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Statement of NCUB conference



Statement of Fourth NCUB Conference

1. The 4th Conference of the NCUB was successfully held from May 16, 1996
to May 23, 1996 at a location in the liberated area. 

2. Representatives of all four member organizations of the NCUB, being
those of the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), the national Democratic
Front (NDF), national League for Democracy - liberated Area (NLD-LA), and
Members of parliament Union (MPU) which is composed of elected members of
parliament of the May 1990 general election and ministers of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), attended the
conference, in force. 

3. At this 4th Conference of the NCUB, representatives of the four member
organizations have held discussions and deliberations, in a free and frank
manner, and have successfully established, a step further, a stronger
unity between the prodemocracy and resistance forces. After elevating the
NCUB as a unified force, on the basis of equality, mutual respect and
understanding, the conference firmly laid down the four main objectives,
viz. the abolition of military dictatorship, establishment of peace and
democracy, and the establishment of a genuine federal union. 

4. The unanimous approval of a draft Constitution for a further federal
Union of Burma, which is an improvement of the Constitution drafted by the
DAB, as the NCUB's proposed first draft and the decision to further make
improvements on it until a better and more complete second draft is
achieved, by collective effort, show that the cooperation within the NCUB
is gaining greater momentum. 

5. The following objectives have been laid down as the grand strategic
programmes of the NCUB. (1) To oppose the results of the Slorc's sham
National Convention. (2) To assist and support the anti-military
dictatorship campaign launched by the NLD under the leadership of Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi and pro-democracy forces inside the country. (3) To work for
the emergence of nation-wide and politically directed movement against the
military dictatorship. (4) To work for the reduction of international aid
and assistance to the Slorc. 

6. the Conference unanimously decided to demand the Slorc to hold a
tripartite dialogue participated by pro-democracy forces led by Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, the ethnic nationalities forces and the Slorc, for the
solving o the political problems by political means, on the basis of
equality and mutual respect. In anticipation of the Slorc agreeing to hold
a genuine tripartite dialogue in accordance with the demand of the NCUB,
the Conference laid down, as mentioned below, a political programme that
can be agreed to by all, in order to realize, in practice, genuine
national reconciliation. (1) After signing an agreement based on the
positions formed by the leaders in the tripartite dialogue, the Slorc is
to declare a nation-wide cease-fire, to release all the political
prisoners and to rescind all the repressive laws and orders; (2) To form a
parliament consisting of representatives elected in May 1990 general
election; (3) This parliament is to declare a general amnesty, to form an
interim coalition government consisting of persons chosen pursuant to an
agreement reached at in the tripartite dialogue and to adopt an interim
constitution for the interim government. (4) The interim government is to
organize and hold a genuine national convention for laying down principles
for the constitutionof a future federal union. (5) The parliament is to
draft a constitution based on the principles laid down by the national
convention and to enact it. (6) A government of the people is to be
elected and formed in accordance with this new constitution. 

7. This conference seriously calls upon the Slorc to stop arresting
leaders of the NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the elected
representatives, and release them unconditionally, to cease oppressing the
people and to hold a genuine tripartite dialogue for the establishment of
national reconciliation. 

8. Finally, this Conference of the NCUB earnestly calls upon governments
of the world, international organizations and the people to keep a close
watch on the current developments in Burma, to review the policy of
constructive engagement and to suspend relation or aid to the Slorc until
and unless the Slorc undertakes genuine political change for freedom and
democracy. 

Date. may 27, 1996