Post by Breneir Itravilatx on Jan 31, 2008 10:58:24 GMT -6
Friends, I was encouraged to resubmit this based on the outpouring of positive reactions to the PD concerning the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. It seems that there is value in symbolism so therefore I humbly submit this bill for consideration.
The Saffron Act
Whereas, the Burmese peoples have suffered under authoritarian military dictatorships since 1962 and specifically the State Peace and Development Council since 1992; and
Whereas, these successions of regimes have been responsible for continuous and sustained violations of human rights (ethnic cleansing, forced labor, conscription of child soldiers, etc.) and denial of civil, political and economic freedoms (suppression of movements for democratic expression, etc.) and have been specifically responsible for the displacement of at least 500,000 ethnic minorities and the deaths of at least 300 people who were members of outlawed opposition political parties over the course of the past year alone; and
Whereas, the Burmese peoples have repeatedly in fearless and bold form proclaimed their yearnings and determination for a unfettered capacity to express their own vision of the UN charter's promise to all peoples around the globe of self-determination; and
Whereas, in the fine words of current UN envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, "No country can afford to act in isolation from the standards by which all members of the international community are held"; and
Whereas, Talossa, condemns the above-mentioned acts by the military regime that rules Burma as outside of long-standing conventions and norms for acceptable behavior by a nation-state and calls on other members of the international community to do the same.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Talossa as a member of the international community that respects and affirms the rights of all peoples for expression of all forms of political, civil and cultural freedoms, expresses its solidarity with the brave saffron-robed Buddhist monks that have taken to the streets and monasteries of Burma to oppose dictatorship and brutality.
Uréu q'estadra så:
Breneir Tzaracomprada, MC (LRT)
The Saffron Act
Whereas, the Burmese peoples have suffered under authoritarian military dictatorships since 1962 and specifically the State Peace and Development Council since 1992; and
Whereas, these successions of regimes have been responsible for continuous and sustained violations of human rights (ethnic cleansing, forced labor, conscription of child soldiers, etc.) and denial of civil, political and economic freedoms (suppression of movements for democratic expression, etc.) and have been specifically responsible for the displacement of at least 500,000 ethnic minorities and the deaths of at least 300 people who were members of outlawed opposition political parties over the course of the past year alone; and
Whereas, the Burmese peoples have repeatedly in fearless and bold form proclaimed their yearnings and determination for a unfettered capacity to express their own vision of the UN charter's promise to all peoples around the globe of self-determination; and
Whereas, in the fine words of current UN envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, "No country can afford to act in isolation from the standards by which all members of the international community are held"; and
Whereas, Talossa, condemns the above-mentioned acts by the military regime that rules Burma as outside of long-standing conventions and norms for acceptable behavior by a nation-state and calls on other members of the international community to do the same.
Therefore, the Kingdom of Talossa as a member of the international community that respects and affirms the rights of all peoples for expression of all forms of political, civil and cultural freedoms, expresses its solidarity with the brave saffron-robed Buddhist monks that have taken to the streets and monasteries of Burma to oppose dictatorship and brutality.
Uréu q'estadra så:
Breneir Tzaracomprada, MC (LRT)
