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Subject: FW: Resolution to exclude Burma from the Olympic Games

>From:	Tas Trades & Labour Council [SMTP:ttlc@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Monday, 16 August 1999 12:05
To:	'azappia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:	Resolution to exclude Burma from the Olympic Games

Dear Amanda Zappia

I refer to your letter of 9 July 1999 and advise that the Tasmanian Trades 
and Labor Council adopted the resolution suggested by the Federation of 
Trade Unions - Burma, which amongst other things, 'calls on the Australian 
Government: (1) to give legal and political support to CRPP and (2) close 
the Austrade Office in Rangoon and discourage trade with the dictatorship 
until political and economic reforms have been implemented, including 
political dialogue, release of all political prisoners, adherence to the 
recommendations of the ILO and the UN, adherence to recommendations made by 
the IMF and adherence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which 
Burma becam a signatory in 1955, and calls on the IOC to (1) exclude Burma 
from the Olympic Games unless there is substantial political and economic 
reforms in the country and (2) ensures that should Burma participate in the 
games, all citizens of the country are given equal opportunity of race, 
religion or political beliefs.'

Yours in solidarity

Lynne Fitzgerald
Secretary
Tasmanian Trades & Labor Council
PO Box 128
NORTH HOBART  TAS  7002

Telephone: 6234 9553