Stop destruction of villages and fo

[saw-aung@xxxxxxxx]

Subject: Stop destruction of villages and food crops by Burma Military Regime.

Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary General
U N Head  Quarters
New York, N Y. 10017

Dear Secretary General, 

First of all, let me thank you for taking keen interest  to resolve the
political problem in Burma. I also commend Dr. U Ne Oo for painstakingly
pointing out some flaws in U N
General Assembly Resolution that will not help much in supporting
Democracy to materialize in Burma. 
As a native of Burma, I am very much concerned about the welfare of my
fellow countrymen who have been suffering too much under the Burma
Military Regime for so long. At present, I feel it is emergency for the U
N to take some prompt action reguarding the destruction of villages, food
crops and rice barns in the minority areas.
The destruction is whole sale and indiscreminately, well documented by
the Human
Right Groups recently. I beleive that U N can call emergency meeting of 
Security Council meeting and send strong message to the Burma Military
Regime to stop the inhumane practice against the minority people. 
When racists Serb Military killed Bosnian Muslims indiscriminately, U N
intervened and it has been successful to a certain extent to maintain
peace in the area. No country blamed U N for meddling with internal
affairs of Yogoslavia. It is a Global affairs. Let me axplain why I feel
it is nacessary for U N to take prompt action.
When the Serb Military did the ethnic cleansing, they shot the innocent
Muslims indiscriminately and they died instantly. The bodies were burried
in mass graves.
In Burma especially in the minority areas at present moment, Burma Army
destroy villages, burn rice barns and destroy rice crops with the pretext
 that they are denying 
food to  the resistance groups. No body knows how many villagers died of
starvation  while fleeing and hiding in the jungle. When Serve Military
killed innocent  Muslims 
villagers they killed with war machines and the victims died instantly,
but  when the 
Burma Army killed the innocent villagers, they killed them with war
machines as well 
as deprived their victims of foods and shelters. The end result is the
same. The only different is instant death and slow death of starvation.
The destruction of food stock 
and villages is continuing and in a very near future, hundreds and
thousands of innocent minority villagers will die of starvation and
disearses for  lack of foods and shelters. 
On the other side of the boder, Thai Army and Thai Authorities do not let
 the new refugees to enter their soil and the villagers have no place to
run and no food to eat. 
Dear Secretary General, This is a very  grave situation for the innocent 
villagers  in 
minority  areas in Burma. Besides forced labor and forced relocation,
this is the worst  method Burma Military Regime systematically applied
against the minority people. 
I, therefore earnestly and respectfully request that appropriate action
be taken to stop 
Burma Military Regime from doing whole sale destruction of villages and
food crops. 
On the other hand, in support of Dr. U ne Oo's letter sent to you of the
7th December, I  earnestly request that U N General Assembly  high light
and recognize the formation
and mandate  of the Committee Representing People's Parliament (CRPP) as
earliest as possible. 

Yours respectfully.

                                  ( SAW AUNG)

Copy to:

1/  Hon. Madeleine K Albright, Secretary of State, U S Department of
State, Washington  DC 20520.

2/  Hon. Rajsoomer Lallah, Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, Center
for Human Rights, Palias des Nations, CH- 1221 Geneva 10, Switzerland.

3/  Coodinator on Forced Labour, International Labour Organization, 4
Route des Morillons, CH- 1211 Geneva 22, Switzaland.

Saw Aung Khin
(206)244-1938
saw-aung@xxxxxxxx
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