[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 29 (Monday, July 26, 1993)]
[Pages 1408-1409]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Anniversary of the Arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma

 July 20, 1993

    Today, July 20, marks the 4th anniversary of the arrest and 
detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, the courageous Burmese opposition leader 
and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The overwhelming mandate won by her 
party in the 1990 elections remains unfulfilled. This is a tragedy for 
Burma and a cause for outrage in the international community.
    Despite her isolation, Aung San Suu Kyi is not forgotten. An 
authentic voice of Bur- 

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mese democracy, she remains a symbol of hope to the people of her 
country who yearn for representative government and an inspiration to 
all who are striving for freedom and democracy elsewhere in Asia and 
throughout the world.
    Today I renew my call to Burma's military rulers to release 
unconditionally Aung San Suu Kyi and all other prisoners of conscience, 
to respect the results of the 1990 elections, and to undertake genuine 
democratic reforms. History is on the side of freedom throughout the 
world, and I remain confident that the aspirations of all Burmese people 
for basic human rights and representative government will ultimately be 
fulfilled.