| Working Group to Support
Sanctions on Burma (WGSSB)
Announcement 01/2003 August 15, 2003 Washington, DC In response to Depayin Massacre on May, 30, 2003 and continued human rights abuses by the Burmese military junta, the United States Congress and Administration take effective measures to sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people. However, the military thugs are trying to find ways to avoid or violate these measures as usual. As suggested by some Burmese democratic community leaders, we take responsibilities to find out these violations to have maximum impact of US Sanctions against Burma's regime. Therefore, we establish a small group, called "Working Group to Support Sanctions on Burma (WGSSB)". This is not a political organization nor political party. We commit ourselves voluntarily our time, energy, and effort, without seeking any financial assistance, aiming to attack Burma's military junta and assist the democracy movement led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Mission/ Objective: To maintain and further strengthen the US Sanctions against Burma's military regime as part of the process of regime change. Functions: We can describe our functions with three words: educating, informing, and investigating. The following functions would be carried out with the help of the Burmese democratic community members in the US. We will: 1. Translate the US President Bush's executive order 13310, enacted on July 28, 2003, based on the "Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003", which was approved overwhelmingly in US Senate and House of Representatives, into Burmese language and inform the Burmese democratic community members in the US. 2. Get the definition and meanings of the measures that included in the executive order and inform the Burmese democratic community members in the US. 3. Compile the list of the people who are not allowed entering the US in accordance with the executive order and submit to the US administration and the members of the Burmese democratic community in the US. 4. Investigate the immediate family members of the SPDC and the USDA, who are in the US by violating the current visa restrictions, with the help of Burmese democratic community and inform the US administration to take actions. 5. Investigate the money transaction from the US to Burma, which is illegal under the executive order, and inform the US administration to take actions. Request: We are the members of the Burmese democratic community in the US and our intended job would be part of the actions of the Burmese democratic community supporting the democracy movement inside Burma. We welcome suggestions, participation and information, which would be crucial for the success of our functions. Aung Din (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma) H. Moe (NCGUB) Aung San Myint (Federation of Trade Unions - Burma) |
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