Immediate Release: United Nations must demand junta to do national reconciliation first

Immediate Release: United Nations must demand junta to do national reconciliation first

26 July 2009

Burma’s elected legitimate leader, Aung San Suu Kyi said on 24 July 2009 that “United Nations should demand the military regime that “2010 election will be lack of credible and un-fair before facilitating to take place the national reconciliation”.

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League for Democracy (NLD), the unanimous victors of the 1990 election, clearly stated their position that need to place in order to have true national reconciliation, i.e.

1. Release of all the political prisoners
2. Review of 2008 Constitution
3. Allow to reopen NLD and ethnic nationalities offices
4. Recognition of the 1990 election result
5. Political dialogue


“These are the fundamental demands requested by legitimate leaders of Burma. If the international community truly wanted to see national reconciliation in Burma, they must find ways to facilitate these demands rather than playing into the junta’s illegal 2010 election,” said Myo Thein, Director at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC).

If the international community truly wanted to see national reconciliation in Burma, they must take unprecedented actions decisively to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi immediately which is the essential process of implementing to restore justice, peace and human rights in Burma.

“If junta imprison Aung San Suu Kyi or place her under house arrest again, it is tantamount to turning their back on dialogue and ultimately national reconciliation,” added Zin Zin Myo Thant, Campaign Officer at the Burma Democratic Concern (BDC).

The free and democratic world has a moral responsibility to intervene on behalf of humanity. The help of the international community does make a difference.

For more information please contact

Myo Thein
00-44-78 7788 2386
00-44-20 8493 9137
myothein@bdcburma.org
[United Kingdom]

Zin Zin Myo Thant
00-44-77 4827 1904
00-44-20 8493 9137
zinthant@bdcburma.org
[United Kingdom]