Burma 101

Timeline of Burmese History

Posted by administrator Sep 26, 2011

Email your Senators: Stop Atrocities in Burma

Please email your Senators to co-sponsor S. Con. Res. 12, calling for President Obama to provide leadership to establish an UN Commission of Inquiry, an international investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma.

Senator Lugar (R-IN) along with Senators Feinstein (D-CA), McConnell (R-KY) and Inhofe (R-OK) introduced this resolution to send a strong signal to President Obama to turn his words of support into action.

Chapter VII

Chapter VII of the UN Charter gives the UN Security Council the power “to maintain or restore international peace and security” Article 33 of the Charter says the council can interfere whenever the Council “deems necessary”. A “threat to peace”: (1) overthrow a democratically-elected government; (2) conflict among governmental bodies and armed ethnic groups; (3) widespread internal humanitarian violations; (4) substantial outflow of refugees.

A Brief History of Burma

After World War II Burma’s general Aung San got England’s PM Sir Clement Atlee to agree and give Burma independence from Great Britian. From 1948 until 1962 Burma was a democracy with freedom. Then in 1962 Burma’s general Ne Win staged a coup and ended Burma’s democracy, freedom and human rights.

Burma used to be Asia’s rice bowl, now it’s Asia’s begging bowl because today’s junta in Burma led by senior general Than Shwe are plundering Burma’s natural resources for themselves.