AUSSIE'S TRUE SKIN (r)

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Thanks for posting this Julian,  I am terribly ashamed of the current government
which has no moral backbone!!  We have had a very good response from the
opposition Kim Beasley - this has yet to be tested out.
te

Julien Moe wrote:

> AUSSIE'S TRUE SKIN
> By Julien Moe
> 20th October 1999
>
> Australia made some attempts to set up a human rights commission in Burma,
> crying for the moon. Opposition Leader Aung san Suu Kyi did citicise the
> Australian attempt, saying it was undesirable for the Burmese. Australia
> never suppported the CRPP established by the MPs of the NLD.
>
> On the 19th of October 1999 Bloomberg reported that Australian Trade
> Minister Mark Vaile  said that Australia would like to establish a free
> trade agreement with Southeast Asia nations including Burma. The United
> States has never had a double standard policy toward Burma. Trade sanctions
> have been renewed year after year. The United States has prescribed  the
> same policy toward Burma. The United States favoured  the Burmese people's
> rights and freedom of the Burmese over business interests. The American
> businesses remaining in Burma cannot renew their business contracts with
> Burma as soon as the signed  contracts expire.
>
> As for Australia, business interests are more important than rigts and
> freedom of the Burmese people. Australia wants to have a free trade with
> ASEAN natuions before 2010. Whether Burma has a democracy does not matter in
> the national interest of  Australia.  It is obvious that Australia cannot
> hide its true skin covered with business interests and profits that can be
> reaped from Burma, sidelining the sufferings of the Burmese people.
>
> .

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