Denmark supports democracy movement

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NATIONAL COALITION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA  
815 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 910, Washington, DC 20005  
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     DANISH SUPPORT FOR BURMESE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT  
  
125th Congress of the Danish Social Democratic Party  
				Aalborg, Denmark  
				September 12 1996  
  
Danish Social Democrat Prime Minister Poul Nyrup  
Rasmussen on September 11 promised to do everything  
possible through the European Union to bring about  
binding European sanctions against the Burmese military  
dictatorship.  He also promised to work at the United   
Nations General Assembly in New York this fall to not  
only strengthen the language of the UNGA resolution but  
to try and bring about concrete action against the rogue  
regime.  Last but not least, he announced that Denmark  
will step up support for the Burmese democracy movement  
especially to the exiled National Coalition Government of  
the Union of Burma led by Prime Minister Dr. Sein Win,   
cousin of 1991 Nobel Peace laureate and embattled Burmese   
democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.  
  
Following Prime Minister Rasmussen 5 remarks, the Social  
Democratic Party of Denmark unanimously adopted an  
official resolution supporting the Prime Minister. The  
Burma resolution was the first to be adopted at the 125th  
Congress of the Party which opened the same afternoon.    
Rasmussen made his announcement in response to an appeal  
by Anton Johannsen, Chairman of the Danish Burma  
Committee and a prominent Danish trade union leader, for  
the Party to support Daw Aung San Suu Kyi'5 call for  
economic sanctions against the SLORC regime. The Danish  
Burma Committee backed by the Labor Organization, the   
largest Danish trade union organization, launched a  
consumer boycott campaign in August against four Danish  
companies doing business in Burma.  The Committee has  
also requested SAS, the Scandinavian Airlines, to stop  
purchasing fuel from TOTAL, the French oil company   
building a natural gas pipeline in Burma. A European  
campaign against TOTAL is being planned.  
  
Burmese Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr. Sein Win, attending  
the Congress at the invitation of the Social Democratic  
Party of Denmark, said he was gratified and encouraged by  
the strong support being given to his government and the  
Burmese democracy movement. High level meetings are  
expected to take place during the Congress.  
  
  
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			B U R M A     S T A T E M E N T  
				September 11, 1996  
  
  
  
The Danish Social Democratic Party states that  
  
  
-	Denmark will continue its efforts to implement a  
binding international boycott through EU,  
  
-	Denmark will make a marked effort that the United  
Nations General Assembly not only will condemn the  
military generals of Burma, but also discuss concrete  
actions against the generals,  
  
-	Denmark will continue its marked and concrete  
support to the democratic movement in Burma and to the  
democratic government in exile,  
  
-	We hope that we shall welcome Aung San Suu Kyi as  
our guest at the next congress.  
  
  
  
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