Embassy of the United States

The United States condemns in the strongest terms efforts by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), formerly known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), to prevent the citizens of Burma from exercising their basic political rights.

The United States wants an end to human rights abuses and the installation of a democratically elected government in Rangoon, and supports the aspirations of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the people of Burma, who desire what so many others around the world now take for granted: the chance to freely express their views and to be represented by leaders of their choosing. Burma cannot fully rejoin the international community and gain the assistance it needs until fundamental changes are made. The United States maintains its position that a meaningful political dialogue between the Burmese authorities and the democratic opposition leaders and representatives of the ethnic groups is the only path to a solution of Burma's crisis.

Fact Sheet

• BURMA: A Human Rights Disaster and Threat to Regional Security 
  (2 pages, pdf format)

Reports
(Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State)

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burma
  (Released on March 6, 2007)
• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: East Asia and Pacific
  (Released on April 5, 2007)
• International Religious Freedom Report: Burma
  (Released on September 14, 2007)

CRS Reports

• Burma and Transnational Crime, October 25, 2007
• Burma Sanctions: Background and Options, October 10, 2007
• Burma-U.S. Relations, Updated October 4, 2007

USINFO Items

• Stop the Terror in Burma, 11 October 2007
• Pfizer Inc.’s Volunteers Reach All Corners of the World, 08 November 2007
• Protest Images from Burma Showed Web Effectiveness and Frailty, 01 November 2007
• Bush Announces Additional Sanctions Against Burmese Junta, 19 October 2007
• Human Rights Declaration Is a Call to Support Burmese Freedom, 28 September 2007
• Joint Statement by United States, European Union on Burma, 26 September 2007
• U.S. Statement on Ongoing Demonstrations in Burma, 25 September 2007
• President Bush’s Speech to U.N. General Assembly, 25 September 2007
• Burma’s Monks Have History of Democratic Protest, 27 September 2007
• U.S. Senators Ask Burma to Release Aung San Suu Kyi, 24 May 2007
• Calls Grow for Release of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, 23 May 2007
• Human Rights Experts Urge Release of Aung San Suu Kyi, 10 May 2007
• Global Crackdown on Nongovernmental Agencies a Major U.S. Concern, 05 April 2007
• Activists Urge United Nations To Help Stop State-Sanctioned Rapes, 28 February 2007
• Lack of U.N. Action Will Not Deter U.S. Push for Reform in Burma, 13 January 2007
• United States Submits Burma Resolution to U.N. Security Council, 10 January 2007
• U.N. Report Cites Burma, Sudan for Using Child Soldiers, 29 November 2006
• U.S. Drafting Security Council Resolution on Burma, 27 November 2006
• U.S. Welcomes U.N. Call for Improved Human Rights in Four Nations, 26 November 2006