NLD-LA Youth Extraordinary Conferen

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National League for Democracy-Liberated Area (Youths)
Extraordinary Conference Statement

1. The extraordinary Conference of National League for Democracy-Liberated
Area (Youths) was successfully held from January 29 to 30, 1998, at a place
in the liberated area, under the aegis of the National Coalition Government
of the Union of Burma and Central Committee of the NLD-LA.
2. We are now at a time when there are developments indicating that an
unusual turn of the political situation is about to take place. This
Conference was held for the purpose of engendering a new generation of
youth leaders, with greater unity, experience and qualification, among the
NLD youths, and laying down necessary programs so that we may better
shoulder our responsibility in the role that we have to play, at the time
of political change, concerning the entire people made up of various ethnic
nationalities. 
3. The delegates attending the Conference, after discussing freely and
frankly about the prevailing political, economic and social situations, and
situation of the youths, in Burma, laid down future programs and adopted
the following decisions.

v We, the participants of the Conference, gravely demand the SPDC to
coordinate for the emergence of a tripartite dialogue - comprising of the
authorities, democratic forces and all the ethnic nationalities - on the
complicated issues relating to politics, economy, social situation & etc.
v We seriously demand the SPDC to hold a meeting with the NLD, at the
earliest date, with a view to organizing the tripartite dialogue for
resolving the political crisis facing Burma.
v We earnestly support the decision of NLD, stipulating that Chairman U
Aung Shwe and Gen. Sec. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shall participate in the
dialogues, since it is in accordance with the right of the NLD to choose
its own representatives with regard to the matter of holding discussions
with the SPDC military authorities.
v We absolutely denounce the SPDC's unfinished National Convention, that
would perpetuate the evil life of the military dictatorship system, and
urge the SPDC to speedily implement the results of the 1990 elections,
which is the true will of the people, and as called for by the UNGA
resolutions.
v We strongly condemn acts of obstruction, restriction and repression
against the legal activities of the NLD, a legally standing political
party, especially the interference against activities of the NLD Gen. Sec.,
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, relating to the organization of the NLD Youths. 
v We vigorously condemn the use of the Union Solidarity Development
Association (USDA), said by the SLORC to be formed for social activities
and into which innocent students and youths had been enlisted by force, as
a tool for obstruction and suppression against activities of the political
opposition, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
v We demand the unconditional release of all political prisoners, including
members of the NLD Youths, imprisoned or detained.
4. Therefore, we, the NLD-LA (Youths) in congress at this extraordinary
youth Conference, bearing in mind and holding fast to the principles and
programs laid down by the NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, affirm that we
will relentlessly struggle on, together with all the ethnic nationalities
and the entire mass of youths, for the resolution of problems of the
country and the youths, and for the establishment of a genuine multi-party
democratic State.


                Youth Extraordinary Conference

National League for Democracy-Liberated area (Youths)
January 30, 1998