Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in Burma and the urgent need to improve the democratic and human rights of the people of Burma.

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Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. policy should: (1) support the restoration of democracy in Burma, including implementation of the results of the 1990 elections; (2) continue to call upon the military regime in Burma known as the State Peace and Development Council to guarantee freedoms of assembly, movement, speech, and the press for all Burmese citizens, to accept a political dialogue with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy, and ethnic leaders to advance peace, to release all detained Members elected to the 1990 parliament and other political prisoners, and to uphold the terms and conditions of all human rights and related resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights, the International Labor Organization, and the European Union; and (3) sustain current economic and political sanctions against Burma as the appropriate means of securing the restoration of democracy, human rights, and civil liberties and of supporting U.S. national security counternarcotics interests.

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 10 October 2000

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 10 October 2000

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 October 2000

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 May 2000

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 May 2000

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 May 2000

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