    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 19, 1993]
    [Page 705]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Burma
    May 19, 1993

        I was moved by the stories of individual suffering I heard this
    afternoon and am deeply concerned by the tragic human rights situation
    in Burma, as well as by the continued detention of Burmese pro-democracy
    leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest since 1989. I
    strongly urge the Burmese government to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all
    political prisoners, to respect the results of the May 1990 elections,
    and to commit itself to genuine democratic reforms.
        The Burmese people should know that America stands with them and
    with others in the international community in the struggle for freedom
    in Burma.

    Note: The President issued this statement following a meeting in the
    Cabinet Room at the White House with a group of Nobel Peace Prize
    laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Betty Williams, and Kara
    Newell, who had traveled to Thailand earlier this year to focus
    international attention on the human rights situation in Burma.