UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should stop trying to persuade Burma’s generals to reform fake elections designed to maintain their rule. Instead the UN should renew efforts to force Burma’s generals to enter into dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and genuine ethnic representatives.
Please take action now and urge UN Secretary General to take the lead on Burma.
Reports
Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma
Report commissioned by Vacláv Havel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu and prepared by DLA Piper. It calls on UNSC members to pass a resolution requiring the regime to work with the United Nations in restoring democracy to Burma, and to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience.
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10 Years of Empty Words
As Aung San Suu Kyi reaches ten years in detention, this report highlights the disparity between the supportive words of world leaders and the lack of effective action to support her and the people of Burma.
Crimes in Burma
A report from Harvard Law School, commissioned by some of the most respected jurists in international law, using the UN’s own reports to highlight how Burma’s generals have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Threat to the Peace
On September 20th 2005 Vaclav Havel and Desmond Tutu published a report commissioned from global law firm DLA Piper. The report found that Burma fits the criteria for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) intervention.
It calls on UNSC members to pass a resolution requiring the regime to work with the United Nations in restoring democracy to Burma, and to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners of conscience. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, has backed the report, and called on governments to act.
You can download the report, Threat To The Peace, here.
Campaign Support
Over 30 organisations have supported the UNSC campaign including:
The National League for Democracy
National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
Read Burmese democracy movement organisations’ statements of support.
- UN General Assembly Must Establish Burma Crimes Inquiry
- One Year on from Suu Kyi Sentencing – A Year of Inaction by UN
- UN Must Act On G8 Call For Burma Dictatorship To Enter Into Dialogue
- British MPs Call For UN Action On Burma
- UN Declares Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s Detention Illegal;
