Research Paper of the BURMA UN SERVICE OFFICE and the BURMA FUND... Contents: Executive Summary; The Role of the Security Council Assigned by the United Nations Charter; The determination of a ‘threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression? under Article 39 of the Charter; 1. Internal conflicts as a threat to the peace; 2. Violations of human rights and humanitarian law, and humanitarian crises, as a threat to the peace; 3. Disruption to democracy as a threat to the peace; Why the Security Council should determine that the situation in Burma constitutes a ‘threat to the peace?; Disruption to democracy: Internal conflict and gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law; Dire Humanitarian situation; The United Nations Secretary-General?s power under Article 99 of the Charter; Coercive Measures: Existing Sanctions Against the Burmese Regime. A Model Security Council Targeted Sanctions Regime for Burma...The pdf version on the ncgub site is tarted-up, with photos and layout, and a modified title: "Crisis in Burma: AN Agenda for the United Nations Security Council?"