IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 85 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations 
Security Council should immediately impose an arms embargo against 
the military of Burma. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. BERA, Mr. KEATING, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS of New York, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United Nations Security Council should immediately 
impose an arms embargo against the military of Burma. 
Whereas the military of Burma (also referred to as the 
‘‘Tatmadaw’’) conducted a coup against the democrat-
ically elected civilian government on February 1, 2021; 
Whereas, on February 2, 2021, the Department of State con-
cluded that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Bur-
ma’s ruling party, and President Win Myint, the duly 
elected head of government, were deposed in a military 
coup on February 1, 2021; 
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Whereas the Tatmadaw has detained the elected civilian lead-
ers of the country, nullified the results of the November 
2020 democratic elections, and installed a junta, the 
State Administration Council, under a ‘‘state of emer-
gency’’; 
Whereas the Tatmadaw has restricted freedom of movement, 
telecommunications, internet service, and the media, lim-
iting access to information to and from Burma during a 
political crisis and international pandemic; 
Whereas protests opposing the coup have continued across 
Burma, and hundreds of innocent people have died at the 
hands of the Tatmadaw through the brutal use of force; 
Whereas the United States has sanctioned Tatmadaw offi-
cials, including Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing 
and Burma’s chief of police, Than Hlaing, and Bureau 
of Special Operations commander, Lieutenant General 
Aung Soe; 
Whereas the United States has also designated two entities 
linked to the coup leaders, Myanma Economic Holdings 
Public Company Limited (MEHL) and Myanmar Eco-
nomic Corporation Limited (MEC); 
Whereas, on April 13, 2021, the United Nation’s High Com-
missioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, 
‘‘There are clear echoes of Syria in 2011.’’ in the current 
situation in Burma, and warned, ‘‘I fear the situation in 
Myanmar is heading towards a full-blown conflict. States 
must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria 
and elsewhere to be repeated.’’; and 
Whereas, on February 3, 2021, United Nations Secretary 
General Anto´nio Guterres stated, ‘‘We will do everything 
we can to mobilize all the key actors and international 
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community to put enough pressure on Myanmar to make 
sure that this coup fails.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United Nations Security Council should 
immediately impose an arms embargo against the 
military of Burma to prevent the continued acquisi-
tion of arms and military equipment and the pro-
liferation of weapons throughout the country, and to 
hold the Tatmadaw accountable for— 
(A) ongoing violations of human rights and 
the security forces’ history of grave abuses 
against peaceful protestors of military rule and 
against the Rohingya and other ethnic minority 
groups; 
(B) obstructing humanitarian access to ci-
vilian populations in dire need of assistance; 
(C) using increasingly lethal force against 
peaceful, prodemocracy demonstrators; and 
(D) threatening and arbitrarily detaining 
government officials, activists, journalists, stu-
dents, and civil servants, and imposing rolling 
internet shutdowns that put lives at risk; 
(2) the lifting of a United Nations arms embar-
go should be contingent upon the Tatmadaw— 
(A) implementing a permanent cease-fire; 
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(B) releasing the democratically elected 
government leaders from imprisonment; 
(C) bearing the primary responsibility for 
gross human rights abuses and forced displace-
ment perpetrated by the Tatmadaw’s violent 
rule, including but not limited to the Rohingya, 
Karen, Rakhine, and Kachin ethnic minorities; 
(D) allowing for consistent, unimpeded hu-
manitarian access to vulnerable civilian popu-
lations; 
(E) fully restoring internet and tele-
communications access within the country of 
Burma; and 
(F) establishing a clear and verifiable proc-
ess to immediately transition power back to a 
democratically elected civilian-led government; 
and 
(3) the international community should con-
tinue to support civilians, particularly ethnic minori-
ties, who have been adversely affected by the coup 
in Burma and should promote peace and reconcili-
ation dialogues within local civil society. 
Æ 
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