"Dawn" News Bulletin, Vol.4 No.3 April - Online Burma Library

(Shan) 8,333 Mong Yu Shan
9 villages(Karen) 1,650 Kawluda Karen
1 village (Karen) 100 Saw H ta Karen
12 villages(Karen) 4,360 Hteemukhee Karen
41 villages(Karen) 8200 Pa-An Karen
24 villages(Karen) 4,800 Papun Karen
53 villages(Karen) 13,435 That on Mon
EMERGENCY
RESOLUTION ON
BURMA
At the 22nd Congress of the International Union of
Food, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and
Allied Workers' Association (IUF) Congress held
in May 1993, it adopted a resolution on Burma to
maintain its pressure on Slorc. On that resolution it
recalled the recent condemnation of the military
dictatorship in Burma by the EC and the Nordic
Council and considered that foreign investment in
Burma continues to sustain the Slorc dictatorship.
Moreover, it also called upon its affiliated
organisations to campaign for the cessation of all
foreign investment in Burma and for an effective
arms embargo, trade sanctions, and the diplomatic
isolation of the Slorc regime, to render active support
to the democratic opposition and the independent
trade unions organised in the FTTJB, and to campaign
for the release of all political prisoners, the transfer
of power to a democratically-elected civilian
government and the restoration of full democractic
and trade union rights in Burma.
(Source: FTUB)
Trade Unions and the Internatinal Trade Sectretariets.
MAY DAY: FTUB CALLS
WORKERS FOR
STANDING
STIMULATEOUSLY
On the auspicious occasion of May Day, Free Trade
Union of Burma (FTUB) issued a statement which
reflects the current affairs related to Burma.
It said, despite cruel suppression and extreme abuses
of trade union rights in Burma by the military regime
since, the free trade union movement has been able
to survive, motivate and organise inside the country
with the help of the international free trade unions.
"In our struggle for Democracy, Human Rights and
Trade Union Rights in Burma, the biggest obstacle
is the foreign exchange from the investments by the
multi-national firms and the flagship firms that are
propping-up the military regime," the statement
also said.
FTUB harshly condemned the investments being
done in Burma and said that such activities are in
disregard of the consensus resolutions passed at the
United Nations General Assembly, the United
Nations Human Rights Commission, the European
Parliament, the International Confederation of Free
Moreover, it also pointed out more tragic collaborations between the regime, the flagship companies and
some government (French, Thai) owned companies which are forcing the ethnic nationalities into the
hands of the regime, ruining the livelihoods of the local people and ruining the environment in Burma.
In conclusion, it called upon the workers in Burma and the international free trade union to access the
present Burma political situation, to show its dedication to the democratic struggle by stimulateously
standing, and stated that final solution of removing the regime will be done by itself.
(Source: FTUB)
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