FW: Australian Education Union, Res

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Subject: FW: Australian Education Union, Resolution on Burma

The resolutions carried by the AEU Executive follow.  

**DECISION

	1.	The AEU condemns the dictatorship of Burma for :

		i) 	failing to implement political and economic reforms in the country;
		ii) 	failing to hold substantial political dialogue with the NLD and
members of the non-Burman ethnic groups;
		iii) 	the ongoing human rights abuses and slavery as spelled out by the
ILO report;
		iv) 	failing to implement the recommendations made in the ILO report.

	2.	The AEU recognises:
	
		i) 	the legal authority of CRPP, established by the NLD in 1998, as the
genuine representative of the people's parliament of Burma;
		 ii) 	the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma as the
provisional, exiled government of Burma with the authority to speak on
behalf of the people of Burma in the international arena;
		 iii) 	The Federation of Trade Unions, Burma as a genuine federation with
the authority to speak on behalf of workers of Burma in the international
arena until such time as the "right to association" is granted to the
workers of Burma.

	3.	The AEU requests the ACTU call on the Australian Government:

		i) 	to give legal and political support to CRPP;
		ii) 	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 became a signatory in 1955.

	4.	The AEU urges the ACTU to take all steps necessary to ensure that all
citizens of Burma are given equal opportunity, regardless of race, religion
or political beliefs, to participate in the 2000 Olympic Games.

Susan Hopgood
Deputy Federal Secretary
Australian Education Union - Federal Office
PO Box 1158
South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205

Phone:   03 92541800
Fax:     03 92541805