AUSSIE'S TRUE SKIN

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AUSSIE'S TRUE SKIN
By Julien Moe
20th October 1999

Australia made some attempts to set up a human rights commission in Burma,
crying for the moon. Opposition Leader Aung san Suu Kyi did citicise the
Australian attempt, saying it was undesirable for the Burmese. Australia
never suppported the CRPP established by the MPs of the NLD.

On the 19th of October 1999 Bloomberg reported that Australian Trade
Minister Mark Vaile  said that Australia would like to establish a free
trade agreement with Southeast Asia nations including Burma. The United
States has never had a double standard policy toward Burma. Trade sanctions
have been renewed year after year. The United States has prescribed  the
same policy toward Burma. The United States favoured  the Burmese people's
rights and freedom of the Burmese over business interests. The American
businesses remaining in Burma cannot renew their business contracts with
Burma as soon as the signed  contracts expire. 

As for Australia, business interests are more important than rigts and
freedom of the Burmese people. Australia wants to have a free trade with
ASEAN natuions before 2010. Whether Burma has a democracy does not matter in
the national interest of  Australia.  It is obvious that Australia cannot
hide its true skin covered with business interests and profits that can be
reaped from Burma, sidelining the sufferings of the Burmese people.

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