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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1768 

Welcoming the release of Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize 

Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on November 13, 2010, and calling for 

a continued focus on securing the release of all political prisoners and 

prisoners of conscience in Burma. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2010 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. 

BORDALLO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of 

Georgia, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. CAO, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mr. OLVER, and Mr. WOLF) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 

in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Welcoming the release of Burmese democracy leader and 

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on November 13, 2010, and calling for a continued focus on 

securing the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Burma. 

Whereas Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has 

been imprisoned in Burma for 15 of the last 21 years, 

and many members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) have been similarly jailed, tortured, or killed; 


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Whereas Aung San Suu Kyi was first put under house arrest 

on July 20, 1989, and was offered freedom if she left the 

country, but refused; 

Whereas in 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the 

NLD, won the country’s first election in decades by a 

landslide, but the military regime did not honor the election result; 

Whereas even under house arrest, she demonstrated unwavering and determined political leadership, provided inspiration, and garnered respect from the people of Burma and 

democracy-loving people around the world; 

Whereas Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace 

Prize in 1991 for her nonviolent struggle against oppression, with the Norwegian Nobel Committee citing her as 

‘‘one of the most extraordinary examples of civil courage 

in Asia in recent decades’’; 

Whereas Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the highest civilian 

awards in the United States, including the Presidential 

Medal of Honor in 2000 which recognizes those individuals who have made ‘‘an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United 

States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or 

private endeavors’’ and, in 2008, the Congressional 

Medal of Honor for ‘‘her courageous and unwavering 

commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in Burma’’; 

Whereas from broad sanctions to support for the democratic 

opposition for over a decade, the United States along 

with many countries and institutions around the world 

have united to place international pressure for democratic 


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reform in Burma and the release of all Burmese political 

prisoners; 

Whereas the week before the release of Aung San Suu Kyi 

were the highly contested November 7 Burmese elections, 

which President Obama declared, ‘‘The November 7 elections in Burma were neither free nor fair, and failed to 

meet any of the internationally accepted standards associated with legitimate elections. The elections were based 

on a fundamentally flawed process and demonstrated the 

regime’s continued preference for repression and restriction over inclusion and transparency’’; and 

Whereas Aung San Suu Kyi is one of over 2,200 political 

prisoners and one of millions of Burmese struggling 

against military rule: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) welcomes the release of Burmese democracy 

3 leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San 

4 Suu Kyi; 

5 (2) honors Burmese democracy leader Aung 

6 San Suu Kyi for her tireless work in pursuit of 

7 human rights and democracy in Burma; 

8 (3) calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release to be 

9 unconditional and final with her security guaranteed; 

10 (4) calls on governments around the world, in11 cluding the nations of the European Union and the 

12 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to 

13 strengthen sanction regimes against Burma, with 


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1 the goal of denying the Burmese ruling junta hard 

2 currency to continue its campaign of repression; 

3 (5) calls on the United Nations Security Coun4 cil to immediately pass a resolution imposing multi5 lateral sanctions on Burma’s military regime, includ6 ing a complete arms embargo, and to take other ap7 propriate action to respond to the growing threat the 

8 State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) poses 

9 in Burma and the region; 

10 (6) calls for the Administration to fully imple11 ment the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act 

12 (Public Law 110–286) to include financial sanctions 

13 as well as the appointment of a United States Spe14 cial Coordinator for Burma; 

15 (7) calls for the immediate and unconditional 

16 release of all political prisoners and prisoners of con17 science in Burma, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s 

18 supporters in the National League for Democracy 

19 and ordinary citizens of Burma, including ethnic mi20 norities, who publicly and courageously speak out 

21 against the regime’s many injustices; and 

22 (8) recognizes that the release of Aung San Suu 

23 Kyi alone does not ensure democratic progress for 

24 the country unless accompanied by an end to crimes 


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1 against humanity and genuine national reconcili2 ation. 

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