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Join us in demanding to know who U.S. businesses are working with in Burma

During her visit to the United States, Burmese pro-democracy leader, Nobel laureate and parliamentarian, Aung San Suu Kyi, asked for help for continued vigilance on new investments, “We want to make sure that investment is democracy friendly, human rights friendly.”
Now we have an opportunity to support Suu Kyi by demanding that the State Department strengthen and promptly implement new rules that will require corporations that are investing in Burma to report on the human rights impacts of their operations.
Time is short! Tell the U.S. State Department by Thursday to require U.S. corporations newly investing in Burma to publicly report ALL of their activities to ensure they do not reward human rights abusers.

Petition letter

As human rights advocates, we are concerned that the United States has rushed to reward Burma for its limited reforms by lifting the import ban and allowing for new investments. Nevertheless, we support strong reporting requirements as an important tool for ensuring transparency of businesses on the ground in Burma.

In order for these reports to be effective tools, the reporting requirements must be mandatory and corporate disclosures must be public. Additionally, clear consequences for those companies that fail to comply with the reporting requirements are needed.

The public must be able to see what business companies are doing in Burma, who they are dealing with and how their activities are affecting the human rights and democratic reforms underway in the country — particularly in ethnic areas, many of which are experiencing conflict and that are rich in natural resources, where investments are most likely.

While the progress that Burma has made is promising, these reforms can also be easily reversed. Implementing strong reporting requirements is a critical step to keep Burma on the right track.

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