Threat to Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma,Vacláv Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic, Bishop Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, Prepared by DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, 20 September 2005

Executive Summary (Excerpt from Report): The situation in Burma continues to deteriorate with no degree of measurable improvement. Members of the international community, including governments, coalitions of governments, nongovernmental organizations and many United Nations (UN) bodies, have reported grave human rights violations, sustained conflict between the Government of Burma (the State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC) and ethnic factions, and failures by the SPDC to move forward in any meaningful way with the national reconciliation it promised in its “roadmap” to democracy. As a result of the SPDC’s refusal to implement recommendations made by the UN—in particular by the Office of the Secretary-General—Burma threatens the peace and stability of the region. Therefore, UN Security Council (Security Council) action is both warranted and necessary.

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