[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 431 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 431
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations Security
Council should immediately consider and take appropriate actions to
respond to the growing threats posed by conditions in Burma under the
illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 21, 2004
Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. McCain, Mr. Feingold,
Mrs. Dole, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lugar, Mr.
Corzine, and Mr. Baucus) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
September 22, 2004
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations Security
Council should immediately consider and take appropriate actions to
respond to the growing threats posed by conditions in Burma under the
illegitimate rule of the State Peace and Development Council.
Whereas the National League for Democracy, headed by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is
the legitimately elected political leadership in Burma;
Whereas the ruling State Peace and Development Council, headed by General Than
Shwe, and its affiliated organizations continue, through a variety of
means, to violate the human rights and dignity of the people of Burma
through murder, torture, rape, forced relocation, the employment of
child soldiers, the use of forced labor, and the exploitation of child
laborers;
Whereas the State Peace and Development Council has detained over 1,300
prisoners of conscience, including National League for Democracy leaders
and supporters of democracy;
Whereas, under the repressive rule of the State Peace and Development Council,
the situation in Burma poses an immediate and growing threat to the
Southeast Asia region, including through the unchecked spread of HIV/
AIDS, the illicit production of, and trafficking in, narcotics,
trafficking in persons, and alleged efforts to purchase weapons from
North Korea, China, and Russia;
Whereas, at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a
resolution was adopted by the General Assembly that expresses grave
concern about the ongoing systematic violations of human rights
inflicted upon the people of Burma and calls on the State Peace and
Development Council to release all political prisoners, respect the
results of the national elections in 1990, and restore democracy to
Burma; and
Whereas the National League for Democracy has called upon the United Nations
Security Council to intervene on behalf of the people of Burma: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the United
Nations Security Council should immediately consider and take
appropriate actions to respond to the growing threats posed to the
Southeast Asia region by conditions in Burma under the illegitimate
rule of the State Peace and Development Council, including the threats
posed by widespread human rights violations, the unchecked spread of
HIV/AIDS, the illicit production of, and trafficking in, narcotics,
trafficking in persons, and alleged efforts by the State Peace and
Development Council to purchase weapons from North Korea, China, and
Russia.
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