Subject: To support the US effort for UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crime against

humanity in Burma

Frist of all, we are very grateful to the EU for its relentless effort to restore freedom and democracy in Burma. At
the Foreign ministers meeting in Hanoi in May 2009,” a statement said, “The EU remains open to dialogue and
cooperation in response to progress by the Burmese authorities and its willingness to meet Burma/Myanmar
authorities at ministerial level in the margins of the ASEM (Asia-Europe meeting). It also said that its goals in
Burma are a peaceful transition to a legitimate civilian system of government and improvement in Burmese social
and economic conditions. It called the regime to hold a 2010 Burmese election within “a credible, transparent and
inclusive process, based on international standards.” The EU council again called for the release of all political
prisoners including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

We appreciate EU’s firm position regarding the 2010.The EU member states also renewed their perennial call for
the immediate release of all political prisoners-especially opposition leader and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu
Kyi, and for "a peaceful transition to a legitimate civilian system of government". The ministers said that the
government had to "take the steps necessary to make the planned 2010 elections a credible, transparent and
inclusive process" in line with international standards.We write the EU member states to urge you to support the
establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate whether crimes against humanity and war
crimes took place in Burma. While your administration continues along a path of sanctions and pragmatic
engagement with Burma, we believe that such a commission will help convince Burma’s military regime that we
are serious about our commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law for the people of
Burma.Again, in March 2010, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma Tomás Ojea Quintana also had
recommended that the UN consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry to investigate “gross and systematic”
human rights abuses in Burma.

Following Ojea Quintana’s recommendation, 11 countries endorsed the establishment of a UN Commission of

Inquiry on crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma. A Commission of Inquiry, in addition to opening a
door for victims’ rights to truth and justice, also has a preventive value to discourage more crimes from being
perpetrated.

In the six-month period since the SPDC published the election laws in March, the following SPDC crimes against
humanity/war crimes have been documented:

• At least 15 extrajudicial killings.

• Systematic use of forced labor in ethnic areas.

• Six hundred people were forcibly displaced in military attacks that targeted civilians.

• At least 14 people subjected to arbitrary imprisonment.

• The continued use of torture.

• At least eight cases of rape and sexual violence.

• Systematic persecution of Rohingya communities.

• At least two children were recruited as child soldiers, and another child was killed for resisting.

Also, according to the worldwide media, two youths were executed by the army in Pegu last month.

Indeed, a number of reports have documented a consistent pattern of human rights abuses by the regime in
Burma which must be addressed: the use of child soldiers, the destruction of villages and the displacement of
ethnic minorities, the use of rape as a weapon of war, extrajudicial killings, forced relocation, and forced labor.

These abuses have been exacerbated by the regime’s intention to hold elections in 2010 based on a constitution
which disallows the full participation of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy, political
prisoners, religious clergy and ethnic nationalities.

As President Obama stated in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: “When there is genocide in Darfur;
systematic rape in Congo; or repression in Burma — there must be consequences. And the closer we stand
together, the less likely we will be faced with the choice between armed intervention and complicity in
oppression.” Australian, British some other members of EU governments have stated their support for the
establishment of a Commission of Inquiry on Burma, and we must stand together with them and the people of
Burma. We are looking forward to the support of the EU in this regard as well.

We appreciate your attention to this request and we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Nyi Nyi Yu (Chiarman) Email: nyinyiyu@yahoo.co.uk

Myat Thiha ( Foreign Affairs) myatthiha101@yahoo.co.uk

Date: October 12, 2010