Burmese democratic forces and friends of Burma around the world, calling for an
immediate international intervention for food and freedoms in Burma
May 29, 2008
Burmese democratic organizations – along with Burma campaign groups – around the world
are calling for an immediate international intervention in Burma, reminding the international
community that this is the time to bring a change in the military-ruled country.
And they call for formation of a "coalition of the willing" among like-minded counties such
as U.S., U.K., French, Canada, and Australia, in order to advance a collective interest in
ensuring safe and unhindered humanitarian access, as well as for promotion and protection of
fundamental rights and freedoms for Burmese people.
They strongly criticize the United Nations and Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN)
for their repeated failure to live up to the international community's expectation in providing
food and freedoms for Burmese people, and for falling into trap the Burmese military junta set.
Burmese have suffered again and again under repeated ASEAN and UN's good intentioned but
ill fated mediations. ASEAN and UN are simply no match for cunning and cruel Burmese
generals who think nothing of breaking their promises. In the past, the end result of the
ASEAN and UN failures were only imprisonments of thousands of political activists including our
leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Some of those prisoners died in custody. However, the number
of deaths from the current crisis will be a thousand times larger than previous crises.
Five days after an apparent agreement by the Supremo General Than Shwe, there is no
concrete result on the ground. There are even more restrictions for Burmese donors let alone
foreign donors. Even Burmese ex-pat physicians who are planning mercy medical missions
using their own resources are subjected to a lengthy visa process.
The regime is using police and armed forces not to help those cyclone victims but to force them
back to their villages without any assistance. We know how the regime is going to play the
game. There will be more meetings and open up a bit each time just to string along the UN.
More people are dying everyday. This is time for ASEAN and UN to admit its failure and let
French, EU, US navy and international aid agencies handle the situation. At this time, the junta
has extended the house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi illegally after they exhausted the five
year period. They have not shown any goodwill towards their own suffering citizens, political
prisoners or the world community. There is no reason to believe that the junta will start to
change as a result of more negotiation. Concrete effective action, whose time is way overdue,
is the only recourse left.
We demand that UN and ASEAN stop the mediation NOW.
All the current available information from the international experts indicates that thousands of
the cyclone victims are facing the second wave of death due to the outbreak of diseases. UN
and ASEAN have clearly demonstrated the world that they were unable to persuade the
Burmese military regime to save the lives of cyclone victims. As such, we request the Nations of
the International Community willing to act upon the principle of "Responsibility to Protect
(R2P)," to proceed with their noble intention to save the thousands of lives before it is too late.
Undersigned:
Dr. Cynthia Maung (Burma Medical Association) Thailand
Win7@loxinfo.co.th
Tel: 66-55-544495
Dr Khin Saw Win (Alice) (Burma Medical Association) Canada
Alice.khin@ualberta.ca
Tel: 780-4924547/780-9529877
Tin Maung Htoo (Canada)
Canadian Friends of Burma www.cfob.org
Tel: 613-237-8056 tinmaunghtoo@cfob.org
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