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• US would like to raise a friendly amendment on clause 1 - Resan
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Calls on the Myanmar military to step back from actions designed to consolidate power through fear and brutal violence to peaceful protestors and cease military attacks against ethnic minority regions and put an end to the associated human rights and humanitarian law violations against persons belonging to ethnic nationalities;

Call for the members state to take on the responsibility to protect civilian, refugee and other vulnerable group that are the victim of the conflict in Myanmar and Calls upon all the parties, including the agencies of the UN system to redouble their efforts to establish the necessary conditions so that refugees and other forcibly displaced persons can return their places of origin or choice in a voluntary sustainable safe and dignified way;

Urges the International Community to find the possible target sanctions on Myanmar’s military leader and to play a proactive role in mediating the current crisis in Myanmar as well as seek the support and cooperation from ASEAN member states for actively working on the implementation of ASEAN five-point consensus and discussion;

Calls on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar, to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule and suspension of the direct and indirect supply of military-related equipment as well as surveillance equipment and dual-use products that can be used by the military in its crackdown by the military in Myanmar;

• The United States of America would strongly support clause 7 because we believe in the effectiveness of actions like smart sanctions and arms embargo that will produce effective actions from the government of Burma. The United Nations must keep pressure on the military junta to stop their violations against human rights and restore the democraticaly elected government legitimately elected late last year. Resan
  • If others want to remove arm embargo: US will try to have middle ground with replacing arms embargo with smart sanctions
    • It’s one of the only thing the international community can do without violating any country’s sovereignty.
• Argument: arms embargo is not effective to stop military.

Calls for support and cooperation from ASEAN member states for discussion to find the possible target sanction on Myanmar’s military leader;Urge the International Community to impose any possible measures towards the military coup such as restrictive measures on military coup’s controlled company including travel ban, asset freeze;Calls on ASEAN countries to assist in serving as a channel for humanitarian relief from the international community to Myanmar if necessary, and encourages ASEAN to play a proactive role in mediating the current crisis in Myanmar and restoring a civilian administration as soon as possible;

Friendly Merge 8.a + 7: Calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose measure against the regium such as arms embargo and other smart sanction including restrictive measures on military coup’s controlled company, travel ban, asset freeze to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule and suspension of the direct and indirect supply of military-related equipment as well as surveillance equipment and dual-use products that can be used by the military in its crackdown by the military in Myanmar;

• Diplomacy leads nowwhere normally
• Putting pressure on military to stop unnecessary violence against its people first