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22/9/99:LETTER TO H.E.GURIRAB,PRESI



POSTED 23-SEP-99, 6:00AM.

DEAR FRIENDS:

Time has come again to protest the Burmese delegation and H.E.Win Aung
to be excluded from participating UN General Assembly. Enclosed my
letter to the President of 54th Session of UNGA, HE Theo Ben Gurirab.
Please lodge your protest to H.E.Gurireb and all others who are
influential at the Assembly. Facsimile numbers provided.

Of recent concerned to me is some Burmese's tendency to ONLY watch
activists working. We do need the participation of every Burmese on the
list to write letters etc to the officials. I was informed, privately,
by some Burmese that they appreciate our work. Thank you. However, we,
the Burmese activists, still need other people's  participation in
writing letters.  

Some encouraging sign over the year is more Burmese participating in
actual political debate on electronic forums. One thing to note,
however, is that the electronic forums are to be considered only as
efficient tools in disseminating information. To communicate properly to
the officials at the UN and Government Departments, we still need to
write on paper and send by mail/fax etc.  

1) H.E.THEO-BEN GURIRAB, FAX:+1-212-685-1561
2) MR ALVARO DE SOTO, ASST-SECRETARY OF UN, FAX:+1-212-963-1395
3) H.E.RICHARD HOLSBROOK, US AMB.TO UN, FAX:+1-212-415-4443
4) MS DANIELA NAPOLI, CHIEF EC HUMAN RIGHT UNIT, FAX:+32-2-295-7850
5) HON.RAJSOOMER LALLAH, HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR,
FAX:+41-22-917-0092
6) BURMA DESK, U.S.STATE DEPARTMENT, FAX:+1-202-647-9519/3069
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LETTER TO H.E.THEO- BEN GURIRAB
PRESIDENT OF 54TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Dr U Ne Oo
18 Shannon Place
Adelaide SA 5000
AUSTRALIA

22 September 1999.

H.E. Theo- Ben Gurirab
President, 54th Session
United Nations General Assembly
Permanent Representative of Namibia to UN
135 East 36th Street
New York N.Y.10016, U.S.A.

Dear H.E. Gurirab:

	re: The Representative from Burma/Myanmar at the UNGA

I am a Burmese national currently residing in Australia. I call Mr
President's attention to Myanmar Military Government refusing to comply
the resolution of United Nations General Assembly. In this connection, I
enclosed my letter on September 1998 to the former General Assembly
President Didier Opertti.

During this year, the military government of Myanmar continue to refuse
to enter dialogue with the opposition leaders winner of the May 1990
General Elections in Burma. The military authorities continue to
detained many of those elected members since August last year. Some of
the opposition MPs have been released on the condition that they be not
participated in politics.

The military government of Myanmar is also refusing to have dialogue
with the U.N. Special Envoy. Mr Alvaro de Soto, deputy to the
Secretary-General, has been refused last month to visit Rangoon by
military authorities. In particular, the military authorities are
refusing to cooperate with U.N. Human Rights mechanism: the Judge
Rajsoomer Lallah, Special Rapporteur for Myanmar, has not been allowed
to investigate human rights complaints in Burma since his appointment in
1996.

More disturbingly, reliable reports indicate that Burmese military
leaders and their subordinates have been involved in common criminal
activities such as production and sale of heroin and
Amphetamine-Type-Stimulants to neighbouring countries and to the world.
In this connection, I enclosed relevant information papers for you.

I believe it is long overdue for UN General Assembly and UN System to
ensure military government of Myanmar comply with the GA resolutions. I
ask Hon. President and the 54th Session of U.N. General Assembly to take
first step in this direction and refuse to give floor at UNGA to the
military government appointed Foreign Minister, H.E. U Win Aung. Burmese
Foreign Minister, H.E. U Win Aung, should be allowed at the UN General
Assembly only if his appointment has been endorsed by Burma's Parliament
or its Parliamentary Committee -- Committee Representing the People's
Parliament (CRPP).

In closing, I thank President Gurirab for your kind attention to this
matter.
							
Yours respectfully and sincerely					(U NE OO)              

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