Take Action for Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma

Write the United Nations Secretary General and the Security Council members

Urge the unconditional and immediate release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as that of her fellow political prisoners. Urge the Security Council to pass a binding resolution to help bring about national reconciliation and democracy.

Send the letter below, or draft your own, to UN Secretary General and members of the UN Security Council. Or sign an online petition to the Secretary General.

Sample Letter:

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon 

Secretary-General 

The United Nations 

1 United Nations Plaza 

New York, New York 10017-3515 

Dear UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and members of the UN Security Council,

This September will mark a year since the Security Council placed Burma on your formal agenda. Yet, a binding resolution on Burma has not been reached. I urge the Council to take meaningful action on the human rights situation in Burma and pass a binding, non-punitive resolution to help bring about national reconciliation and democracy. 

I am deeply concerned about the people of Burma and the security of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose sentence under house arrest was extended in May 2007.  I urge that Aung San Suu Kyi be unconditionally and immediately released from house arrest and that her fellow political prisoners also be released.

I urge the Government of Burma to ensure immediate, safe and unhindered access to all parts of the country, including to internally displaced people, so that the most vulnerable populations may receive humanitarian assistance.

In developing a strategy on Burma, I urge the UN to specifically address the role and experience of Burmese women and girls and take steps to implement the provisions of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. While Aung San Suu Kyi’s courage highlights the role women play in processes of peacebuilding and reconciliation, the oppression she faces illustrates the junta’s policy of systematic violence against the women of Burma.

Thank you for your attention to this most serious matter.

Sincerely,

Your name

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Email addresses for UN Security Council Members:

Belgium

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Johan Verbeke

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China

Permanent Member

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya

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Fax: +1 212 634 7625

Congo

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Basile Ikouebe

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France

Permanent Member

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc de la Sabliere

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Fax: +1 212 421 6889 

Ghana

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng

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Indonesia

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations

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Italy

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Marcello Spatafora

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Panama

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Ricardo Alberto Arias

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Peru

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Jorge Voto Bernales

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Qatar

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

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Russian Federation

Permanent Member

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Vitaly Churkin

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Slovakia

Permanent Representative: H.E. Mr. Peter Burian

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South Africa

Permanent Representative: H.E. Dr. Dumisani S. Kumalo

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United Kingdom

Permanent Member

Permanent Representative: H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry

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United States of America

Permanent Member

Ambassador: H.E. Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad

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Other Action Campaigns: 

The Women's League of Burma, Postcard Campaign

Shan Women's Action Network, Action Update

Free Aung San Suu Kyi, The Burma Campaign UK

Support UN Security Council Action on Burma, ALTSEAN-Burma

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