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Some excerpts from Union's in Aus on the Sydney 2000 issue; I can send the whole resolution if you're interested.
Source: Amanda Zappia.

Australian Education Union:

4.	The AEU urges the ACTU to take all steps necessary to ensure that all citizens of Burma are given equal opportunity, regardless of race, religion or political beliefs, to participate in the 2000 Olympic Games.
Contact:
Susan Hopgood
Deputy Federal Secretary
Australian Education Union - Federal Office
PO Box 1158
South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205
Phone:   03 92541800
Fax:     03 92541805

Tasmanion Trades and Labor Council:
"I refer to your letter of 9 July 1999 and advise that the Tasmanian Trades and Labor Council adopted the resolution suggested by the Federation of Trade Unions - Burma, which amongst other things, 'calls on the Australian Government: 
(1) to give legal and political support to CRPP and 
(2) close the Austrade Office in Rangoon and discourage trade with the dictatorship until political and economic reforms have been implemented, including political dialogue, release of all political prisoners, adherence to the recommendations of the ILO and the UN, adherence to recommendations made by the IMF and adherence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which Burma becam a signatory in 1955, 
and calls on the IOC to 
(1) exclude Burma from the Olympic Games unless there is substantial political and economic reforms in the country and 
(2) ensures that should Burma participate in the games, all citizens of the country are given equal opportunity of race, religion or political beliefs.'
Yours in solidarity
Contact:
Lynne Fitzgerald
Secretary
Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council
PO Box 128
NORTH HOBART  TAS  7002

Telephone: 6234 9553




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Van:  Susan Locke [SMTP:susanlocke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Verzonden:  zondag 10 oktober 1999 13:08
Aan:  Heiko Schaefer; Burmanet
Onderwerp:  Re: www.myanmarmade.com

Dear Heiko, 

Now that is interesting. I've been having a
discussion recently with a few people about the
Burma Out of Sydney 2000 Olympics campaign. Some
people want to support the campaign, some want
to have Burma come to Sydney. The discussion
revolves around whether the sports people are
SLORC/SPDC people whose training costs and
resources have been gained through oppression
and repression of civilian Burmese people; or
are they "genuine" sports people whose level of
achievement has been gained through their own
endeavours and who should be given the
opportunity to experience the Olympics.

In relation to business dealings with Burma :
"In a video-recorded statement smuggled out of
Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi describes the country as
a huge prison and calls on the European Union,
the United States and the rest of the world to
help the cause of democracy by imposing economic
sanctions." (BBC news)

Is there a similar position, do you think, to be
taken on the international community's
engagement with sporting activities, (or art, or
music, or dance, or ......... events) that are
coming out of Burma, based on the premise that
such activities are SLORC/SPDC
endorsed/approved.

Or is there a need for decision making about
boycotts on a case by case basis in case there
are legitimate Burmese people involved in
trading/etc out of Burma? Could anyone (besides
SLORC/SPDC people on Burmanet) give a public
100% guarantee on Burmanet that myanmarmade.com
has no relationship with SLORC/SPDC? Perhaps the
people who have addressed me privately on this
matter complaining how unfair I have been to
myanmarmade.com can give me that assurance
publicly on Burmanet.

Maybe I should just believe that those travel
tour companies inside Burma are run by non
SLORC/SPDC connected Burmese business people
without any coerced labour at all and that the
tourist accommodation has not been built over
the houses of now displaced people. 

Maybe I should just go online shopping after all
and forget about erring on the side of caution.

What do you think?

Regards,
SL

Heiko Schaefer wrote:
> 
> Dear Susan,
> 
> okay, this is also an idea. I was just read this announcement in a
> Yahoo!-Club about soccer. I was shocked when I saw, that people can
> think about soccer in a society like Burma. But I think this is a
> collections of military men.
> 
> Regards
> Heiko
> 
> Susan Locke wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > No surprises here. A search of the ownership
> > details of the domain name reveals the owners
> > as:
> >
> > MyanmarMade.com (MYANMARMADE-DOM)
> > 108(C), Aye Yeik Nyein Street
> > Mayangone Township, YG
> > MM
> >
> > I'd strongly suggest that you don't look it up.
> > The more hits on the site, the more you'll just
> > encourage them. Perhaps it would be worth adding
> > a new category to the lists of companies doing
> > business out of Burma, that is, virtual
> > companies.
> >
> > Regards,
> > SL
> >
> 
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