Condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights as part of its brutal campaign to suppress the democratic aspirations of the people of Burma, two years after the coup d’état on February 1, 2021.

cease all violence against prodemocracy activists and reach a cease-fire with ethnic armed organizations;

release all political prisoners;

unconditionally vacate all fraudulent verdicts stemming from politically motivated charges and legal proceedings against elected officials, journalists, civil society leaders, prodemocracy activists, and other unjustly convicted Burmese people;

engage in constructive dialogue with all parties to negotiate a pathway toward a government that reflects the will of the Burmese people;

grant humanitarian actors unhindered access to all relevant areas of Burma to help alleviate the immense suffering that has resulted from the Tatmadaw’s violence; and

respect the human rights and civil liberties of all people of Burma, including ethnic minorities who currently face state-sponsored persecution;

work with international partners and multilateral institutions, including the United Nations Security Council, to enact new targeted sanctions on individuals and entities affiliated with the Tatmadaw, including an international arms embargo and a prohibition on the sale of aviation fuel and other dual use items to the Burmese military;

coordinate with like-minded partners and allies to restrict the Tatmadaw’s ability to finance its military operations by imposing new sanctions on Tatmadaw-linked individuals as well as Tatmadaw-controlled entities, including state-owned enterprises;

work with Indonesia, the 2023 chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and current country coordinator for the U.S.-ASEAN Partnership, to leverage its position and regional heft to exert greater pressure on the Tatmadaw to fully and meaningfully implement the five-point consensus and bring an end to the crisis;

issue public warnings to businesses and individuals outlining the legal liability of doing business with the Tatmadaw, including potential liability associated with the Tatmadaw’s crimes against humanity;

enhance enforcement of existing sanctions prohibiting the importation of precious and semiprecious gemstones, jade, timber, and amber from Burma to the United States;

implement the BURMA Act fully and expeditiously;

provide robust humanitarian assistance in Burma, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the surrounding region and ensure that targeted sanctions allow all necessary exemptions to permit the delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians in need;

ensure that United States-based social media companies, including Facebook, not allow their platforms to be used as vehicles for disinformation campaigns or advocating violence against the Burmese people;

build on the Department of State’s March 21, 2022, genocide determination by supporting efforts to end impunity for those committing the crime of genocide and pledging to intervene in the International Court of Justice case in support of The Gambia against Myanmar;

direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to bring about greater international cooperation to pursue justice and accountability in Burma; and

support inclusive international accountability efforts, including the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, with a particular emphasis on Burma’s civil society organizations, to investigate and hold perpetrators of atrocities accountable.