[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12891-12892]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


SENATE RESOLUTION 174--RECOGNIZING BURMESE DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST AND NOBEL 
PEACE LAUREATE AUNG SAN SUU KYI AS A SYMBOL OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 
                                IN BURMA

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. McCain, Mr. Frist, 
Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Reid) submitted the following resolution; which was 
considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 174

       Whereas June 19, 2005 marks the 60th birthday of Burmese 
     democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San 
     Suu Kyi;
       Whereas Burma is misruled by the State Peace and 
     Development Council, an illegitimate, repressive military 
     junta led by General Than Shwe;
       Whereas although the main opposition party in Burma, the 
     National League for Democracy, won a landslide victory in 
     national elections in 1990, the State Peace and Development 
     Council has refused to honor the results of that election and 
     peacefully transfer power in Burma;
       Whereas the State Peace and Development Council as a matter 
     of policy carries out a campaign of violence and intimidation 
     against the people of Burma and ethnic minorities that 
     includes the use of rape, torture, and terror;
       Whereas hundreds of democracy activists, including Aung San 
     Suu Kyi who is the leader of the National League for 
     Democracy, remain imprisoned by the repressive State Peace 
     and Development Council; and
       Whereas the United States and other democratic countries 
     recognize and applaud the dedication and commitment to 
     freedom demonstrated by Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of 
     Burma: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes Burmese democracy activist and Nobel Peace 
     Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as a symbol of the spirit and 
     dedication of the people of Burma who are courageously and 
     nonviolently struggling for freedom, human rights, and 
     justice;
       (2) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of 
     Aung San Suu Kyi and all

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     other prisoners of conscience who are held by the State Peace 
     and Development Council, the illegitimate, repressive 
     military junta in power in Burma; and
       (3) strongly urges Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to 
     initiate a discussion of the repressive practices of the 
     State Peace and Development Council during the 12th 
     Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional forum and 
     post-ministerial meeting scheduled to take place in 
     Vientiane, Laos on July 29, 2005.

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