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DAB-statement



Statement of the Democratic Alliance of  Burma 


A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Alliance of Burma
(DAB) was held on September 5 to 7, 1997. The following resolutions were
made in the meeting:

1. In light of the current situation in Burma, the DAB resolves to continue
striving for increased solidarity between the democratic forces and the
ethnic nationalities. The people of Burma are currently suffering extreme
hardship as a result of the oppressive rule of the State Law and Order
Restoration Council (SLORC) and the SLORC-controlled market economy, and the
DAB resolves to support them in every way possible in their struggle against
the SLORC. 

2. The DAB upholds fully the spirit of the Maehtawhta Agreement, which calls
for the ethnic nationalities to unite with the democratic forces led by Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi in struggling against the military dictatorship, and calls
for tripartite talks between the ethnic nationalities, the democratic forces
and the SLORC to solve the country's problems and lead to the setting up of
a federal union. The agreement was significant in its unification of the
various ethnic nationalities, and the DAB commends the groups that are
sticking resolutely to this agreement. We will cooperate with them fully to
struggle against the SLORC.

3. The DAB strongly condemns the repeated acts of lawlessness, torture and
other human rights violations committed by the SLORC in the border areas and
in Central Burma. The DAB is gravely concerned at the effects of the
unbridled corruption, religious divisions and racist killings spawned by the
SLORC.  

4. The SLORC has used cunning persuasion and force in its attempts to crush
the revolutionary forces, but the DAB remains committed to withstanding and
exposing such trickery. The DAB will continue striving towards its goal of a
country free from military rule, where justice, human rights and prosperity
prevail. 

5. The DAB appreciates the support given by foreign countries, in particular
the USA and EU members, in giving economic and political pressure to the
SLORC. The DAB calls on all these countries to give further pressure to the
SLORC to hold tripartite talks with the democratic forces led by Daw Aung
San Suu Syi and the ethnic nationalities.

6. Tripartite talks will be a first step in opposing the military
dictatorship and establishing democracy, peace and a federal union. The DAB
calls on the people of Burma to help bring about the talks by opposing the
SLORC's National Convention and boycotting the SLORC in any way possible.
The time is ripe for this. 

For tripartite talks,
Unity of the oppressed
And democracy!


Executive Committee
Democratic Alliance of Burma
September 9, 1997 
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 *         Myint Aung          *
 *  People's Liberation Front  *
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