HRES106-119

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— the United Nations Security Council should immediately impose an arms embargo against the military of Burma to prevent the continued acquisition of arms and military equipment and the proliferation of weapons throughout the country, and to hold the Tatmadaw accountable for— ongoing violations of human rights and the security forces’ history of grave abuses against peaceful protestors of military rule and against the Rohingya and other ethnic minority groups; obstructing humanitarian access to civilian populations in dire need of assistance; using increasingly lethal force against peaceful, prodemocracy demonstrators; and threatening and arbitrarily detaining government officials, activists, journalists, students, and civil servants, and imposing rolling internet shutdowns that put lives at risk; the lifting of a United Nations arms embargo should be contingent upon the Tatmadaw— implementing a permanent cease-fire; releasing the democratically elected government leaders from imprisonment; bearing the primary responsibility for gross human rights abuses and forced displacement perpetrated by the Tatmadaw’s violent rule, including but not limited to the Rohingya, Karen, Rakhine, and Kachin ethnic minorities; allowing for consistent, unimpeded humanitarian access to vulnerable civilian populations; fully restoring internet and telecommunications access within the country of Burma; and establishing a clear and verifiable process to immediately transition power back to a democratically elected civilian-led government; and the international community should continue to support civilians, particularly ethnic minorities, who have been adversely affected by the coup in Burma and should promote peace and reconciliation dialogues within local civil society.