Date: 30th October 2011
On behalf of the
San Francisco Bay Area Burmese community and American friends who cherish peace
and nature, we the volunteers of Save Irrawaddy Campaign Committee members have
issued the following statement.
In collaboration
with Chinese government, the Burmese government has started the construction of
a massive dam and hydroelectricity project, the size of greater New York City,
in northern Burma at the upstream Myitsone area in Kachin State. This project
will affect not only the millions of people whose livelihood depends on the Irrawaddy
River, it will also have an unimaginable devastating effect on flora and fauna
that thrives along the Irrawaddy River as well as Burma’s ecosystem, it’s
invaluable rain forest and wild life. The environmentalists and the concerned
people of Burma are now voicing their grievances and discontentment regarding
this project.
On September 30,
2011, the President of Burmese government U Thein Sein announced the suspension
of the Myisone Dam project. However, his
announcement will suspend this project only temporarily until the end of his current
term at the end of 2015. We are therefore, hereby, demand the President of
Burma to announce the permanent cancellation of the entire Myitsone Dam Project
immediately.
We, who love the
Irrawaddy and Burma, support Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the citizens inside Burma
as well as academics, experts, scientists, artists, volunteers, activists and
organizations who are the defenders of the Irrawaddy. We do hereby announce that we will stand by
hand-in-hand with all the above-mentioned people of Burma until this project is
permanently annulled.
We will strive
to maintain the sustainability of the environment in the entire Southeast Asia
region by living in peace and harmony among our neighbors. We will also fight to regain the human rights
and dignity and to stop the atrocities inflicted upon our Kachin brothers and
sisters who were forcefully displaced by this project.
We urge all the people who love the Irrawaddy,
peace and the environment to join our efforts in fighting to save the Irrawaddy
and our motherland.
Please contact us at the following
persons and addresses;
Kyaw Thura (lovemyn@gmail.com), Khin Thira Nandar Soe (khinthirinandarsoe@gmail.com), Nyi Nyi Than ( nyi1269than@gmail.com), Moe Kyaw (moethu7@gmail.com), Kyaw Win (babymoekyaw@yahoo.com)
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