Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05RANGOON873
2005-07-28 10:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:  

NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD 
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281049Z Jul 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000873 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD
SUBJECT: NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN

REF: A. STATE 100357


B. RANGOON 820

C. RANGOON 646

Classified By: COM Carmen Martinez for Reasons 1.4 (b,d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000873

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD
SUBJECT: NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN

REF: A. STATE 100357


B. RANGOON 820

C. RANGOON 646

Classified By: COM Carmen Martinez for Reasons 1.4 (b,d)


1. (C) Burma's leading pro-democracy party, the National
League for Democracy (NLD),as part of a petition campaign
launched on May 27 (ref C),provided Emboffs on July 27 with
a list of foreign embassies to which it has delivered copies
of its declaration, signed by 114 Members-elect of
Parliament. The declaration calls for the unconditional
release of all democracy activists (including Aung San Suu
Kyi and U Tin Oo); a meaningful and substantive dialogue
between the NLD and the SPDC (military regime); and the
reconvening of Parliament.


2. (C) The NLD has requested the diplomatic missions to
forward the signed declaration to respective
legislative/parliamentary leaders. The U.S. Embassy received
the declaration on July 5 and forwarded it to the Department
for delivery to Congressional leaders (ref B). We have
encouraged counterpart missions to relay the information they
have received to their capitals.


3. (C) Per the instructions contained in ref A, we are
informing the Department of this development. We understand
per ref A that the Department intends to request info
addressees to follow up with host country Foreign Ministries
and urge them to relay the letters per the desire of the NLD.


4. (SBU) Begin list of recipients of NLD declaration and
letters:

--British Embassy for the House of Commons
--Indonesian Embassy for the Indonesia Parliamentary Caucus
on Burma
--Thai Embassy for the Royal Thai Parliamentary Caucus on
Burma
--Philippines Embassy for the Philippines Parliamentary
Caucus on Burma
--Singapore Embassy for the Singapore Parliamentary Caucus on
Burma
--Malaysian Embassy for the Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on
Burma
--Malaysian Embassy for the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Caucus
on Burma

The NLD delivered similar letters the UN Special Envoy's
local liaison in Rangoon (Swiss NGO leader Leon de
Riedmatten),for appropriate forwarding:

--UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
--UNSYG Special Envoy Razali Ismail
--Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights
Professor Paolo Sergio Pinheiro
--The Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva

End list.
Martinez