{"id":20103,"date":"2024-07-30T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=20103"},"modified":"2024-07-30T09:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:54:51","slug":"cardin-mcconnell-risch-merkley-young-call-on-state-department-and-usaid-to-revitalize-the-u-s-policy-on-burma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/cardin-mcconnell-risch-merkley-young-call-on-state-department-and-usaid-to-revitalize-the-u-s-policy-on-burma\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardin, McConnell, Risch, Merkley, Young Call on State Department and USAID to Revitalize the U.S. Policy on Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This week,\u00a0U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power urging them to develop a proactive policy on Burma given the rapidly evolving situation in the country\u2019s civil conflict, and to not cede U.S. leadership at this critical time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs the risk rises of a prolonged stalemate in the conflict, resulting in a permanently fragmented state, it is imperative that the U.S. government has a comprehensive and forward leaning strategy on Burma. We urgently need a revitalized approach, which will better support resistance forces within the country who are courageously standing up to the brutality of the military junta,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>escribieron los legisladores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe United States has stood with the Burmese people for decades against this oppressive military regime, and we must not cede U.S. leadership at this critical inflection point, but rather do everything in our power to support the hopes and aspirations of the people of Burma, from all of its diverse communities, for a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous future,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>continued the lawmakers.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/blc_letter_to_secblinkenandadminpowerreburma.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>\u00a0y por debajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Secretary Blinken and Administrator Power,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are writing to express our concerns regarding what appears to be a failure to meet the moment regarding the evolving situation in Burma. As the risk rises of a prolonged stalemate in the conflict, resulting in a permanently fragmented state, it is imperative that the U.S. government has a comprehensive and forward leaning strategy on Burma. We urgently need a revitalized approach, which will better support resistance forces within the country who are courageously standing up to the brutality of the military junta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States should reinvigorate its diplomacy to bring together and empower the pro-democracy groups and ethnic organizations who are crucial to forming a future democratic government with an inclusive, federalist framework in Burma. Our diplomatic efforts should involve close and continued engagement with traditional constituencies such as the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the National Unity Government (NUG), as well as ethnic organizations who have recently gained and are holding considerable swaths of territory across the country. While the People\u2019s Republic of China manipulates all sides of the conflict to advance its strategic interests and influence in the region, recent developments in Burma open up the possibility of creative multilateral diplomacy and coordination with ASEAN and key partners in the Indo-Pacific, including Thailand, Japan, and India. Multilateral support for the various resistance groups will be crucial in charting a course for a stable, democratic political future in Burma, and multilateral assistance with reconstruction and development efforts will be essential following the conflict.&nbsp; At the same time, the United States and international partners should continue to make clear to all armed actors that they must protect civilian populations and allow for unhindered humanitarian access, and that the United States will promote accountability for&nbsp; those who commit abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States should also revisit the Burma sanctions regime and explore new accountability actions, including those that target the aviation fuel sector, to maintain pressure on the junta and deprive it of the financial, economic, and military resources it needs to continue its campaign of violence against the Burmese people. We applaud the success that has been achieved working with Singapore to constrain the flow of weapons to the regime and hope that a similar effort will be possible as financial flows move to other countries in the region, including Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have concerns over the State Department\u2019s and USAID\u2019s insufficient implementation, and unnecessarily narrow interpretation, of the non-lethal assistance provisions of the Burma Act. Resistance groups are facing relentless military attacks and indiscriminate bombings by junta forces. Providing these groups with non-lethal items such as medical equipment, body armor, early warning radar systems, drone jammers, and similar tools for use against the junta\u2019s ISR drones will give them additional protection from these regime attacks. The slow pace of implementation and unnecessarily narrow interpretation of the \u201cnon-lethal assistance\u201d authority provided by Congress have significantly hampered the U.S. government\u2019s efforts to provide timely and impactful support to resistance forces. It is our understanding that this stems from a policy decision not to provide these kinds of life-saving resources in spite of the authorities provided by Congress, and we urge you to reconsider this decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We reaffirm Congress\u2019 willingness to coordinate closely with you to find strategic and impactful ways to assist the Burmese people, avoid a protracted conflict that impacts the broader region, prevent entrenched PRC influence, and work in concert with partners and allies. The United States has stood with the Burmese people for decades against this oppressive military regime, and we must not cede U.S. leadership at this critical inflection point, but rather do everything in our power to support the hopes and aspirations of the people of Burma, from all of its diverse communities, for a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 This week,\u00a0U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-20103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-foreign-policy-and-national-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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