trafficking in heroin and methamphetamines; 

Whereas the Burmese Government has destroyed more than 

3,000 villages, displaced approximately 2 million Burmese people, and arrested approximately 1,300 individuals for expressing critical opinions; 

Whereas Burma’s main broadcasters and publications are 

state controlled and the media does not report opposing 

views except to criticize them; 

Whereas on September 30, 2006, the United Nations Security Council officially included Burma on its agenda for 

the first time; 

Whereas the International Committee of the Red Cross 

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on June 22, 2007, citing the use of detainees as porters 

for the armed forces and the systematic abuse and murder of both detainees and civilians; 

Whereas the last time the ICRC publicly denounced egregious, ongoing, and systemic human rights abuses was in 

1994 when the ICRC addressed genocide in Rwanda; and 

Whereas the ICRC stated that civilians, especially those residing near the Thai-Burma border, have been subjected 

to abuse such as destruction of their food supply and 

forced unpaid manual labor: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That— 

3 (1) it is the sense of Congress that United 

4 States policy should continue to call upon— 

5 (A) the military regime in Burma— 

6 (i) to immediately and unconditionally 

7 release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other 

8 detained political prisoners and prisoners 

9 of conscience; 

10 (ii) to immediately cease attacks 

11 against ethnic minority civilians; and 

12 (iii) to immediately begin a meaning13 ful process of tripartite dialogue with Daw 

14 Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD, and Bur15 ma’s ethnic nationalities; and 

16 (B) the People’s Republic of China and 

17 other countries that provide political and ecoVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:00 Aug 03, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HC200.IH HC200

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1 nomic support to Burma’s military junta to uti2 lize their position and influence to— 

3 (i) urge Burma’s military generals to 

4 immediately release Daw Aung San Suu 

5 Kyi and all political prisoners; and 

6 (ii) end their attacks on ethnic minor7 ity civilians and begin a meaningful proc8 ess of genuine national reconciliation with 

9 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD, and 

10 Burma’s ethnic nationalities; 

11 (2) Congress urges the United Nations Security 

12 Council to immediately consider and take appro13 priate action to respond to the growing threat the 

14 SPDC poses in Burma; 

15 (3) Congress expresses support for the restora16 tion of democracy in Burma; and 

17 (4) Congress expresses the need for freedom of 

18 assembly, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, 

19 and freedom of the press to be guaranteed for all 

20 Burmese citizens. 

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