"RE: ASEAN members and their dialogue partners are urged to end Burma/Myanmar military’s access to jet fuel and weapons ahead of ASEAN summit Your excellencies, We, the undersigned 149 organizations, are writing to urge prompt, coordinated actions of governments of ASEAN and ASEAN dialogue partners to bring an end to the ongoing atrocities perpetrated daily by the Burmese military. It has been more than two years since the illegal military coup deposed Burma’s democratically-elected leaders. In that time, ASEAN and its partner governments, including the EU, US, Japan, South Korea and Australia, have failed to take sufficient actions to hold the military to account, implement the “Five Point Consensus,” and end the violence. From September 5-7, your government will participate in the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta. We urge you to work with all government representatives present at the Summit to deliver the following: 1. A joint call from ASEAN and ASEAN dialogue partners calling for the United Nations Security Council to demonstrate their support of ASEAN, the Five-Point Consensus, and the people of Burma by keeping the situation in Burma on the agenda and introducing resolution that calls for regular meetings and an arms embargo, including a ban on aviation fuel. 2. A joint release from ASEAN governments announcing: a commitment to preventing the junta from procuring aviation fuel. This includes: Classifying aviation fuel as a “dual-use technology” under applicable local laws; Banning the shipment or transshipment of aviation fuel through ports in ASEAN member states; Banning companies located in ASEAN member-states from selling or transporting aviation fuel to any entity in Myanmar; and Banning the provision of financial services, such as maritime shipping insurance, to companies or vessels transporting aviation fuel to Burma. 3. A joint commitment from ASEAN members to further restrict the military junta’s access to funding and the international banking system. U.S. sanctions on the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank have given ASEAN members legal cover to prevent their banks from transmitting money to the junta. ASEAN members should work with their domestic monetary authorities to ensure that domiciled banks are not making or processing payments to the junta and its affiliated entities. The junta is using aerial attacks to target civilian-populated areas, including IDPs hiding places, and initiate conflict with local ethnic groups. In the first four months of 2023, there were 442 airstrikes. This nearly eclipses the total number of airstrikes conducted in all of 2022, which was 449. On July 27, two schools in Karenni State were damaged due to airstrikes, with many villagers emphasizing the intentionality behind the attacks: “When they [the military] can’t establish the educational and administrative systems they want, they resort to attacking schools, hindering Karenni children from learning.” Children from Karen state have been forced to seek refuge in the seven refugee camps that line the Thai-Burma border after military attacks increased the number of school-aged refugees from 16,000 to 21,000 in just one year. In Kachin state, military planes drop bombs in villages, killing civilians. Civilians in Shan state were killed after the military bombed villages believed to be hiding local soldiers, an accusation later disproved. In late July, over 3,000 civilians were forcibly displaced from central Burma’s Sagaing region over the span of five days of military fighting. As the civilian death toll rises and the number of refugees and internally displaced peoples increases, it is impossible to deny that access to jet fuel is critical to support the military’s campaign of violence. Yet governments have failed to act and companies continue to facilitate the military’s access to jet fuel. In November 2022, Amnesty International’s report, Deadly Cargo, linked jet fuel access to increasing human rights abuses; but only months later, Global Witness and Amnesty International revealed the names of several companies, including, but not limited to, Thai, Indian, and Japanese, that were still engaging in the shipment of jet fuel to the Burmese junta in March 2023. The engagement of these companies makes them complicit in the human rights abuses committed by the Burmese junta via aerial attacks throughout the country. The United States and United Kingdom have both placed sanctions on Burmese and Singaporean entities accused of facilitating the trade in aviation fuel, while the U.S. has issued a regulatory determination threatening further sanctions against companies involved in the sale of aviation fuel into Burma. We strongly encourage ASEAN member-states to support these sanctions and work with international partners to end the trade of aviation fuel in Burma. ASEAN, the UN, and other governments have failed the people of Burma for far too long. The country is in desperate need of support beyond arbitrary condemnations. We urge you to stand on the right side of history and act with urgency to hold the military accountable for its crimes and bring Burma the peace and justice the people of Burma deserve. Sincerely, Signed by: Ah Nah Podcast – Conversations with Myanmar, Ireland ALTSEAN-Burma, Thailand American Baptist Churches, KS, USA American Baptist Churches, OH, USA Arizona Kachin Community, AZ, USA Australian Karen Organisation Inc Bangladesh Rohingya Student Union (BRSU) Better Burma, CA, USA Burma Action Ireland Burma Advocacy Group, USA Burma Campaign UK Burma Canadian Association of Ontario Burma Task Force, IL, USA Burmese American Community Institute, IN, USA Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), Thailand California Kachin Community, CA, USA Calvary Burmese Church, Washington, DC Campaign for a New Myanmar, Washington, DC, USA Chin Association of Maryland, Inc. MD, USA Chin Baptist Association, MD, USA Community Rebuilding Centre, Bangladesh Coordination Team for Emergency Relief (Karenni), Burma Crane Center for Prevention of Mass Atrocities, CA, USA CRPH Funding Ireland Dallas Kachin Community, TX, USA DEEKU-Karenni Community of Amarillo, TX, USA Det Norsk Baptistsamfunn, Norway DFW Kachin Baptist Church, TX EarthRights International, Washington, DC, USA European Karen Network, Norway Florida Kachin Community, FL, USA Free Burma Campaign South Africa Georgia Kachin Community, GA, USA Give A Helping Hand, Norway Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, NY, USA Houston Kachin Community, TX, USA Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Humanity Institute, Burma Institute for Asian Democracy, Washington, DC. USA International Campaign for the Rohingya, Washington, DC, USA International Karen Organization, PA, USA Iowa Kachin Community, IA, USA Jewish World Watch, CA, USA Justice For All, Washington, DC. USA K’Nyaw Baptist Church, MN Kachin American Community (Portland – Vancouver) Kachin Baptist Churches, MD, USA Kachin Community of Indiana, IN, USA Kachin Community of USA Kachin Contextual Analysis Team, Burma Kachin refugee committee, Malaysia Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Kansas Karenni community, KS, USA Karen American Association of Wisconsin, WI, USA Karen Association of Huron, SD, USA Karen Baptist Church, CO Karen Community of Canada Karen Community in Norway Karen Community of Akron, OH, USA Karen Community of Georgia, GA, USA Karen Community of Greensboro, NC, USA Karen Community of Iowa, IA, USA Karen Community of Kansas City, KS & MO, USA Karen Community of Minnesota, MN, USA Karen Human Rights Group, Burma Karen Organization of Illinois, IL, USA Karen Peace Support Network, Thailand Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), Thailand Karen Youth Education Pathways, Washington, DC, USA Karen Youth Network, Burma Karenni Community of Arizona, AZ, USA Karenni Community of Arkensas, AK, USA Karenni Community of Austin, TX, USA Karenni Community of Bowling Green, KY, USA Karenni Community of Buffalo, NY, USA Karenni Community of Chicago, IL, USA Karenni Community of Colorado, CO, USA Karenni Community of Dallas, TX, USA Karenni Community of Des Moines, IA, USA Karenni Community of Florida, FL, USA Karenni Community of Fort Worth, TX, USA Karenni Community of Georgia, GA, USA Karenni Community of Houston, TX, USA Karenni Community of Idaho, ID, USA Karenni Community of Indianapolis, IN, USA Karenni Community of Massachusetts, MA, USA Karenni Community of Michigan, MI, USA Karenni community of Minnesota, MN, USA Karenni Community of Missouri, MO, USA Karenni Community of North Carolina, NC, USA Karenni Community of Portland, OR, USA Karenni Community of Rockford, IL, USA Karenni Community of San Antonio, TX, USA Karenni Community of Sioux Falls, SD, USA Karenni Community of Utah, UT, USA Karenni Community of Utica, NY, USA Karenni Community of Washington, WA, USA Karenni Community of Wisconsin, WI, USA Karenni Human Rights Group, Burma Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO), Thailand Karenni Society of Omaha, NE, USA Karenni-American Association, USA, USA Kayan Women’s Organization (KyWO), Burma Kentucky Kachin Community, KY, USA Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organization (KWHRO), Burma L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO) Louisiana Kachin Community, LA, USA Maryland Kachin Community, MD, USA Michigan Kachin Community, MI, USA Milwaukee Myanmar Christian Church, WI, USA Mingalarama Wiharra Monastery, MD, USA Minnesota Kachin Community, MN, USA Myanmar Campaign Network, Australia Myanmar Christian Church of Metro Chicago, IL, USA Never Again Coalition, OR, USA New York Kachin Community, NY, USA No Business With Genocide, Washington, DC, USA North Carolina Kachin Community, NA, USA NUG and CRPH Supporters Ireland Omaha Kachin Community, NE, USA Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship, MA Pa-O Women’s Union (PWU), Burma Peace and Justice Committee, KY, USA Pennsylvania Kachin Community, PA, USA Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Rohingya Action Ireland Rohingya Students Network, Bangladesh Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN), Thailand South Carolina Kachin Community, SC, USA Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO), Burma Tavoy Women’s Union (TWU) Temple Beth Tikvah, Roswell, GA Temple Habonim, Barrington, RI Tennessee Kachin Community, TN, USA U.S. Campaign for Burma, Washington, DC, USA Unitarian Universalist Association, NY, USA Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, MA, USA Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation, WI, USA United States Chin Coalition, IN, USA UU College of Social Justice, MA, USA UU Mass Action, MA, USA UU Society of Oneonta NY, USA Virginia Kachin Community, VA, USA Washington Kachin Community, WA, USA West Virginia Kachin Community, WV, USA Women for Justice (WJ), Burma Women’s League of Burma, Thailand Women’s Peace Network, Washington, DC. 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