Statement by the Arakanese Civil Society Organizations demanding to halt immediately of natural resources extractions project from Arakan state until and unless the establishment of a genuine federal union of Burma and provides 24 hours electricity supply in Arakan state: 1.The provision of a 24-hour supply of electricity from the newly operational Shwe Gas project in Kyaukphyu to all rural and urban areas across Arakan state at the same price as customers pay in Rangoon; 2.An inclusion in the Burmese constitution that all natural resources in Arakan state “are controlled and managed by the Rakhine [Arakanese] people”; 3.To stop immediately the following projects in Arakan state: Maday Deep Oil Seaport Project: Laymro Hydro Power Dam Project (Kyauk U): Kaladan Multi-Model Transit Transport Project: Titanium Mining Project: Large-scale production of marble mining project; Special Economic Zone projects; hotel and agriculture projects; Tha Htay Chaung Hydropower Dam Project; Ann Chaung Hydro Power Dam Project; and the Kyaukphyu-Kumin Railway Project; 4.To postpone all natural resource extraction projects until a real federal system is granted; 5.To give back lands confiscated by the military, cronies, and companies to the local owners; 6.To immediately release activists who were imprisoned for their activism regarding natural resource extraction; 7.To recognize and preserve Rakhine culture and historic infrastructure in line with UNESCO’s standards.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:15:16 +0000
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