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# The situation in Burma is deteriorating as non-violent protests expand and the government response escalates.
# The Security Council met to discuss the crisis, but the option of ‘imposing sanctions,’ proposed on Wednesday in a joint US-European Union statement, continued to face opposition from key members, including Russia and China.
# The G8, the world’s eight most industrialised countries, warned Burma’s ruling generals that they would be held accountable for their actions but stopped short of calling for sanctions.
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HemRaj Singh
hemrajsingh.wordpres..
Sep 27 2007
New Delhi,
India
I don’ think much can be changed on gunpoint. However, having said that, it is also important for the international community to have its disapproval known so that it is not guilty of helplessly watching the gruesome dance of barbarism. If nothing more could be done, we could still voice our concern and condemnation. Let’s do it without thinking about whether or not it would change anything. Voices are powerful and sometimes they work in a pleasantly surprising way.
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Have the sanctions (mostly financial), imposed by some powerful countries over a nation disturbed with it’s internal problems, ever helped to establish democratic institutions anywhere till the date? The countries, taking great concerns on the incidents going on in Myanmar, should hold discussion with the rulers of the country to urgently stop the actions being taken against the protesters by the Myanmar administration.
The soldiers in Myanmar brutally cracked down on anti-government protests on Wednesday. The common people of Myanmar are becoming the victim of the clash. Now, the sanctions would hit them hard, if imposed by other nations. Most of the countries, including China, have showed unwillingness to join the United States and Europe for pressing the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on military-ruled Myanmar.
The soldiers in Myanmar brutally cracked down on anti-government protests on Wednesday. The common people of Myanmar are becoming the victim of the clash. Now, the sanctions would hit them hard, if imposed by other nations. Most of the countries, including China, have showed unwillingness to join the United States and Europe for pressing the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on military-ruled Myanmar.
The Myanmar government doesn’t seem to fear any requests and warnings in repressing the protest.
What if the powers these countries boast of utilized in a country like Myanmar, which already bore a massacre in 1988, when protesters had to face open guns.
If guns can empower to invade, then can also throw out the invaders.
What if the powers these countries boast of utilized in a country like Myanmar, which already bore a massacre in 1988, when protesters had to face open guns.
If guns can empower to invade, then can also throw out the invaders.
Sanctions aren’t a magic bullet but they will help make a difference...so if implemented properly can provide leverage for the democratic movement and drag the regime to the negotiating table. If it is able to squeeze the generals finances without hurting the common people..it surely will help promote political change.
No. The military junta in Burma can afford to ignore the noises the US and the west are making as long as it sits in China’s lap. It is happening in some African countries.
It is a tough call whether the monks will prevail upon the military rulers of Burma (Myanmar), but the odds are definitely against them
Will sanctions instill sense into military heads and usher in democracy, theoretically could work because the prevailing high oil prices has already forced the Myanmar rulers to hike domestic prices of petroleum products.
Clearly the economy is in dire straits and for sanctions to prove effective they need to be applied effectively.
It is here that practice overtakes theory. A democratic Myanmar would open up the economy, and that does not suit China, in particular.
Besides it rich timber wealth, the country has rich reserves of oil - some of which has recently been discovered. And China does not want this oil to get into the international market, for there is a growing demand for energy in a booming Chinese economy.
For sanctions to be effective, China’s participation in it is essential, which is unlikely, given the vested interests it has in the country.
With tactical support from China if North Korea could withstand sanctions for such a long time, despite the best of efforts from USA, South Korea and Japan to dismantle the nuclear program of the impoverished nation; sanctions against a globally isolated Myanmar would in all probability be as ineffective as they were in Iraq.
Will sanctions instill sense into military heads and usher in democracy, theoretically could work because the prevailing high oil prices has already forced the Myanmar rulers to hike domestic prices of petroleum products.
Clearly the economy is in dire straits and for sanctions to prove effective they need to be applied effectively.
It is here that practice overtakes theory. A democratic Myanmar would open up the economy, and that does not suit China, in particular.
Besides it rich timber wealth, the country has rich reserves of oil - some of which has recently been discovered. And China does not want this oil to get into the international market, for there is a growing demand for energy in a booming Chinese economy.
For sanctions to be effective, China’s participation in it is essential, which is unlikely, given the vested interests it has in the country.
With tactical support from China if North Korea could withstand sanctions for such a long time, despite the best of efforts from USA, South Korea and Japan to dismantle the nuclear program of the impoverished nation; sanctions against a globally isolated Myanmar would in all probability be as ineffective as they were in Iraq.
The protests were in the wake of the decision of the government to raise the oil price in the country...!
The nation is already suffering under the pangs of poverty and here a financial sanction might help...but, we have also seen what has been happening around the globe and how in the name of sanctions (especially financial) countries are being politically dominated...
China, on the other hand is also not supporting the sanctions because of its own underlying interest which is an open secret...
With such conditions, any sanctions won’t be able to provide any kind of relief to the people, forget about initiating democracy....!!!
The nation is already suffering under the pangs of poverty and here a financial sanction might help...but, we have also seen what has been happening around the globe and how in the name of sanctions (especially financial) countries are being politically dominated...
China, on the other hand is also not supporting the sanctions because of its own underlying interest which is an open secret...
With such conditions, any sanctions won’t be able to provide any kind of relief to the people, forget about initiating democracy....!!!
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