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attacks resulting in over 600,000 Rohingya fleeing to 
Bangladesh; 
Whereas Amnesty International described the attacks by stat-
ing that ‘‘Myanmar security forces are setting northern 
Rakhine State ablaze in a targeted campaign to push the 
Rohingya people out of Myanmar.’’; 
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has called for 
an end to the violence and attacks; 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner on Human 
Rights has said that the response by the military is 
‘‘grossly disproportionate’’ and a ‘‘textbook example of 
ethnic cleansing’’; 
Whereas Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said, ‘‘This vio-
lence must stop, this persecution must stop’’; 
Whereas under Burma’s military-drafted constitution, the 
country’s military and security services are not subject to 
civilian rule and only Burma’s Commander-in-Chief, Min 
Aung Hlaing, can command troops to cease attacks im-
pacting civilians in Rakhine State; 
Whereas Burma’s civilian Government, led by Aung San Suu 
Kyi, has not taken necessary steps to address the violence 
and should take further measures; 
Whereas the international community had high hopes for 
Burma’s elected Government and expected that elected 
officials take action to prevent violence and secure rights; 
Whereas the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State 
(‘‘Rakhine Commission’’) examined, beginning in 2016, 
the underlying tensions in Rakhine State and made a se-
ries of recommendations including a wide range of sug-
gestions and policy changes dealing with humanitarian 
aid, citizenship, reconciliation, and peace; 
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Whereas the Rakhine Commission stated, ‘‘While Myanmar 
has every right to defend its own territory, a highly 
militarised response is unlikely to bring peace to the area. 
What is needed is a calibrated approach—one that com-
bines political, developmental, security and human rights 
responses to ensure that violence does not escalate and 
inter-communal tensions are kept under control.’’; and 
Whereas 
the 
United 
States 
is 
providing 
an 
initial 
$32,000,000 in humanitarian assistance to address the 
urgent needs of Rohingya fleeing violence from Rakhine 
State into Bangladesh, as well as the needs of internally 
displaced persons in Rakhine State and host communities 
in Bangladesh: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) condemns the attacks against civilians by 
Burma’s security services and calls on Burma’s 
Commander-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, to imme-
diately end all attacks against civilians in the state 
of Rakhine in Burma; 
(2) expresses deepest appreciation to the Gov-
ernment of Bangladesh for providing refuge to those 
fleeing violence and attacks; 
(3) condemns the attacks by the Arakan 
Rohingya Salvation Army, but warns that these at-
tacks do not justify the unrestrained response that 
has resulted in severe human rights violations, mur-
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derous ethnic cleansing, and atrocities against civil-
ians; 
(4) calls on Burma’s Government, led by Aung 
San Suu Kyi, and the Burmese military and security 
forces to work constructively to implement the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Commission on 
Rakhine State, including those relating to justice, 
reconciliation, humanitarian aid, and citizenship; 
(5) calls on Burma’s Government and its mili-
tary and security services to allow unimpeded hu-
manitarian access to refugees and internally dis-
placed persons; 
(6) urges support and access for the United 
Nations Fact Finding Mission to Burma; 
(7) calls on Burma’s military and Government 
to allow refugees to voluntarily return to Burma 
without undue restriction and to change laws and 
policies that have contributed to insecurity in the 
state of Rakhine; and 
(8) calls on the President to impose sanctions 
on those responsible for human rights abuses, in-
cluding members of Burma’s military and security 
services. 
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