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NCGUB STATEMENT REGARDING VIOLATION



Subject: NCGUB STATEMENT REGARDING VIOLATION OF THE CEASE_FIRE AGREEMENT WITH THE KARENNI

           NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA
                                    
                                STATEMENT
                                    
  Regarding Violation of the Cease-fire Agreement with Karenni
                                    

The National Coalition Government has received a statement
issued by the Karenni National Progressive Party regarding the
breaching of the cease-fire agreement by the Burmese military
regime.

Since the birth of the military dictatorship on March 2, 1962,
when a coup  was staged against an elected government led by
Prime Minister U Nu, the military leaders in Burma have always
resorted to brute force as a means of resolving problems. Over
the years agreements concluded with opposition forces were always
short-lived because the military regime used these pacts only to
buy time.

The military regimes's decision to send troops into Karenni
territory in breach of the ceasefire agreement with the Karenni
National Progressive party does not come as a surprise to us or
even to the ethnic nationality groups which have entered into
similar cease-fire agreements with the military regime. It was
just a matter of time before that happened.

The latest military venture in Karenni territory, which further
exposes the true nature of the military leaders, will mostly hurt
the weak women, children and the aged. We call on our
neighbouring countries, which are already sheltering refugees, to
extend their hospitality once more to the people fleeing from the
latest round of military onslaught.

We understand the difficulties involved in shouldering the burden
of refugees and wish we could provide a simple solution. But,
socioeconomic problems that exist in Burma today directly
contribute to the increase in number of refugees and those
problems will remain unresolved unless we provide an overall
political solution. To achieve a political solution, we need to
rid Burma of its dictatorship and restore democracy and freedom.
We therefore call on the international community to avoid any
action that strengthens the hand of the military dictatorship
and to join in the international sanctions against the military
junta in Burma.


June 30, 1995