HRES 471 EH
to ensure an end to the flows of refugees to neigh-
boring countries and to facilitate the speedy repatri-
ation and full reintegration, under conditions of
safety and dignity, of those who have already fled
Burma;
(8) respect fully the obligations set forth in the
1949 Geneva Conventions, in particular the obliga-
tions in common article III, and make use of such
relief services as may be offered by impartial hu-
manitarian bodies; and
(9) take effective law enforcement actions
against those individuals within the Burmese Gov-
ernment (including the Burmese military), as well as
those outside the government, who are engaged in
the production and trafficking of illicit narcotics.
SEC. 2. ACTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Is it further the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the President, the Secretary of State, and other
United States Government officials and representatives
should—
(1) urge the Government of Burma to release,
immediately and unconditionally, Aung San Suu Kyi
and other political prisoners;
HRES 471 EH
(2) maintain the current United States ban on
all forms of nonhumanitarian assistance to Burma;
(3) disperse the funds previously appropriated
to support assistance for Burmese refugees and stu-
dents along the Thai/Burma border;
(4) maintain current limitations on the provi-
sion of bilateral narcotics control assistance to the
Government of Burma until that government dem-
onstrates a genuine commitment to combating the
scourge of illicit narcotics production and trafficking
while continuing, and if appropriate, strengthening
international efforts through the United Nations
Drug Control Program to reduce and eliminate the
massive heroin production and trade from Burma
that now threatens the world;
(5) continue to oppose loans to Burma in ac-
cordance with chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961;
(6) consider imposing further economic sanc-
tions against Burma, and encourage other members
of the international community to take similar steps;
(7) elevate the issues of democracy and human
rights in Burma in the conduct of United States re-
lations with other members of the international com-
munity, particularly in coordination with Japan,
HRES 471 EH
China, and the members of the Association of South-
east Asian Nations;
(8) maintain United States support for the ap-
pointment by the United Nations Secretary General
of the special envoy to focus on conflict resolution as
the basis of national reconciliation and the restora-
tion of democracy in Burma;
(9) urge the Government of Thailand to work
with the Government of Burma to investigate the in-
volvement of border policy in both countries in the
illegal trafficking of women and girls into Thailand
for purposes of forced prostitution;
(10) ensure that, during the July 1994 Post-
Ministerial Conference of the Association of South-
east Asian Nations, the Secretary of State calls on
the members of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations to support the international consensus on
Burma by urging the Government of Burma to un-
conditionally release Aung San Suu Kyi and to indi-
cate its willingness to cooperate with a special envoy
appointed by the United Nations Security General;
(11) maintain the unilateral United States
arms embargo against Burma, and encourage the
other members of the international community, most
particularly People’s Republic of China, Thailand,
HRES 471 EH
and the other members of the Association of South-
east Asian Nations to prohibit arms sales and trans-
fers to Burma;
(12) encourage other members of the inter-
national community to halt all nonhumanitarian as-
sistance to Burma or, at a minimum, to condition
any new official assistance on significant progress by
the Government of Burma toward respecting the
human rights and fundamental freedoms of its peo-
ple;
(13) encourage the legislatures of other nations
to call for the restoration of a democratic govern-
ment in Burma, including the release from prison of
Aung San Suu Kyi and the other parliamentarians
elected in 1990; and
(14) continue to encourage the United Nations
and its specialized agencies operating in Burma—
(A) to use particular care to ensure that
their activities meet basic human needs, do not
benefit the present military regime in Rangoon,
and promote the enjoyment of internationally
recognized human rights, and
HRES 471 EH
(B) to work through nongovernmental or-
ganizations to the greatest possible extent.
Attest:
Clerk.