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"Madam President, the State Peace and Development Council: that is the official name of the military regime in Burma. Now in the present crisis in which the country finds itself, more than even before, that rings out as a cruel lie.
The junta has stood for the abuse of power and misrule for decades. It makes sense that it is extremely economical with statistics. Incidentally, the vast majority of the Burmese population are victims of two-fold exploitation. Yes, indeed, two-fold exploitation: internally by the country’s military rulers – anyone doing business in Burma has to operate almost exclusively through the army – and externally by the People’s Republic of China, which is engaged in an extreme form of exploitation of the natural and rich agricultural resources of this south-east Asian state. Diplomats in Rangoon even go so far these days as to say: ‘Burma has become a quasi-Chinese province’. In schools in the north, built by China, Mandarin is the first language and Beijing time is the official local time.
Madam President, all in all the Burmese and Chinese rulers are almost indistinguishable. I therefore call upon the Council and the Commission to be among the first to tackle robustly the Burmese rulers and Beijing about their shared responsibility for the suffering of the Burmese people."@en1
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