JOINT SNLD/SSPC Statement

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    Agreement of the meeting between Shan National League for Democracy
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			and Shan State Peace Committee
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The SNLD and the SSPC held a meeting on 6.6.96 aiming to build up a peaceful
developed future federal Union of Burma. In the meeting, the following
agreements were made.

1.      Only when there is unity among the Nationalities of the Union can
the Union be protected from any dangers and the Union will have peace. The
SNLD and the SSPC believe that there must be peace to build up a long
standing Federal Union.
2.      The future development of the Shan State and the Shan Nationalities
and the development of the whole Union can only be brought about through
cooperation.
3.      Believing as above, the SNLD and the SSPC agreed to discuss how to
carry out their future work.
4.      The SNLD and the SSPC both believe that there must be Liberty,
Equality, Love and Justice to form a longstanding Union.
5.      The SNLD and the SSPC believe that the current political problems
can only be solved by peaceful political means with all the Nationalities of
the Union working together.

        The SNLD and the SSPC had another meeting on 25.1.97 and made the
following agreements.

1.      It was agreed that the SNLD and the Shan State Army (Special
Region 3) would continue to attend the ongoing (1993) National Convention
which is being held in Rangoon. While attending the meeting, the SSA and
the SNLD will state which convention rules and regulations need to be
changed in order to achieve increased unity and solidarity among the
ethnic nationalities of the Union.
2.      The SNLD and the SSPC agreed to take part as far as possible in the
effort to build up a genuine Federal Union.



        (SNLD)                                          (SSPC)