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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 elec-
tion result; 
Whereas even under house arrest, she demonstrated unwaver-
ing and determined political leadership, provided inspira-
tion, 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 oppres-
sion, 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 individ-
uals who have made ‘‘an especially meritorious contribu-
tion 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 de-
mocracy 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 elec-
tions in Burma were neither free nor fair, and failed to 
meet any of the internationally accepted standards asso-
ciated with legitimate elections. The elections were based 
on a fundamentally flawed process and demonstrated the 
regime’s continued preference for repression and restric-
tion 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) welcomes the release of Burmese democracy 
leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San 
Suu Kyi; 
(2) honors Burmese democracy leader Aung 
San Suu Kyi for her tireless work in pursuit of 
human rights and democracy in Burma; 
(3) calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release to be 
unconditional and final with her security guaranteed; 
(4) calls on governments around the world, in-
cluding the nations of the European Union and the 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to 
strengthen sanction regimes against Burma, with 
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the goal of denying the Burmese ruling junta hard 
currency to continue its campaign of repression; 
(5) calls on the United Nations Security Coun-
cil to immediately pass a resolution imposing multi-
lateral sanctions on Burma’s military regime, includ-
ing a complete arms embargo, and to take other ap-
propriate action to respond to the growing threat the 
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) poses 
in Burma and the region; 
(6) calls for the Administration to fully imple-
ment the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act 
(Public Law 110–286) to include financial sanctions 
as well as the appointment of a United States Spe-
cial Coordinator for Burma; 
(7) calls for the immediate and unconditional 
release of all political prisoners and prisoners of con-
science in Burma, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s 
supporters in the National League for Democracy 
and ordinary citizens of Burma, including ethnic mi-
norities, who publicly and courageously speak out 
against the regime’s many injustices; and 
(8) recognizes that the release of Aung San Suu 
Kyi alone does not ensure democratic progress for 
the country unless accompanied by an end to crimes 
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against humanity and genuine national reconcili-
ation. 
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