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JOINT SNLD/SSPC Statement (r)



     AGREEMETN OF THE MEETING BETWEEN SHAN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY
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                       AND SHAN STATE PEACE COMMITTEE
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 The SNLD and the SSPC held a meeting on 6.6.96 aiming to build up a peaceful
 developed future federal Union of Burma. In the meeting, the following
 agreements were made.
 
 1.Only when there is unity among the Nationalities of the Union can
 the Union be protected from any dangers and the Union will have peace. The
 SNLD and the SSPC believe that there must be peace to build up a long
 standing Federal Union.
 
2.The future development of the Shan State and the Shan Nationalities
 and the development of the whole Union can only be brought about through
 cooperation.
 
3.Believing as above, the SNLD and the SSPC agreed to discuss how to
 carry out their future work.
 
4.The SNLD and the SSPC both believe that there must be Liberty,
 Equality, Love and Justice to form a longstanding Union.
 
 5.The SNLD and the SSPC believe that the current political problems
 can only be solved by peaceful political means with all the Nationalities of
 the Union working together.
 
 The SNLD and the SSPC had another meeting on 25.1.97 and made the
 following agreements.
 
 1.It was agreed that the SNLD and the Shan State Army (Special Region 3)
 would continue to attend the ongoing (1993) National Convention which is
 being held in Rangoon. While attending the meeting, the SSA and the SNLD
 will state which convention rules and regulations need to be changed in
 order to achieve increased unity and solidarity among the ethnic
 nationalities of the Union.

 2.The SNLD and the SSPC agreed to take part as far as possible in the
 effort to build up a genuine Federal Union.
 
 
 
         (SNLD)                                          (SSPC)