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The Mrnistry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Mvarurar issuedArnouncement No.1 196 dated 4 October 1996 regarding the rmposition ofyisa restrictions on certarn categories of lxgh level officials ul the USGovernment. It n:as atso learnt thatvisas to ordinarry US citizens. businessmen. or officials and suDDortingstaff a.sien"d to the US lUission in Mvar*a.. The followrng is the full tertof the Armouncement.

Govcrlltnclnt o1'the Union of lr't1'zurmarIr{inrstry of Foreign AflairsAnnouncement No. l/96(Dated: 7th l'\Ianing olTar,rthalin 1358 ME 4 October 1996)

f . in kceputg rvrr-ir ihc Nauonai Poiicv of *re Three Nlain Naiio;raiC.au-ses ancl u'ith a \'le\\' to achicr:lg t-lre National Goai of a peacehrl'pro.sperous, u:odenr anij dcveloped State. ilre State Law ald CrdcrRcstoration Cou-ucil rs vrgot'oLrsly' 'inrplemetrlrng the politrcal, ecottotnicand social ob.iective,c ftr:' the pro!:rcss and rvelt'arc of the people'

(a) The state Lgu, and ordcr Rcstoration council issystemancalll' urrdertaklrg llreasutss for a SmOOth Eatusitiontr: a multi-paq' democratis State in accordance with tfieC6rurtrl,'s tristorical backgfOUnd, Culfure. CuslOms, t'alues andtrad.itioul us u,cll as with the objective conrJrtions in thenation.

(b) The Naiional Convention forrrrcd *'i{l repruscntatives fiorntbe 8-srata is bcing hcld for tire fittrrgence of the stateConstitul:ion wiriclt i,s essffitial tbr the country' Significantprogress has bccn achicved in this regard. The Nationalconvention is the foruht fbr dialogue among thereprese0tatives of the cntire speulrum of the society andalso slmbolizes the will o{'thc peuple'

(c) . Because o[ tlte prionty aocurdcd and the relentless efforts- trnderrakn l),r'the Statc Law and Orcler Restoration Councilfor national rcconsolidatiog, (15) atured'ploups antl llteMTA led by U Ktrun sa had aL cady returned to the legalfold and Myatut:ar Naiirg-Ngan is eqioytng pcace'tranquillity as ncver beIu"c in its nroderu history.

(d) Similady, st,uu,J ec,unumic foundations for the sustained aldrapid groutlr of tlre state ecollomy has been tard down ba-sedon thc markcl-crrientcd coorrotrric s)'stetrl

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(e) hevalenoe of law and order and comrntrnitv peacc arldtranquilii'ty are essential in creating these favourablcconditions ir: tlie State. The CoventrnL:nt of the Uruort ofMyanma'thcrefore has taken nreasules towards this end andwill cOntr,nue to do so rn fuh5e- I1 Myarunar, leg'al actron istaken only rln thosc rrho transgress tlte law. No legal aotionhas been takcrr on aryone on the EOgnds of [is or herpolitical conviction. There art no politrcal pdsoners inMyanma:'.

2 The United $tates. dislegarding *re true sir.uation in the nation, isgiving undue Bnd utru'alrautcd pressures on Myantnar. [n tlus respect.the Covernment of tlte Urriurr uf Myanmar deeply reprets the decision ofthe Uaited States Arlrninistt'ation to irupose visa restrictiuns on ce(ainMyarmar nationals. Such an action ncgatively affects the existingbilateral relations. Thc Proclamation issued try the US Prcsident on *?Ocrober i996, can onl1' be considered as an attempt to interlbrc in theinternel affairs of the Union of Myarurrar and aS a rncans of gi\.iugpressure.

3. Thc hoclamation of the US Presidcnt alleges that Myanmaroontinues to detain significant nunbcrs o[ ddv elested members ofparliament, NLD ac;tivists, and other persons attcmpting to pror:rotedcmocratic changes in M.r-anmar; tzuled to ente,: into serious dialoguewith the dem.ocratic opposition and repfesentativcs of the country'setbnio n'.inorities; _ failed to tneve toward achieving nationalreconoiliation; and 'failcd to rncct intcruatrorallS, rccognizcrl standardsof hurnan rights. 'flrese allcgaliorls, however? are not in aonforrnity withthe tme situa.tion and the progrcss aohieved in the country as uretttiottedin thc Paragraph (t), sub-paras (a) to (e) and also ignore the positivepolitical, cconomio, social developnterts taki.ng place in the counhy.Ihe Covernment ol' tire Utrion o[ Myanmar, as such, catcgori.caUyrej ects the entire Prc.s i dc n tial Proclzutul ion,4. UnAer tle circ.umstances, although the Croventment of the tlujonof Myarmar wishes to have cto.ser ..161i9rr$ with the United States, it isoonrpcllcd to issuc rnsa restrictions for cedain oategories of US citizens.Except as required L'y treaty obligations and officials and othersupporting staffassigpcd to thc US mission in M1'anmar, the issualcc of

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atl trpes of visas bar; been suspended to l'Jnited fitates citizens specifietl

the Untttn of Myanmar in its national

hereinrnder:(a)Pcrsonswhoformulateorimplementpoliciesthatimpede

the proccss 'f smooth transiuon to a multi-party democraticStateintheijrtiorlofMyarrrtrarrutdmembcrsoftheirfamilies,

&)AnyotherpersanswhomtheGovernmcntoftlrcUnionot.Myanmar i*nr. to have acted or to be acting ls s slarr')Bt'dctrimcntal to thc intercsts of thc state' il)cludtng persL)nsinterferingint]reuttcrtralaffair'sofMyurmarand/orincihagpotiticatagrtatronsa.nddishrrbancesandtnernbersoftirerrfamilies'

5'ThcMinistcrforForcignAtralISshalldeterminetheperson.s\r'i]ofail wi[dn this visa rcstric'tiou'6- This anuounct;tuettt trccornes efleOtrve uil ltte date of its issuance'7. Ihe GOVerrurleut tlt tne unlQil

ur tvrJ{rlrinterests may waive, tcmporarily or permanently' the re$trictiottsmentioned rn Paragraph (a) above'

YangonDated :4 Ootober l!)96

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