[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 19 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: February 28, 1994]
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           AMERICA SHOULD BACK RECONCILIATION TALKS IN BURMA

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, recently I had the privilege of meeting 
for 6 hours with Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon, Burma. This is the next 
Nelson Mandela international human rights case. She is a woman of 
towering strength and conscience, yet the world has yet to hear from 
her because she has been under house arrest for the last 5 years 
following a detention after her party in Burma won 80 percent of the 
vote.
  Mr. Speaker, she symbolizes freedom, democracy, and human rights, not 
only for the Burmese people but throughout the world.
  There is a possibility in the days ahead that the ruling Burmese 
Government will engage in talks on political reconciliation in Burma 
with Aung San Suu Kyi. We need to back this effort. U.S. policy has 
been firm behind Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, and human rights. That 
policy should now intensify.

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