Revolutionary Forces' Sixth Strategic Consultation Meeting Statement
Date : February 23, 2007
The Sixth Strategic Consultation Meeting of the revolutionary forces was held successfully from February 21 to 23, 2007 at a certain place in the liberated area. Leaders of the NCGUB, NCUB, ENC (Union of Burma), the democratic forces of Burma, WLB (Burma), SYCB and NY Forum attended the meeting and, in addition to making an in-depth review of the current domestic and international situations, the meeting explored and determined the courses for freeing the country from the crisis it is facing.

Subsequently, this Strategic Consultation Meeting would like to state its positions regarding the current political situations, as follows.
- We, the political forces, have been struggling for the emergence of tripartite dialogue in accordance with our belief that the most appropriate course for overcoming the general political, economic and social crises is resolving the various problems of the country peacefully through negotiation, on the basis of tripartite political dialogue. However, it is our view that in opposition to the will of the political forces, the international community and the people, the SPDC military clique’s implementation of its 7-Step Road Map unilaterally is to avoid the dialogue process. It is striving and merely working for permanence of the evil system of military dictatorship. Accordingly, for the emergence of political dialogue leading towards democratic change and national reconciliation, it is our earnest conviction that the “SPDC’s Road Map must be attacked and destroyed at every step by people’s power.”
- Since the SPDC’s ongoing plot to annihilate and decimate the democratic and nationality forces, military campaigns with greater ferocity in the nationalities’ areas, violence of burning the villages, relocation of villagers by force, use of forced labor nationwide, conscription by force of children for the army and use of rape of women as a weapon of war are totally against establishment of democracy and the approach to national reconciliation, we strongly condemn them.
- We would like to express our gratitude to the International Community, including the United Nations, for its sympathy and support for the Burmese democratic movement and we would like to intently urge for unified action, on the basis of common programs, to hold up the Burmese democratic effort. Moreover, we would like to state seriously that the neighboring countries of Burma and regional countries should consult with the International Community and undertake actions more dynamically.
- We seriously call upon the SPDC to abolish its illegitimate National Convention, release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners unconditionally, immediately cease its military offensives against the indigenous nationalities and killing, immediately stop its repressions of the people and political parties, and immediately undertake genuine dialogue.
- We urge the people, made up of various nationalities, to work together for the abolishment of the military clique’s sham National Convention, which would provide the military clique with license to murder, in a way, and to courageously struggle for obtaining their basic rights.
- We, the forces for freedom, declare to relentlessly struggle on firmly together with the International Community, the entire people and within the framework of the forces for the advent of democracy and the federal union.
Contact Persons - (1) U Thein Oo; Tel: 089 203 2972, (2) Dr. S. Liangsakong: Tel: 081 129 6100
http://www.ncgub.net/
http://www.ncub.org/
http://www.encburma.org/
http://www.womenofburma.org/
http://www.sycb.info/
