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Democratically Elected Representatives of Burma Seek
Burma’s Seat at United Nations General Assembly Through Credentials Challenge
September 9, 2008
Today, Tuesday September 9th, the democratically elected representatives of the people of Burma filed a rival claimant credentials challenge seeking to take Burma ’s seat at the United Nations from the illegitimate military regime. This delegation of democratic leaders comprises the only appropriate and lawful representatives of the people of Burma . We call on all member states of the United Nations to support their bid to provide the people of Burma a voice in the international community.
While the democratically elected leader of the Burmese people, Nobel Lauriat Aung San Suu Kyi, remains under house arrest as a political prisoner, the illegitimate military regime seeks to continue its illegitimate and unlawful representation of the state of Burma to the United Nations General Assembly.
The people of Burma voted for the National League for Democracy by an overwhelming majority in the only free and fair elections in recent history, but the military regime refused to honor the elections. In response to its defeat, the regime arrested, tortured, and murdered as many of the peoples’ representatives as possible. Since those elections, the regime has maintained a veil of control using exceptionally brutal tactics. It has refused to honor a single request for reform from the international community.
Today, the democratically elected representatives of the people of Burma take the first step in righting the wrongs of the regime by claiming what is rightfully and lawfully theirs—Burma’s seat at the United Nations General Assembly.
This rival claimant credentials challenge is only the first step in a new initiative to use all available international legal and political mechanisms to challenge the legitimacy of the regime and bring to light the multitude of abuses the regime commits against the Burmese people. We call upon states to support these new initiatives and use all means available to them to increase pressure on the regime and its members.
As we stand up for democracy in Burma , we hope that the world will stand with us.
Burma’s Seat at United Nations General Assembly Through Credentials Challenge
September 9, 2008
Today, Tuesday September 9th, the democratically elected representatives of the people of Burma filed a rival claimant credentials challenge seeking to take Burma ’s seat at the United Nations from the illegitimate military regime. This delegation of democratic leaders comprises the only appropriate and lawful representatives of the people of Burma . We call on all member states of the United Nations to support their bid to provide the people of Burma a voice in the international community.
While the democratically elected leader of the Burmese people, Nobel Lauriat Aung San Suu Kyi, remains under house arrest as a political prisoner, the illegitimate military regime seeks to continue its illegitimate and unlawful representation of the state of Burma to the United Nations General Assembly.
The people of Burma voted for the National League for Democracy by an overwhelming majority in the only free and fair elections in recent history, but the military regime refused to honor the elections. In response to its defeat, the regime arrested, tortured, and murdered as many of the peoples’ representatives as possible. Since those elections, the regime has maintained a veil of control using exceptionally brutal tactics. It has refused to honor a single request for reform from the international community.
Today, the democratically elected representatives of the people of Burma take the first step in righting the wrongs of the regime by claiming what is rightfully and lawfully theirs—Burma’s seat at the United Nations General Assembly.
This rival claimant credentials challenge is only the first step in a new initiative to use all available international legal and political mechanisms to challenge the legitimacy of the regime and bring to light the multitude of abuses the regime commits against the Burmese people. We call upon states to support these new initiatives and use all means available to them to increase pressure on the regime and its members.
As we stand up for democracy in Burma , we hope that the world will stand with us.
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