Forum of Burmese in Europe Corporate Campaign Plans in Co-operation with EBN

  • EU-ASEAN Summit, EU-China Summit, EU-India Summit (distributing FBE resolution before 19 November 2007 to all EU, ASEAN, Chinese and Indian embassies in your country and follow-up demonstrations, talk with embassy representatives)

  • Banking and financial sanctions on the members of the regime, their family members and business cronies

  • To put the following sentences in all printed materials of FBE: “The FBE supports all democratic activities inside and outside Burma.” “By all means we reject every step of the Burmese junta´s Roadmap.”

  • CHINA:

    • Olympic games in China (first to request the sportsmen in your country not to participate the OG; in case of their participation, to address them to express their support to Burma by wearing a batch of democratic movement – design and production of batches sponsored by OSI NY?)

    • Continuing protests against China,

      • against tourism to China, which is among the World´s Top 10 most visited countries

      • individual ban on Chinese products

  • International Tourism Exchange Berlin, Germany (5 – 9 March 2008)

    • About 30 Burmese travel agencies participated in last years

    • No visa to Burmese delegations (lobbying the German Embassies and MFA)

    • Organizing Alternative Tourism events with the participation of Burmese exile activists in Europe

  • Global Action Day with peace march or meditation with religious associations (both Buddhist and interfaith) _ transeuropa march through several countries; e.g. march to Geneva during 7-16 March 2008, where the FIFDH (Festival International du Film sur les droits Humains- Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights) will take place in Geneva and be dedicated to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

  • Continuos support to TOTAL campaigns

  • Establishing a FBE website (with contribution of FBE members, administration by NCUB Burma Office in London?)

  • Activities on visa ban to junta´s family members (collection of information of their whereabouts, info sharing with other organizations – e.g. via FBE website or mailing lists)

  • Campaign on EU import/export companies dealing with the regime (list from FTUP)

  • Individual lawsuits at ICC against the junta members (consultation with law firms – assistance from Belgian EBN group)

_ Discussed and agreed by FBE members present at the 10th FBE Conference in Prague on 4 November 2007

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